I perhaps may have made an oops and I bought this thermowell, thinking it would be easier to secure it to the lid than the regular straight walled one that everyone puts in a dual stopper. I thought to myself, "how does that thing stay in the hole, wouldn't the pressure work it outwards?" (a bit more of research here would have done me wonders..) Also I have one of the famed ds18b20 sensors, I got this one with a …

It's starting to get cold out there but I still want to brew. I started looking into electric brew kettles (i am still new and only using extracts kits). Most of the stuff I read online is about adding a heatstick to your brew kettle. I no nothing about welding, so that intimidates me. I found this water bucket heater on Amazon that people in the comments talk about using it to supplement their stove top for boiling wort. Some …

EDIT - After many different attempts, I've learned these bucket heaters definitely shut them self off when the water starts boiling (and turn back on when the water drops somewhat below boiling), unfortunately. IMO they are only useful for HERMS. I purchased 3 of these bucket heaters to assist my induction stove boil wort. The instructions state the following safety warnings: DO NOT COMPLETELY IMMERSE THIS PRODUCT IN WATER. The handle and power cord are not designed to withstand boiling …