Sterilizing

[snail59]

Im new to brewing & still waiting for my first set of brewing kit to be delivered so while I wait im looking for guidence. The other half has one of those mini steam cleaner thingys she uses to clean the cooker (after ive used it for a fry up :whistle: ). Question is has or does anyone use one of these to sterilize equipment.

 

[tubthumper]

seen it used on a North American site once but no one in uk has ever mentioned it also as it need a constant contact time of 20 mins for steam to do its job properly ( someone will say differrent I am sure) it is much better to just soak your stuff in weak bleach solution and do something else whilst its serilising .
as an aside I have seen mention of using steam to raise the mash temp (again USA ) and was going to try it one day my self

 

[Vossy1]

I haven't tried it myself, but a few members have posted about it. Put steam into the search facility (top right) and page 2 onwards yields some hits ie, like this :thumb: