SmokeyMcBong
Well-Known Member
I found this heat stick up north this morning while winterizing our camper. My old man said that they used to use it when they "off season" camped to heat water for dishes or washing. They used to use it in a 5 gal bucket with no complaints. Since they don't camp once the water supply is turned off for the winter anymore, the heat stick got donated to my brewery. I have been doing 2.5 gal boils on my kitchen stove with extract (maybe just over 3 gal total vol.), and the stove has had problems bringing everyone back to the boil after additions. I'm hoping this thing will solve my problems and allow me to boil up to 6 gals on my stove top. I'm switching to all grain soon and would still like to be able to make 5 gal batches after the switch.
The heat stick is 120volts and is 1000w. I filled my pot full, put it on the stove (usually takes close to an hour for my stove to boil it) and put on the heat stick. In a little less than 25mins the water was jumping outta the pot.
Anyone see why I shouldn't use this?
The heat stick is 120volts and is 1000w. I filled my pot full, put it on the stove (usually takes close to an hour for my stove to boil it) and put on the heat stick. In a little less than 25mins the water was jumping outta the pot.
Anyone see why I shouldn't use this?