I put my new brew kettle and Buffalo Induction Hob through it's paces the other day.
I'm really pleased with both, but jeez the brew kettle is heavy! My previous pot was half the capacity and made out of steel tissue, so it was easy to lift. This though!! The empty pot is heavy enough, and even only half full its a test for my back. I can't imagine how heavy it would be with nearly 38 litres in it :shock:
The ball valve comes with a trub dam, which is an angled tube that fits into the back of the ball valve, with a rubber screen that stops all the kettle **** getting clogging the tap up. However it was painfully slow when I tried to draw off the boiled wort into the FV. I ended up having to tip the wort out, which was a pain. Anyone else struggled with a slow draw off from one of these kettles?
I'm really pleased with both, but jeez the brew kettle is heavy! My previous pot was half the capacity and made out of steel tissue, so it was easy to lift. This though!! The empty pot is heavy enough, and even only half full its a test for my back. I can't imagine how heavy it would be with nearly 38 litres in it :shock:
The ball valve comes with a trub dam, which is an angled tube that fits into the back of the ball valve, with a rubber screen that stops all the kettle **** getting clogging the tap up. However it was painfully slow when I tried to draw off the boiled wort into the FV. I ended up having to tip the wort out, which was a pain. Anyone else struggled with a slow draw off from one of these kettles?