How much water in the pot for 120qt boil?

just taste the water dude. You are seriously over thinking this.

This was my thought as well on what I was going to do, then just mark it for future use.

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which leads me to believe I am adding to much water and diluting it

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Well, do you have a lot of excess water in your pot? 120 qt pot is very large and can almost do 2 sacks.

So here's what you need to figure out. If you are just boiling a sack, you aren't going to need to fill up your pot like you would if you were doing about 2 sacks. Do as others have said and figure out where your water line should be for the amount you want to boil. If I had a 120 qt pot I would note 2 different water lines. First line would be for 1 sack (30 lbs), second would be for the most crawfish + sides that i could fit in the pot.

I use the holes in my basket as a reference point so I know how much to fill the pot up. I.E. I usually fill my pot til the water is not covering 3 holes from the top of the basket.

Halfway is too much water for 35 pounds in a 120 qt pot.

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Are you saying regardless of amount of crawfish, you would fill any size pot halfway?

I've got a 120qt rocket pot and typically go about 10 gallons.

I used a 5 gallon bucket and counted how many holes up in the basket each 5 gallons takes up. Each 5 gallons is about 2.5-3 holes up, which is maybe about 1/3 of the way up with 10 gallons

About halfway or a little over. No need to overthink it.

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Dump and put fresh water to your water line.

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You're just putting the live crawfish right back in the new water.

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Maybe he hadn't washed the crawfish yet.

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Correct.

I would assume most people get their water going with vegetables, etc while they clean their crawfish.