Homemade mash paddle

[Cody]

What's the best material?

Wood definitely has the most charisma, but SS and plastic are probably easier to clean.

[snowcapt]

My vote is for wood.
As far as cleaning it, I dont think that it would be any more work. Just spray the sucker off and hang it to dry.
Wood seems a bit more "romantic" to me, as well.
It has more of the "heirloom" quaility to it.
my 2 Lincolns

[Henning1966]

Why here is a cheap mash paddle from a restaurant supplier http://www.katom.com/370-MPS48.html

[Quin]

You can probably find a giant SS spatula in the BBQ section on sale in most stores now.

[Bugeater]

I use an 18" heavy duty wire whisk in my mash tun. Does a wonderful job of instantly chopping up dough balls.
Of course, this is for a 52 quart rectangular cooler mash tun and 5 gallon batches though they do make these in 48" and 60" sizes (we use them in the kitchen at work) for bigger batches.

Wayne

[BarefootLion]

Just for fun I hooked my CO2 up to my mash tun(I was purging O2 for a sour mash) openned up the valves and that stirred up the mash something fierce.

[Brewdouche]

Why here is a cheap mash paddle from a restaurant supplier http://www.katom.com/370-MPS48.html

Katom is where I got my 50g pot, and all my hotdog equipment.

I like SS. I like shiney

[Gridiron Brewer]

I voted other. I think it depends on your mash tun. If you have a plastice MT, wood or plastic. If you have a SS MT, SS or wood.