I bought a thick foam exercise mat, cut it half lengthwise then wrapped my pot with two layers (trimmed to size). Every 20 minutes or so I turn the electric stove on for a couple of seconds to make up for any losses.

"Welcome to the Club", Dave... ;) Your pot size would be very limiting if you drink as much beer as I do. :drink: Being constrained to smaller batch sizes... Sounds like you have some work-arounds figured out... Hope you hang out here enough to help folks in that similar (to you) situation. Anyhow,...

Hi, I'm from Brisbane, Australia and have been using a biab type method for several years. I love its simplicity and have had great results. My vessel is only 21L and I'm looking to buy a larger pot in the coming months. I predominantly do concentrated boils and use a small amount of extract as well...