What parts can I harvest from an old oven?

[foodplusbeer]

My parents are getting rid of an old electric oven with the coiled burners on the range. Are there any parts that I can take off and use to build an electric brew kettle, or high powered electric burner?

Temp controller, heating elements (oven and range), metal racks, dials? What is worth saving?

 

[gruver]

Save the infinite switches (the parts that the burner knobs are connected to). You can use those to control hot water heater elements for a brew kettle.

 

[cscade]

Save the infinite switches (the parts that the burner knobs are connected to). You can use those to control hot water heater elements for a brew kettle.

Be very careful with the ratings on those, as a hot water heater element can be much larger than they were designed to drive I think.

 

[zeus53219]

Save the power cord and scrap the rest. The infinite switches from the burners could be useful on a smaller watt element for a Rims set up, or any other element rated under 2000 watts.

 

[gruver]

I'm using two of the switches to run elements in my e-kettle. The switches usually have their rating on the back, so you can size an appropriate element. I was able to set mine up with two 2000w elements. Works really well!

 

[DeafSmith]

Build your own brew stove.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/lives-stovezilla-born-177317/

It was a lot of work, but I'm happy with the results. I do have to bake the moisture out of the elements for about 10 or 15 minutes before each brew so that the GFCI doesn't trip - other than that very minor thing it works great.

 

[foodplusbeer]

Stovezilla is pretty awesome! Probably would be hard to get that to work with a keggle though.

 

[DeafSmith]

Stovezilla is pretty awesome! Probably would be hard to get that to work with a keggle though.

Yeah, definitely only for large diameter flat bottomed pots.