Salpino
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How much does the recirculating help the efficiency or is it mainly just for a more consistent temperature?
Hard to say what impact it has on efficiency. With the element cycling during the mash, there are bound to be hot spots if you don't recirculate, so I have never brewed without recirculating.
For instance--when I fill the kettle with mash water and set the PID, the element is usually powered on for several minutes before I get the pump and tubing hooked up. When I finally power up the pump and start recirculating there is an almost immediate temperature jump on the PID once the water that was sitting near the element is pumped through.