Did my first brew in a 40 L crab cooker pot today.
All went well until I wanted to chill the pot down to pitching temp.
As I don't have my immersion chiller yet, I placed the pot in a large eathernware planter pot full of water.
I placed a couple of bricks in the bottom, to keep the hot aluminium from touching the pot.
Turned the tap on to have water just dribbling over the side of the planter pot.
When I pulled the aluminium pot out, it had buckled aross the bottom, sinking in by about 30 mm.
I just heated the empty pot for a minute, then stood in the pot to straighten the bottom out. But I'm not sure this is a long term fix.
Does anyone else have these issues?
Would letting the pot sit for 20 mins or so before putting it in water stop it from happening again?
All went well until I wanted to chill the pot down to pitching temp.
As I don't have my immersion chiller yet, I placed the pot in a large eathernware planter pot full of water.
I placed a couple of bricks in the bottom, to keep the hot aluminium from touching the pot.
Turned the tap on to have water just dribbling over the side of the planter pot.
When I pulled the aluminium pot out, it had buckled aross the bottom, sinking in by about 30 mm.
I just heated the empty pot for a minute, then stood in the pot to straighten the bottom out. But I'm not sure this is a long term fix.
Does anyone else have these issues?
Would letting the pot sit for 20 mins or so before putting it in water stop it from happening again?