Beer equipment misuse?

[cshann19]

What is the most un beer related thing you have done with your beer equipment?

The other day I used my auto siphon to empty my plugged dishwasher. Any other creative uses?

 

[tx-brewer]

I use my wort chiller pump to pump hot water to defrost my mini fridge, sure beats letting it sit out all day in the driveway

 

[DrunkleJon]

I use my bottling bucket to quick thaw frozen meats (fill with cool water, and throw in vac/cryo sealed meat from freezer. Thawed in very little time at all), and also use it to hoard water when there are nasty storms.

 

[TheSmithsEra]

haha... I used a bucket to hold hot water in when the complex didn't have hot water one morning

 

[roastquake]

low country boil in my kettle fitted with a screen

 

[RM-MN]

I'm currently using my spare bottling bucket and a fermenter bucket to add water to my waterbed. The fermenter carries warm water from the bathtub to be poured into the bottling bucket set on a high stool. The spigot and tubing means I can control how much I fill it and can shut it off while watching the level in the waterbed.

 

[IslandLizard]

Several times made a large batch of turkey (carcass) soup in my 8 gallon boil kettle.

 

[Glynn]

I made popcorn in my kettle for a cub scout pack meeting.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I made popcorn in my kettle for a cub scout pack meeting.

So that wasn't actually Diacetyl in your beer. It was leftover imitation butter,

 

[Bobby_M]

I've steamed like 50 ears of corn on the cob in my direct fire mash tun.

 

[jsguitar]

I brined a turkey in my large fermenting bucket.

 

[cshann19]

Wow, you guys are thinking out of the box. I had no idea the versatility of the equipment.

 

[Tritonal]

Same as you jsguitar. Last thanks giving I brined the turkey in my fermenting bucket and it turned out amazing.

 

[pickles]

I've cooked crab in my BK and use the HLT as a sous vide cooker.

 

[MaxStout]

I've done a few crab leg boils with my BK. Guests (who don't realize it's a BK) always ask me why I need a dial thermometer on a boil pot when everyone knows the water will boil when it gets to 212.

 

[Clonefan94]

I've made Chili in my 10 gallon brew pot. Big tailgate party before a football game. I figured this would be the easiest way to get 50 or so people a solid meal.

 

[zmanzorro]

I've made Chili in my 10 gallon brew pot. Big tailgate party before a football game. I figured this would be the easiest way to get 50 or so people a solid meal.

Same here. Was a little worried it would somehow affected my beer, but never did. I've upgraded my boil pot since then though.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Back when I used an 8 gallon tamale pot as a BK I would buy and steam crabs legs with it.

 

[jro238]

I make spaghetti sauce (yes, large amounts) in my BK, but you're 100X more likely to find me using non-beer equipment for brewing.

 

[Beerbeque]

I have steamed big long King crab legs in my brewpot since they wouldn't fit in any of my other cooking pots.

 

[ong]

I make large quantities of veggie stock in the brew kettle, using the bazooka tube to strain and spigot to fill quart jars, which I then pressure-can.

 

[Hammy71]

Original 2 gallon pot that I used for extract brewing makes an awesome large spaghetti pot. Carboys and corny kegs store water when Hurricanes threaten.

 

[RM-MN]

I make spaghetti sauce (yes, large amounts) in my BK, but you're 100X more likely to find me using non-beer equipment for brewing.

I did the opposite. I took the pot I had been making pasta sauce in and then made beer in it. I'm doing it again today.

 

[Whippy]

I've thought about getting a bunch of Pyrodex or something and turning a corny into a homemade "dambuster" someday, but have yet to do so.

 

[MaxStout]

I've thought about getting a bunch of Pyrodex or something and turning a corny into a homemade "dambuster" someday, but have yet to do so.

Powder keg?

 

[brewmcq]

My SWMBO uses my Blichmann all the time for non-pressure canning..

 

[Seven]

I use my Erlenmeyer flasks as growlers.

 

[biochemedic]

Same as you jsguitar. Last thanks giving I brined the turkey in my fermenting bucket and it turned out amazing.

Brined and fried a turkey in my kettle a few times!

 

[AgentHubcap]

I came home one day to find my wife using my boil kettle and burner to strip cloth diapers.

 

[toestothesun]

I came home one day to find my wife using my boil kettle and burner to strip cloth diapers.

Lol, how did you respond?

 

[DrunkleJon]

ewwwwww

 

[DanH]

I'm currently using my spare bottling bucket and a fermenter bucket to add water to my waterbed. The fermenter carries warm water from the bathtub to be poured into the bottling bucket set on a high stool. The spigot and tubing means I can control how much I fill it and can shut it off while watching the level in the waterbed.

Dude! You must own the very last waterbed lol

 

[AgentHubcap]

Lol, how did you respond?

I used that as an excuse to build a keggle.