LazyDogBrew
New Forum Member
Recently got back into brewing after a long time. Since winter is approaching, I sprung for the Brewzilla 35L - 110 volt system off of MoreBeer. All the reviews have led me to believe that this was a decent system. However, I'm not so sure as I've had issues. I tried using the unit to brew an extract kit (its what I had laying around at the time) with a 6.5 gallon boil using LME.
My first gripe is that the temperature readout is 4 - 6 degrees F off. The temperature display on the Brewzilla never makes it above 206 and fluctuates between 204 and 206 degrees F.
My second gripe is that the boil seem overly weak to me. It took 45 minutes to get 3 gallons of water to 206 degrees F. That's just 3 gallons. And with both 1000W and 500W elements on. I can't imagine how long it takes to get 7 gallons boiling.
Am I expecting to hard of a boil for a 110 volt brew system? And is it normal to have discrepancies in temps on the brewzilla? For the money that the system costed me, I just thought the unit should function way better than it is. I'm highly disappointed. I can send the unit back for a refund minus shipping. But that box went out with the garbage already so I shot myself there.
My first gripe is that the temperature readout is 4 - 6 degrees F off. The temperature display on the Brewzilla never makes it above 206 and fluctuates between 204 and 206 degrees F.
My second gripe is that the boil seem overly weak to me. It took 45 minutes to get 3 gallons of water to 206 degrees F. That's just 3 gallons. And with both 1000W and 500W elements on. I can't imagine how long it takes to get 7 gallons boiling.
Am I expecting to hard of a boil for a 110 volt brew system? And is it normal to have discrepancies in temps on the brewzilla? For the money that the system costed me, I just thought the unit should function way better than it is. I'm highly disappointed. I can send the unit back for a refund minus shipping. But that box went out with the garbage already so I shot myself there.