I bought a big “turkey fryer” setup 6 years ago at Costco; it cost a hundred dollars. I just wanted the 32 liter stainless steel pot and the turkey fryer set up was the cheapest way to get it.
I don’t know how it fries turkeys but it is a marvelous snow melter and hot water heater.
- Fill the perforated basket with snow. I use a pot to scoop up the snow into the basket.
- If your snow is really fluffy you will need to compress it. I use the perforated thing on a stick that came with the pot; it fits perfectly into the perforated basket.
- Fill up perforated basket with some more snow, compress, and add more snow until basket is full.
- Drop big perforated basket into partially filled big pot on wood stove. Instant water!
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w I got my water last winter and how I will get it this winter. It’s so easy; it takes less than a minute a day to harvest enough water for all my needs.
I keep a small pot hanging near the wood stove to scoop out the hot water as needed.
This pot at amazon isn’t exactly what I have but close.
Does your hot water heater/turkey fryer have a spigot on it? I looked for some online after reading your blog and found some that have a turnable knob spigot at the bottom for draining “juices”. Yuck. I’m a vegetarian veterinarian.
Mine is just a regular pot; no spigot. I scoop the hot water out with a small pot I keep hanging by the wood stove.