Heating element below false bottom

[Kbar]

a word of caution-
a bit of grain always escapes below most false bottoms. When it invariably ends up stuck to the heating element, it will scorch and you'll tend to get a touch of ash/burnt/smoke in your beers.

+1. And one of the reasons I hate my RIMS & want to go back to HERMS asap.

+2 - Me as well. Running Herms due to some scorched batches.

[Kbar]

I use a 15 Gallon Stout tank for the HLT. Heat up the mash water, dough in, then pump into the HERMS coil to control mash temps. The HLT has the HERMS coil in it. for $849 you are looking at possibly being able to purchasing both a BK and HLT or Mash Tun and HLT for that price from Stout.

My HLT; https://conical-fermenter.com/HL15TW-HC-SG.html

[Bad Goat Brewing]

I've acctually had really good luck with my rims. It really helps speed up my brew day compared to my HERMS.