re: Boil Boss - Would You Buy This?

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You can cut PVC pipe of this gauge to size with a kitchen knife or scissors. So yeah, easily adjustable.

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So doesn't function like the boil boss. Thanks for playing.

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He said he could build one for 10 bucks. You said he couldn't. Assuming he already has a water hose (who doesn't?), he most certainly can. The fittings will only run about 65c a piece (schedule 40) and the bushing may be a buck 50. 6ft of light wall 3/4" pipe runs around 6 bucks.

What else do you wanna argue about? We all know your schtick.

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He can build a half arse version of it, sure. It won't function like this one, and it will look like shite.

Or if it's so easy and only $10, how about you build it and charge half the price Boil Boss does and get all the business these guys are gonna get instead?

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Glad you agree. Thx for playing.

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The question wans't whether he could half arse it, the question was if he could make something that functions the same. By his own admission, he can't.

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It won't spray water onto the side of the pot?

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Nice to see reading is a strong suit of yours.

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First, I'm not really into making the area around my pots into a small pond, though I know some people in here do spray there pots. More power to them, just not my thing.

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I don't really understand what this does. If you don't over boil, and you leave the cover off of the pot you don't need to cool the water by spraying the pot.

See this is why I rarely give you the time of day. You don't deserve it.

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The question wans't whether he could half arse it, the question was if he could make something that functions the same. By his own admission, he can't.

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WRONG.

He said...

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I could make this easily for under $10 and do it in probably less than 30 minutes.

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You said...

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No he couldn't.

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Now what was that about reading and it being a strong suit? I'm done with you. Go waste someone else's time.

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What he's saying is that this is an incredibly simple device - as simple as spraying water onto the side of a pot. There's not some complex engineering going on or something that requires this thing to be exact in all dimensions for it to get the job done.

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No one said it was a particularly intricate device. The bottom line is you aren't building something anywhere near as elegant or as easy to adjust for $10.

Obviously it is a "luxury" item and not necessary to make good crawfish. That was never a question.

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Pics?

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It’s still a work in progress. I cut the holes too wide so the water pressure isn’t strong enough to create the whirlpool.

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That he’s already spent money on. You don’t just erase that cost because it was spent at an earlier time.

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To be fair, the Boil Boss doesn't come with a hose to my knowledge. So that's a cost you'd have regardless of what you decide to go with (assuming you didn't have one ).

These guys should also sell a washtub to put your whole rig in to catch all the water. It could have a hose so you could direct the waste water to a drain.

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Just bump your cost to something like under $30 and we can end the debate.

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Why? I already have a parts list. What should I spend the extra $20 on? You still never answered my question on functionality.

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especially considering your other creation doesn't even work.

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That one is a bit more complicated and more time consuming than this one, i.e. the pvc and holes need to be the right size to allow for enough water pressure to create a whirlpool and move the crawfish along. I never once claimed it was easy, rather that it was cheap to make. Water pressure isn't a huge factor to build something like boil boss. Once I get the washer working, I'll post a video. I just haven't had time to fiddle with it.