Lasevera and jrstephens65,
Welcome to the site. There is a ton of advice on the site and I hope you can find it with just a tad bit of looking. Advice on equipment is very helpful...the BIABacus file for helping with your brew is HUGE..., etc.
James - is it too late to return your pot and get something larger...? Your situation was mine just a couple years ago. I almost bought a 10 gallon pot (for 5 or just over gallon batches of beer...seemed so large at the time, when used to brewing extract). Actually ordered on some advice and then cancelled it later and ordered larger 16 gallon pot on other advice. Advice on the Internet was so confusing...and conflicting back then; still is actually. A 10-gallon pot would have been a BIG mistake. You are in the same situation, and that will just barely do what you want it to do. It CAN do what you want - but just barely! Much better to get a little larger pot like 15-16 gallon to give some extra room for brewing bigger brews like IPAs or big Stouts if you want, or maybe just a double batch of a smaller brew now and then... Anyhow, not trying to be a kill-joy, but wanting to help you out with your current situation, and it seems fixable at this point. You don't want to be brewing close to max capacity, if possible.
Gentlemen, wish both of you the best of luck, and let us know if questions!
