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Keg Kettles (keggles)
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	Through the years we've collected a bunch of scrapped kegs and made them into keg kettles. We have also purchased pre-made keg kettles from Sabco and other sources. Unfortunately we just don't have the space to continue to store these, so we are going to sell them off to other home brewers and outdoor chefs. They make great boil pots for big batches of your favorite foods! Some have just the top cut, and would be great for folks who will cook food in them, or for brewers who prefer to siphon their wort out of the kettle instead of installing a valve. Others have holes drilled for a valve and thermometer. Most of the top holes are 12", but we do have one available with a 10" hole, and the holes for the valve and thermometer. As these were scrapped kegs, not new perfect kegs, they will have small dings and dents that do not affect anything. None have any major damage. They may have handling dings on the bottom and top rims from normal industry usage. When we bought them, we left many more at the scrap yards because they were far too visually or physically damaged for my tastes. Most of them only had structural damage to the top of the valve housing, and that is removed when they are made into kettles anyway. Keep in mind that I bought these for my own brewing with no intention of selling, so I picked good ones. Contact me for pricing on the current kettles remaining.

		Here is a standard kettle that represents what most of our kettles look like.

		Here is a view of the same kettle showing the nicely cut 12" hole in the top.

		Here is one with a 10" hole, and holes drilled for a weldless bulkhead and weldless thermometer.

		Side view of the same kettle with a 10" top hole. You can see the holes for the valve and thermometer in this picture. The brown color on the bottom is just coloring from the flame of my burners, and can be easily cleaned off if you would like. Every well-used brewing kettle has this coloration.
	Email me at Dean_Palmer@jabil.com if you find errors, bullshit, or have questions.