Hi all,
I've installed an 8500 gallon Vendome mash cooker at my distillery in Tasmania, Australia and we began commissioning it in December 2023. The main challenge during that process was that the grain meal tended to pile up on the cooling coils, which are directly underneath the grain inlet nozzle.
I reached out to Rabbit Hole in Louisville and they mentioned they had a similar problem, so relocated their grain inlet closer to the middle of the cooker to direct the meal closer to the vortices created by the agitator.
Vendome confirmed that most of the cookers of this size they supply have the grain inlet nozzle in the same place. Has anyone out there with this cooker configuration found a process to prevent the grain from piling up on the coils and creating dough balls?
Cheers, John