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Date: 05 Jul 2006 09:50:39
From: dutchbrew/chicago
Subject: electric turkey fryer
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I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
I have exhausted all of my brewing equipment funds unless i sell my
current pot and propane burner for over 50 bucks. Im a lazy when it
comes to selling shite on ebay and shipping it so I wont be getting
this. This seems like it would save you money since you dont have to
go through propane anymore though and you could brew in the basement or
kitchen just like the beginner days. Anybody pick this one up? I was
surprised at the price since it is only 20 bucks more than the pot and
propane cooker setup, seems like the way to go if you are buying
equipment for the first time.
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 18:52:06
From: nickstrachan
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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Propane is a SUPERIOR heat sorce, just ask Hank Hill....
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Date: 06 Jul 2006 09:47:31
From: Mark R
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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"nickstrachan" <nickajstrachan@aol.com > wrote in message
news:1152150726.180855.283860@v61g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
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> Propane is a SUPERIOR heat sorce, just ask Hank Hill....
>
I'm off next week. Maybe I'll drive up I-45 to Arlin and see if I can drink
a few beers with the guys. Besides I'm starting to understand Boomhauer.
:-)
Mark R
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Date: 06 Jul 2006 18:47:03
From: Pete
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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Listening to Hank Hill about propane is like listening to Alton Brown
about brewing!
On 5 Jul 2006 18:52:06 -0700, "nickstrachan" <nickajstrachan@aol.com >
wrote:
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>Propane is a SUPERIOR heat sorce, just ask Hank Hill....
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 22:09:41
From: Scott Alfter
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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In article <1152118239.196868.128070@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com >,
dutchbrew/chicago <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote:
>I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
>electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
>
>http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
I tried one of these a while back. After giving it an hour to attempt to
bring five gallons of water to a boil (it never did), I packed it up and
took it back.
You can't get enough power from one outlet to do a full-wort boil in a
reasonable amount of time. The standard 120V 15A outlet is only good for
1.8 kW; for a 5-gallon (nominal) batch, you want something closer to 3-4 kW.
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 23:16:53
From: Scott Sellers
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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Scott Alfter <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us >:
>In article <1152118239.196868.128070@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>dutchbrew/chicago <vroomski1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
>>electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
>>
>>http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
>I tried one of these a while back. After giving it an hour to
>attempt to bring five gallons of water to a boil (it never did),
>I packed it up and took it back.
>You can't get enough power from one outlet to do a full-wort
>boil in a reasonable amount of time. The standard 120V 15A
>outlet is only good for 1.8 kW; for a 5-gallon (nominal) batch,
>you want something closer to 3-4 kW.
Probably due to the thermal differences between oil and wort.
I looked at one of these a couple of years ago, and it seemed
like the heating element was kind of exposed and spindly for any
sort of vigorous stirring (in frying, the element is kept
separate from food by the basket). It looked like a good place
for hops to get caught and burnt.
Scott S
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Scott Sellers
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Date: 06 Jul 2006 14:07:58
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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On 05 Jul 2006 22:09:41 GMT, <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us > wrote:
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> In article <1152118239.196868.128070@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> dutchbrew/chicago <vroomski1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
>>electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
>>
>>http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
>
> I tried one of these a while back. After giving it an hour to attempt to
> bring five gallons of water to a boil (it never did), I packed it up and
> took it back.
>
> You can't get enough power from one outlet to do a full-wort boil in a
> reasonable amount of time. The standard 120V 15A outlet is only good for
> 1.8 kW; for a 5-gallon (nominal) batch, you want something closer to 3-4 kW.
IIRC, people that use electric elements for brewing usually use two of
them to reach a boil and then turn one off for maintaining the boil.
John.
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Date: 06 Jul 2006 15:58:57
From: Scott Alfter
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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John 'Shaggy' Kolesar <spam@shagg.net > wrote:
>On 05 Jul 2006 22:09:41 GMT, <scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us> wrote:
>>
>> In article <1152118239.196868.128070@j8g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
>> dutchbrew/chicago <vroomski1@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
>>>electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
>>>
>>>http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
>>
>> I tried one of these a while back. After giving it an hour to attempt to
>> bring five gallons of water to a boil (it never did), I packed it up and
>> took it back.
>>
>> You can't get enough power from one outlet to do a full-wort boil in a
>> reasonable amount of time. The standard 120V 15A outlet is only good for
>> 1.8 kW; for a 5-gallon (nominal) batch, you want something closer to 3-4 kW.
>
>IIRC, people that use electric elements for brewing usually use two of
>them to reach a boil and then turn one off for maintaining the boil.
I use three to start and back off to two...they're 1.5 kW each.
Occasionally it'll threaten to boil over and I'll need to cut it back to one
for a bit, but two heatsticks will keep a vigorous boil going.
Someone who's using more powerful heating elements (2.5 kW or more) could
get by with fewer of them.
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Date: 05 Jul 2006 16:56:02
From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar
Subject: Re: electric turkey fryer
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On 5 Jul 2006 09:50:39 -0700, <vroomski1@yahoo.com > wrote:
> I was at home depot over the weekend and stumbled across this 28qt
> electric turkey fryer kettle listed for 120 bucks.
>
> http://www.masterbuilt.com/pages/setftv.html
>
> I have exhausted all of my brewing equipment funds unless i sell my
> current pot and propane burner for over 50 bucks. Im a lazy when it
> comes to selling shite on ebay and shipping it so I wont be getting
> this. This seems like it would save you money since you dont have to
> go through propane anymore though and you could brew in the basement or
> kitchen just like the beginner days. Anybody pick this one up? I was
> surprised at the price since it is only 20 bucks more than the pot and
> propane cooker setup, seems like the way to go if you are buying
> equipment for the first time.
I agree with the advantage of being able to use it indoors. However based
on several discussions in the past about cost of electric vs propane, they
come out pretty even. I wouldn't sell your current propane system and
buy an electric one just for the idea of saving money.
John.
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