[Syrupmakers] Kettle cooking help

[Kevin Harbin]

Well, my sorghum has been in the ground about 3 weeks.  Not a drop of rain
since before I planted.  Luckily there is a spring under the field where I
plant, so it's actually out of the ground, but not thriving.

Anyway, I always start preparing my equipment right after I plant, that way
everything is in working order come harvest and cooking time.  This year I
decided to tear the corn binder apart and sandblast the metal and replace
the wood.  I'm in the middle of that project now.

The other thing I want to do this year is make one of those rings that go
just inside the kettle (I have a goldens 80 gallon) to boil the syrup over
and filter.  I have cooked in my kettle the last 3 years, but have been
wanting to make one of these and learn to use it.  Can anyone using a kettle
give me any dimensions on the ring and any pointers on how to use it?

Thanks

 

Good luck to everyone on their crops this year.

 

 

Kevin S. Harbin

Seneca, SC 

 

 

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