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So after looking at all of the sculptures around here i decided to build myself one. Its still a work in progress but its a 2 tier with a Banjo cooker under the boil kettle. Im building with wood so i plan on using some sheet metal under the burners to prevent burning the thing to the ground ..

Ill post some pics soon. Dont hold your breath though cause my timeline is scarily too similar to

Here it is... Finally I got around to taking a pic...

The top shelf is for my cooler MT Kettle on the left is my new BK (heavy duty kettle from B3) The one on the right is my HLT

the little black box has a switch to a GFCI outlet on the other side for my pump (just ordered my bracket from B3) and it also has another GFCI for a radio, lamp, laptop, etc. which is attached to a 25ft heavy duty extension cord that plugs into another GFCI outside..

The Burner under the BK is the Bayou Classic Banjo cooker, the one under the HLT is the square Bayou Classic burner. I need to put the 10psi regulator inline with that burner because the 30psi regulator that is attached to the propane tank is way to hard to control with a ball valve..

It is made of wood, i painted the whole thing in high temp BBQ paint, under and behind the burners i put down a piece of sheet metal and painted that with the same paint..



Its not totally done, but are they ever?

Awesome - I have been toying with the idea of building a wood sculpture for a long time -
how will the pump figure in to your design? will you use it to transfer your strike water to your mash tun? HLT when sparging?
I have two 10 gallon coolers and the green light to get a pump, so I am trying to figure out the best design (and I don't weld) using wood..

I will be posting my "plans" here for feedback soon - this helps!
Thanks - good luck

I plan on using the pump to transfer the strike water, sparge and whirlpool. It is going to be mounted near the post that is between the BK and HLT..
I figured it would be easier to gravity feed the wort from the mash tun into the BK and pump the sparge water... and to help lower the overall height..

HTH..

There is my big ass woody setup....designed it on autoCAD and had my dad help me build it.

Stewbacca wrote:
Its not totally done, but are they ever?

No. My system is ever changing.

bilpid....

That's awesome....my plan almost exactly to save money and set soemthing up to infusion 10-gal batches with coolers.

All you need is a pump.

Blipiddy...
Are those 5 gal coolers???
I'm going to build up a structure soon (I hope) I still bottle, so I'm not looking to build a monster 10-20 gal system.