Kettles and false bottoms

[Nuggethead]

I use a converted keg as my boil kettle. It has a 1/2" copper tubing pick-up that is just off center to facilitate whirlpooling after the boil. My problem is I always experience clogs when using whole hops during the boil. Filter screens, scrubbies and hop bags placed on the pick-up make matters worse. Can I put a false bottom in my kettle for filtering whole hops without it causing excess heat build up between the kettle bottom and false bottom resulting in scorching the wort.

 

[Zamial]

You can use one of the muslin bags with the pvc tube and 3-4 bolts that hold the bag off of the bottom of the keggle like: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f11/lil-sparky-tha-man-40738/ or you can try this https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/cut-keg-top-false-bottom-192413/ may work as well.