stainless steel stock pots

[yonkersbrewer]

I just saw what looks like a great deal on stainless steel stock pots. Bass Pro shops is offering a 4-piece stainless stock pot set with lids for $29.00. It's in their catalogue/mailer that just arrived. The largest is a 20 quart and it looks like you can give the rest to the cook in the family!

Just a heads up - I can't vouch for quality etc.

[danno]

I believe that one of the best things you can do for extract brewing is to go to a full boil setup. Watch the sales for a 30 qt turkey fryer setup, make a homemade counterflow chiller (made from common stuff at your local mega home center), and a tank of propane, you can be doing better, easier beer for less than $100...

the best thing about a CFC is your wort goes straight from boiling into a carboy, no more ice, no more racking....

[CaptHook]

Originally posted by yonkersbrewer
I just saw what looks like a great deal on stainless steel stock pots. Bass Pro shops is offering a 4-piece stainless stock pot set with lids for $29.00. It's in their catalogue/mailer that just arrived. The largest is a 20 quart and it looks like you can give the rest to the cook in the family!

Just a heads up - I can't vouch for quality etc.

Be careful, there are no free lunches!! 1 pair of $150.00 shoes will do a better job, and last longer than 25 pair of $15.00 shoes.

[toneyc]

And the 30qt turkey fryer I bought was aluminum. I brewed a couple of batches in it, but bought a stainless brewpot as soon as I could. Much happier with a stainless pot. Of course, the stainless pot cost as much as the turkey fryer and the bottle of propane put together, I think. Close anyway.

:) Toney.

[commander69]

The stockpots at Bass Pro are paper thin, very easy to scorch your wort with these. Walmart has a 16 quart stockpot with a bottom that is triple clad and is over a quarter of an inch thick. Price is $34 and includes a glass lid. Although I wanted a 20 qt., I am very pleased with the quality of this one.

[paul84043]

I picked up a 30 qt, I kind of got ripped at my homebrew shop for it, I tend to impulse buy sometimes But..I really like the 30qt size, I wouldn't use anything smaller now. I still have the ocasional boil over even with that. I can't imagine using a 20...

[brewmonkey]

If you search out places like WalMart, Kmart, Target etc you can usually catch a deal on the deep fried turkey kits. My first setup was one of those with the 30qt aluminum pot and the burner (135K BTU) which I bought for about $45. Got me started and later replaced the pot with a SS one.

Aluminum is fine to start with but wears much quicker then SS and becomes discolored as well.

Old boyscout trick for some of you, rub the bottom and outside (only 1/4 way up) with dish soap before putting it on the burner. If the pot should blacken during the boil it comes off without much effort or using a green pad.

Dont forget to check the clearance aisles as well. Last week Ifound 2 burners for $20 each in walmarts clearence aisle.

[yonkersbrewer]

The solution for thin pots, brewing or cooking, is a flame tamer. It's one of those things that once you have it you will never stop using it. They are a thick piece of cast iron with a detachable handle that you put between the flame and the pot. They stop scorching and are great for things like pasta sauce since they stop the scorch and keep the seconds nice and hot too!

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by yonkersbrewer
The solution for thin pots, brewing or cooking, is a flame tamer. It's one of those things that once you have it you will never stop using it. They are a thick piece of cast iron with a detachable handle that you put between the flame and the pot. They stop scorching and are great for things like pasta sauce since they stop the scorch and keep the seconds nice and hot too!


I have one installed on two of my burners for that reason. Of course these burners are jet style and burn aaprox. 265K BTU!!!

You really have to watch the propane as it will suck 20LBS with no problem.

[b3s]

the six pennies trick i mentioned in the boil over thread also prevents scorching for some reason. i have a 20 qt. SS and a 24 qt. aluminum, both with thick bottoms, that i use to boil my wort in (3 gallons in each). no scorches except for when i did my first mash (direct heat in the SS)...bugger to get clean, that's for damn sure.