Evaporators & Grills
Making syrup in the backyard? Hand-made, wood-fired, barrel-style maple sap evaporators and grills are good looking and easy to use! Choose a ready-made, heirloom-quality product from the Sapling line, or build your own with a kit!
All Vermont Evaporator Company evaporators, grills and kits were designed and hand-made right here in Vermont.
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Sapling Evaporator
$1,489.00 Add to cart -
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DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit – without Barrel
$563.00 Add to cart -
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Sapling Everything Grill with Evaporator Pan
$1,987.00 Add to cart$1,887.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!
Evaporation Rate and Taps
Depending on the condition and style of use, the Sapling Evaporator can evaporate anywhere from 4-8 gallons of sap per hour. (An evaporation rate is the amount of water that boils off of your sap each hour.) We designed the Sapling Evaporator for ourselves and our fellow hobby sugarmakers. Our recommendations of 5-50 taps are for those hobbyists who collect during the week and boil during the weekend. If you find you have a more flexible schedule and boil during the week, or if you find yourself in possession of an reverse osmosis unit, you can increase your tap count! We have many customers with flexible schedules who use the Sapling for more than 50 taps!What makes the Sapling special?
Weighing in at 100 lbs, the Sapling can easily be moved around the yard or into and out of a garage or barn at your convenience. Affixed with stainless steel bolts, the door of the Sapling Evaporator is larger than those found in barrel stove kits. This extra space allows for ample room to load your firebox to the max! The legs of the Sapling are also taller than those typically found in barrel stove kits. This allows for a more comfortable position when boiling, adding sap, and loading the firebox. The Sapling Evaporator is made from a new, unfinished steel drum that is powder-coated with high-temperature paint to resist cracking, flaking, and corrosion. Limited assembly is required to get the Sapling Evaporator up and running. We’ll send you step-by-step directions, with pictures, to help you with this process. And you can watch a video of how to assemble the Sapling Evaporator here!Durability
We’ve been making evaporators since 2015, and we estimate our evaporators will last 10 years at the very least. With some easy maintenance, TLC, and covering the unit when not in use, we expect most Sapling owners will far exceed this estimation.
Grilling
Converting the Sapling into a wood-fired grill is as simple as removing the Sapling Evaporator Pan and putting on the Sapling Grill Grates. Once in place, you get a grill surface that offers a large, 20” x 30” grilling space, ready to accommodate all epic, at-home culinary adventures. An expansive grilling space to make food for large groups or even meal prepping! We’ve fit 14 pounds of chicken for grilling, a 15-pound turkey, 40 sausages (veggie or meat)… you get the picture.
You can use firewood, charcoal, or a combination of both as fuel. Or throw in some wood chips to elevate your grilling game.
Read more on how to grill on your Sapling.
Smoking
To convert your Sapling to a smoker, you’ll add the following to your Sapling:
Convert to a smoker by adding the newly redesigned Sapling Grill Lid! With a pin hinge system, the Sapling Grill Lid is easy to pop on and off of your Sapling. The Efficiency Baffle allows you to deflect the heat from the wood fire in the bottom of the Sapling away from your food source. Then close the Sapling Damper (installed in the Sapling Stack Pipe) to keep the smoke in and around your food. You can use wood, charcoal, wood chips, or a combination of the three to smoke your meats and veggies on your sapling
Read more about how to smoke on your Sapling.
Baking
To convert your Sapling to a bread and pizza oven you’ll add the following:
Making bread and pizza on the sapling is easy and fun. The wonderful smoky flavor imparted on wood-fired bread and pizza is quite a treat!
