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What does everybody use to insulate their boil kettle? I found some insulation at menards that was aluminum foil wilth plastic air pockets sandwiched between, guess what the plastic melted.


My question is, why would you want to insulate your boil kettle? If on the other hand you meant MASH kettle that I can understand. Yet I'm not sure what your batch size is but if your up there in the ten gallon batch size insulating the kettle should not be neccesary. If you monitor the temp drop on a kettle with 18- 20 lb. of grain it is minimal at best. On the other hand if your grain volume is for a five gallon batch temp swings may be much more evident and require occational corrections.


Steve

Stevo --

Insulating your kettle will improve your heating efficiency. Basically, you'll use less gas and get to a boil more quickly.

Ziggy-san wrote:Stevo --

Insulating your kettle will improve your heating efficiency. Basically, you'll use less gas and get to a boil more quickly.

I understand what insulation can do but honestly. My point was if your going to insulate do it to the mash vessel. How many folks insulate their brew pot? I imagine yes you could save a little on gas consumption but the amount seems negligible.
Steve