Semi-automated vessel-in-vessel beer brewing and precision timed cooking system

A semi-automated vessel-in-vessel beer brewing and precision timed cooking system comprising:

• an outer vessel that is configured to hold mash water;
• an inner vessel that fits within the outer vessel and is configured to hold a bed of grain;
• an inner vessel lid that covers an opening atop the inner vessel after the bed of grain is added to the inner vessel;
• a pair of motorized linear actuators that lift the inner vessel out of the outer vessel and lower the inner vessel into the outer vessel during brewing;
• a mounting structure that secures the linear actuators to the outer vessel;
• a manifold through which sparge water is flushed to wash the bed of grain in the inner vessel;
• a float and float switch that provide a level sensing mechanism disposed atop the manifold;
• a built-in support structure positioned under the outer vessel to support the outer vessel;
• a heating element with a temperature sensor embedded within the built-in support structure and configured to heat the sparge water and wort to specified temperatures;
• a water and wort pumping system comprising one of a first water and wort pumping system and a second water and wort pumping system, wherein the first water and wort pumping system comprises an external sparge water source actuated valve, an outer vessel actuated valve, and a first pump, wherein the second water and wort pumping system comprises the first pump and a second pump that is configured to operate as an alternative to the external water source actuated valve and the outer vessel actuated valve of the first water and wort pumping system, wherein the water and wort pumping system is configured to pump water from an external water source over the grain in the inner vessel and to drain wort and water out of a bottom of the inner vessel into the outer vessel and to re-circulate drained wort and water;
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• an electronic control device that is configured to automatically control timing, temperature, and actuation of valves and devices during brewing, wherein the valves and devices actuated by the electronic control device comprise the external sparge water source valve that is automatically opened and closed by the electronic control device during brewing, the outer vessel valve that is automatically opened and closed by the electronic control device during brewing, the first pump that is automatically shut off and turned on by the electronic control device during brewing, the float switch, the linear actuators, and the heating element when the water and wort pumping system is the first water and wort pumping system, wherein the valves and devices actuated by the electronic control device comprise the first pump that is automatically shut off and turned on by the electronic control device during brewing, the second pump, the float switch, the linear actuators, and the heating element when the water and wort pumping system is the second water and wort pumping system.