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Well title says it all I'm about to cook down the concentrate that's left in the evaporator. I don't want to put a flame to my draw off pail and my next best pan is aluminum. Will aluminum work well or not? Don't ever see aluminum pans for the arch. Thanks
My turkey fryer pot is aluminum, seems to work for syrup too!
Aluminum should work fine, especially for concentrate. Sap will eat through an aluminum pan eventually, but it takes time.
What would cause sap to "eat" though aluminum? Just wondering.
Low or high pH. Boiling well water will typically eat through aluminum eventually.Quote:
Originally Posted by 325abn
The only thing I've seen "eat" aluminum is tomatos. I've made several aluminum pans that all worked good. However, Dr Perkins told me aluminum is not approved by the maple people altho he said not to worry about it for home use.
Tomatoes will definitely eat through aluminum much faster than sap will. But thin aluminum turkey fryer pans boiling sap for many hours at a time degrade from both sides whereas stainless steel pans don't.
Boiling in anything aluminum makes maple taste like aluminum
My first year I boiled off in an Aluminum turkey fryer, I suspect that many have and many more will do just that! ;)
My first year I boiled on a 2x3 SS pan and a friend boiled on English tin and finished it in an aluminum pot on a turkey fryer. My wife and I each sampled his and he ours. After we got back in our vehicle, we both agreed his had an aluminum after taste. Cooking in aluminum has sometimes been thought to be one possible cause of Alzheimer's. I decided I would not take the chance, my memory has nothing to spare.
My taste buds are good enough but I have never detected any aluminum taste in anything. As far as alzheimers my family has used aluminum pots since before I was born, almost 81 years ago, and my brain is about the only thing I have left that still works good. That and the ability to pass gas, lol.