Reddit reviews Concord Cookware S4242 Stainless Steel Stock Pot Kettle, 60-Quart
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Stock pot is made from Commercial Quality Stainless Steels, Fully PolishedStainless Steel handles riveted onto pot and Lid for solid constructionStock Pot is made from Full Stainless Steel with new Lid designPolished inside and outVery heavy duty construction, will last a lifetime
Pot 44qt and Burner Same price, free shipping and better in every way imo. If you plan on doing all grain I would recommend dropping an aditional $30 and getting this concord 60qt pot instead.
I have one of these and put a 3 piece ball valve on it. I do BIAB and it has worked out great. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085ZODVO/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2/192-2574100-6087263?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=1QMD28GH6CWRA8Q2V4Y6&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=1944687622&pf_rd_i=B0085ZNXZ6
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I would say, don't bother starting with less than 5 gallon batches. You are going to work just as hard for so little beer. Get a cheap 15 gallon pot and you'll be set for life (stainless or aluminum). You can start will full boil extract and move to all-grain brew-in-a-bag for the cost of a mesh bag.
I've never seen a need for more than the 19 liters my anova can effortlessly produce but lets just say you do.
To utilize the claimed capacity of 16 gallons you would need about a 60 quart stainless steel stock pot which run about $90 (you can't use an aluminum pot because those don't work with induction burners). If you fill that pot with 16 gallons of water, which leaves some room in the top of the pot, you would have about 133 pounds of water (16 gallons x 8.34 pounds per gallon of water) plus the 18 pound pot you would have about 150 pound set-up. Now, you will likely use less water BUT once loaded with meat you're still looking at a set-up that weighs in excess of 120-130 pounds and you've already spent $189 for the "KoBQue", $50-100 for an induction burner, and $90 for a stock pot. That's $329 - $379 total in materials to actually utilize the 16 gallon+ claimed capacity. IDK, this just doesn't seem like such a great deal to me.
Edit: also, this doesn't even take into account the amount of time an 1800 watt induction burner would need to heat 16 gallons of water. I'm guessing it would take somewhere in the neighborhood of 2-3 hours just to bring it up to temperature. THEN you have the thermal mass of the meat you're adding to the pot and you now need to wait for the water to come back to temp AGAIN before you can start your sous vide timer. It seems like this would make this even more impractical.