Wort Chiller stops boil

I do five gallon full boil batches and every time I add my immersion wort chiller at around 10 minutes it stops the boil for a good five minutes before it gets going again.

Does anyone else run into this problem?

Does this pose any problems as far as the boil process goes?

Cheers

Originally posted by sharpe1987
Does anyone else run into this problem?

Originally posted by sharpe1987
Does this pose any problems as far as the boil process goes?

I keep my wort chiller submerged in a bucket of starsan infused filtered water until flame out, then I transfer it to the boil-pot. No problems noted.

This happened to me also back before I built a counter flow. I think if you could get all the water out of it before dropping it in that your boil wouldn’t stop.

Originally posted by wnoble
I think if you could get all the water out of it before dropping it in that your boil wouldn’t stop.

Do you use a propane burner? When I drop in my chiller it gets back to boiling in a minute or so. I just crank up the heat a minute or two before I put the chiller in.

I used to have the same problem, now I put the worth chiller in a bucket with almost boiling water 5 minutes before usage, problem solved.

I sanitize my chiller and just stick it in after flameout

Have never sanitized a wort chiller, have never immersed one before flameout, and have never had an infected batch. Way more important things to worry about than hot-side infection, especially if you haven’t set your chiller down on a pile of dog dirt or something!

I had no idea people lut their immuraion chillers during the boild. If it kills the boild putting it in, why not throw it in at flame out? Its lowering the temp of the wort just by puttin it in, so thats constructive at flame out, not so much during the boil.

Originally posted by 502F
I had no idea people lut their immuraion chillers during the boild. If it kills the boild putting it in, why not throw it in at flame out? Its lowering the temp of the wort just by puttin it in, so thats constructive at flame out, not so much during the boil.