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DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit – with Barrel
$900.00
$800.00 when you choose pickup at checkout! Use code: PICKUP100
Finally! A barrel evaporator solution for the DIY builder that provides a clean, unused barrel too! The DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit with Barrel contains everything you need to make an efficient, portable, open-air, wood-fired evaporator. The DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit comes with an unused, unpainted, unlined 55 gallon barrel, the newly designed Seedling Evaporator Pan, the Seedling Barrel Stove Kit, two lengths of Seedling Evaporator Stack, Flat Black Paint, a template and step-by-step directions.
1 review for DIY Seedling Maple Syrup Evaporator Kit - with Barrel
Rated 5 out of 5
Lynnsey –
This was a little harder to build than we anticipated, but it’s a good kit. It could be improved by more detailed instructions. If, like most people, you don’t have a plasma cutter I highly recommend a jig saw to cut the barrel. We boiled roughly 30 gallons of sap down to about a half a gallon in our inaugural season despite the very weird weather.
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.
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
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.
Lynnsey –
This was a little harder to build than we anticipated, but it’s a good kit. It could be improved by more detailed instructions. If, like most people, you don’t have a plasma cutter I highly recommend a jig saw to cut the barrel. We boiled roughly 30 gallons of sap down to about a half a gallon in our inaugural season despite the very weird weather.