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What you need, really.....is a bucket without a ****ty lid. I noticed around the interwebs that a whole bunch of companies are selling buckets with lids that don't contain a rubber seal.... This is your problem....the pressure spits out the top of the lid because your bucket isn't totally...

:smack: Ok....so I guess I've just been doing it halfway right. I've got an idea now.....since I have 3 pots.... My big pot is 8 gallons, medium is 5 gallons, then I have a small 2 gallon pot. So theoretically I could heat water to 170 in the 2 gallon pot, take the grains from my 8 gallon pot...

Hm I did forget to mention something, when I do my mashing I raise my temp to 165 at the very end for an extra 10 mins which I think is almost equivalent to 170 rinse which I'll have to try next time....appreciate the input, and whenever I need to top off, my beer never gets watered down so I...

Good deal mang, yeah I mean if you have the equipment and brewing on your stove is ok with you then by all means. In my case I have three heads on this beer so, initially investing in a burner and new pot offset the cost of using extract kits, so we could eventually buy more beer kits. Now...

I understand what you're saying but IDK an 8 gallon pot is pretty big dude.... I've had SUCCESS already with it the way I do it....two pots is a little extreme since I'm outside on a burner with a huge pot anyway. SO, with that being said, never had a problem with boiling over, etc. However...

I've upgraded to an 8 gallon pot, that should be sufficient for 5 gallon batch wouldn't you say?

Hello everyone, finally decided to join a brew forum so I can expand my knowledge of homebrewing. And what a hobby it is, even though I've brewed over 100 gallons of beer I still consider myself new to the homebrew scene. So, over the past few years me, my brother, and my father have been...