I can never get a good trub cone when I try to whirlpool and I therefore just use an autosiphon to transfer from BK to fermenter. I do hate doing that as my BK has a built in ball valve that would be far easier to use and less mess to clean. Is there any issue with this process:
Once cooling is done, don't wait for all the hot/cold break & hops matter to settle. Place a BIAB bag (or hop sock made of the same material that I don't use) inside fermentation vessel (for me a wide mouthed fermonster), drain entire BK contents into the fermonster, pull the bag out to separate the wort from the break and hops. Aerate and pitch as usual.
Obviously, the bag would take a good dunk in Starsan first to ensure it is sanitized. Good idea? Bad idea?
Once cooling is done, don't wait for all the hot/cold break & hops matter to settle. Place a BIAB bag (or hop sock made of the same material that I don't use) inside fermentation vessel (for me a wide mouthed fermonster), drain entire BK contents into the fermonster, pull the bag out to separate the wort from the break and hops. Aerate and pitch as usual.
Obviously, the bag would take a good dunk in Starsan first to ensure it is sanitized. Good idea? Bad idea?