dia vs heigth
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:17 pm
is it better to have a kettle that is taller than wide or wider than tall
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:19 pm
taller than wide will heat faster, i guess a kettle exactly the same diameter as the burner, if the burner heated the entire bottom surface, would heat the fastest, but it probably doesnt matter.
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:23 pm
thank you but I have notices kettles are wider than tall
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Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:30 pm
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:32 pm
DIA is a decent airport, but Heigthrow is okay too.
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 5:48 pm
The big difference between tall/narrow kettles and short/wide kettles is the boil off rate. The more the surface area, the greater the boiloff. My tall narrow turkey fryer kettle boils off 1 gallon/hr while my wider stock pot will boil off 1.5 gallon/hr.
If you are batch sparging, the increased boil off can be a good thing. This forces you to sparge just a bit more to make up the volume. That, in turn, rinses a little more sugar out of your grain which increases your mash efficiency.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
If you are batch sparging, the increased boil off can be a good thing. This forces you to sparge just a bit more to make up the volume. That, in turn, rinses a little more sugar out of your grain which increases your mash efficiency.
Wayne
Bugeater Brewing Company
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:57 pm
Come on now. It is not hight verses diameter. It is length verses thickness.
Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 7:10 pm
Yeah, not how deep it goes, it's definitely how much it scrapes the sides.
