I have a 20qt hobart, and sunday night I did a little over a gallon batch and it turned out perfect and got a little over 7lbs. Then last night tried to do a little over a 2 gallon batch and it started to get a little gummy in the bowl after granulating and i stopped the machine when it sounded like it was working harder. Same exact storage container of syrup also, so its not the syrup and has to be some sort of environmental factor.
Has that ever happened to you? Wondering if it was just too much volume in the bowl to cool off fast enough, or if it was a drop in barometric pressure since a rain front was coming in maybe? Or maybe let the syrup take too long to get to temp? (ie: a slower simmer than usual)
thanks!