We’re a small 3bbl brewery with a 3bbl Portland Kettle Works system with three large kettles on direct fire burners. We’re being told we will need to install a Type II vent hood and this hood must sit 4 feet above the cooking surface/burners. The height of those burners is 26 inches. The pots themselves are 39 inches making up 65 inches total. This leaves us a whopping 9 inches remaining between the top of the kettles and the lip of the hood. Not enough room to get in a mash paddle or bucket to pour in ingredients.
We’re trying to find any exception or work around in the code to allow us to have more clearance between the hood and the kettles. I’m sure there’s someone out there that may have already experienced this dilemma. Any help on how to work around this or convince my local authorities to grant an exception would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay
We’re trying to find any exception or work around in the code to allow us to have more clearance between the hood and the kettles. I’m sure there’s someone out there that may have already experienced this dilemma. Any help on how to work around this or convince my local authorities to grant an exception would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Jay
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