Redneck 1.5bbl brewery
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hot enough for a pizza?
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
hot enough for a pizza?
yes. it's used around fireplaces/wood burning stoves, so i'm assuming it can handle at least 400F."Oh, you were serious? I was drunk."-C_B -
400F is really on the low side for pizza
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"Oh, you were serious? I was drunk."-C_B
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FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
hot enough for a pizza?
yes. it's used around fireplaces/wood burning stoves, so i'm assuming it can handle at least 400F.
usually its fire brick inside a fireplace. it's basically the same stuff though, just doesn't have the variations in thermal expansion that cause internal stresses to build and shoot hot shards of brick in to the faces of those sitting around the fire.The only thing between me and a train wreck is blind luck..... - Kenny -
Lakewood said:FromZwolle said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
hot enough for a pizza?
yes. it's used around fireplaces/wood burning stoves, so i'm assuming it can handle at least 400F.
usually its fire brick inside a fireplace. it's basically the same stuff though, just doesn't have the variations in thermal expansion that cause internal stresses to build and shoot hot shards of brick in to the faces of those sitting around the fire.
i said around, not in. like for the hearth. like this:"Oh, you were serious? I was drunk."-C_B -
Fine, i'll just google it... I guess I may already be the resident "expert" (hack) on refractory martial. I believe real red brick is just a lump of clay, so if heated slowly it would be just find to at least 1800F. Cinder blocks I think are portland cement based so get brittle if ever lifted to 1200F or so. With there shape it would seem the weakness could be engineered around, but a more temp resistant lining would be nice.
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I'll have too price some stuff out
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
I'll have too price some stuff out
Could you make your own bricks? That's the ticket. -
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jlw said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
I'll have too price some stuff out
Could you make your own bricks? That's the ticket.
I've gone down that road. It's not worth it unless i've got some good clay for free. I might try digging down a few feet, but it's very unlikely I'm standing on some Tennessee ball clay #4
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:jlw said:Dr_Jerryrigger said:
I'll have too price some stuff out
Could you make your own bricks? That's the ticket.
I've gone down that road. It's not worth it unless i've got some good clay for free. I might try digging down a few feet, but it's very unlikely I'm standing on some Tennessee ball clay #4
You put the clay on what? And you have 4?????
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Things are coming together little by little. Problem is it's way too hot to ferment without temp control. I also want to keep this really redneck. Dig a hole? Chest freezer plus a heap of insulation? Chest freezer plus bucket of antifreeze and a copper coil? It's humid too so swamp coolers won't do much.
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jlw said:
Dig a hole would work really well. If you have a chest freezer tht would probably work e en better if you can figure out how to control temp.
Both are possible. I don't really want to dig that deep of a hole in my basement and I don't really want to have it outside, so freezer (or fall) it is! -
I guess the freezer works well for drinking too. Once it's in place I won't be able to move it till I drink (or dump) most of it.
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Dr_Jerryrigger said:
I guess the freezer works well for drinking too. Once it's in place I won't be able to move it till I drink (or dump) most of it.
This is a good idea.
