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So I lucked out on a great little vessel for use as a small boiler for gin and test recipes, and am looking for input on how to best heat it. The container itself is a 10L Eagle Stainless BTB-21"bottle" with a 4" ferrule opening. I would like to be able to use this on a countertop with 110v power and don't really want to go through the trouble of getting a ferrule welded in for an immersion element.
I was thinking about a simple hot plate, but the bottom of the bottle is slightly conical in the middle, with about a 5mm gap from the bottom rim, and I don't know how much that would reduce the efficiency. Does anyone have any experience with infrared units and how they might function with this? I have also looked at some band heaters, but most with sufficient power (min 1500w) are a bit wide for the bottle's 8.5" diameter. I am open to any suggestions/sources, thanks in advance for the help everyone.
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God damn that's a sexy boiler. 4" TC on the neck? Very nice.
Find an 8" band heater that's got a gap with a turn buckle for tightening, see if you can just use a larger threaded rod to make up for the additional gap. Or, if you have something slightly larger, how about a few wraps of copper flashing to make up the gap? If you can keep the flashing tight with 1 or 2 heating bands, it might actually look pretty good. Think of the copper wrap as an electric jacket. Should be great if you are looking to experiment with herbs in the boiler.
Otherwise, hot plate. The air gap shouldn't be a big problem.
Small gas cooktop would be my go to. You could even use one of those camping ones with the disposable canisters.
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I would try with a sand bath in any container
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get a crock pot, remove ceramic, put in boiler, fill empty space with dry sand...
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