Read more about how to bake bread or make wood-fired pizza on the Sapling. Still not sure? Watch the Sapling in action, and check out some testimonials from our customers! Or contact us with your questions or thoughts!Included in the Box:
- Sapling Barrel
- Sapling Legs
- Sapling Door
- Sapling Evaporator Pan
- Sapling Stack Flange
- Sapling Stack Elbow
- Sapling Stove Pipe (x2)
- Hardware for assembly
- Grill Grates
- Grill Lid
- Efficiency Baffle
- Sapling Damper
- Sapling Pizza Stone
- Product Manual for Sapling Everything Grill Assembly
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Rookie Evaporator Kit
Take the next step in your maple journey with the Rookie Evaporator Kit. The Rookie Evaporator, by our friends at H2O Leader, is a wood-fired evaporator designed for up to 200 taps. The Rookie has an 18″ x 46″ raised-flue pan with 6, internal, 5" flues and an 18″ x 15″ flat bottom finishing pan connected by stainless steel plumbing fittings and dual float boxes for sap level control. The Kit includes everything you see here: steel base, pans, stack, float boxes, stainless steel plumbing fittings, and syrup pour-off valve, as well as the right amount of ceramic wool, half-brick (60), and refractory mortar you will need for assembly. If your sugar house is ready for an upgrade from the Sapling Evaporator or Mini-Sportman, you can’t go wrong with the Rookie. After all, it’s the upgrade the Vermont Evaporator Company family made! Boils off up to 19 gallons of sap per hour. Requires assembly. Directions included.$5,999.00 Add to cart -
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DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit – with Barrel
$846.00 Add to cart$746.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!
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Everything Grill Kit for Sapling Evaporator
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Sapling Party Grill
$1,143.00 Add to cart$1043.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!
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Mini-Sportman Evaporator Kit
$4,999.00 Add to cart -
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Sapling Everything Grill
$1,563.00 Add to cart$1,463.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!
Grilling
Converting the Sapling into a wood-fired grill is as simple as removing the Sapling Evaporator Pan and putting on the Sapling Grill Grates. Once in place, you get a grill surface that offers a large, 20” x 30” grilling space, ready to accommodate all epic, at-home culinary adventures. An expansive grilling space to make food for large groups or even meal prepping! We’ve fit 14 pounds of chicken for grilling, a 15-pound turkey, 40 sausages (veggie or meat)… you get the picture.
You can use firewood, charcoal, or a combination of both as fuel. Or throw in some wood chips to elevate your grilling game.
Read more on how to grill on your Sapling.
Smoking
To convert your Sapling to a smoker, you’ll add the following to your Sapling:
Convert to a smoker by adding the newly redesigned Sapling Grill Lid! With a pin hinge system, the Sapling Grill Lid is easy to pop on and off of your Sapling. The Efficiency Baffle allows you to deflect the heat from the wood fire in the bottom of the Sapling away from your food source. Then close the Sapling Damper (installed in the Sapling Stack Pipe) to keep the smoke in and around your food. You can use wood, charcoal, wood chips, or a combination of the three to smoke your meats and veggies on your sapling
Read more about how to smoke on your Sapling.
Baking
To convert your Sapling to a bread and pizza oven you’ll add the following:
Making bread and pizza on the sapling is easy and fun. The wonderful smoky flavor imparted on wood-fired bread and pizza is quite a treat!
Read more about how to bake bread or make wood-fired pizza on the Sapling.What makes the Sapling special?
Weighing in at 100 lbs, the Sapling can easily be moved around the yard or into and out of a garage or barn at your convenience. Affixed with stainless steel bolts, the door of the Sapling Evaporator is larger than those found in barrel stove kits. This extra space allows for ample room to load your firebox to the max! The legs of the Sapling are also taller than those typically found in barrel stove kits. This allows for a more comfortable position when grilling, smoking, and baking on the Sapling. The Sapling Evaporator is made from a new, unfinished steel drum that is powder-coated with high-temperature paint to resist cracking, flaking, and corrosion. Limited assembly is required to get the Sapling up and running. We’ll send you step-by-step directions, with pictures, to help you with this process. And you can watch a video of how to assemble the Sapling Evaporator here!Durability
We’ve been making evaporators since 2015, and we estimate our evaporators will last 10 years at the very least. With some easy maintenance, TLC, and covering the unit when not in use, we expect most Sapling owners will far exceed this estimation.Included in the box
- Sapling Barrel
- Sapling Legs
- Sapling Door
- Sapling Stack Flange
- Sapling Stack Elbow
- Sapling Stove Pipe (x2)
- Hardware for assembly
- Grill Grates
- Grill Lid
- Efficiency Baffle
- Sapling Damper
- Sapling Pizza Stone
- Product Manual for Sapling Everything Grill Assembly
Still not sure?
Still not sure? Watch the Sapling in action, and check out some testimonials from our customers! Or contact us with your questions or thoughts! -
Seedling Evaporator Plans
$29.00 Add to cart -
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New 55-gallon steel drum
$266.00 Add to cart$166.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!
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Sapling Firebox
$1,034.00 Add to cart$934.00 when you choose pickup at checkout!