Since I began brewing, I've always called a mash tun that can tilt over on a pivot in-place for easy cleaning a tippy dump. I think I read it somewhere on a homebrew message board years ago and it just stuck. I'm sure the first tippy dump I ever saw was on the B3 website (and Michael Fairbrother's webpage) and, like almost every other serious homebrewers, I drooled over those systems. B3 actually calls their system the Tippy BrewSculpture and has this to say about it:
The Tippy BrewSculpture is by far our best selling design, and for good reason. It features a mash tun that is in a tippy basket that can be locked in position and then tipped over for ease removal of your grains after mashing.
If you've brewed many all-grain batches, you can easily imagine how nice it would be to be able to tump your mash tun over in place and lock it in a position that makes the kettle easy to empty and clean. I had to have it for this system, and though it ended up being a bit of a problem and adding significantly to the cost, I'm sure it'll end up saving my back.
All 5 of the kettles are in a tippy dump harness, and each will lock in place with a pin in both the upright position and in the tilted, horizontal position. No doubt, the tippy dump harnesses were the most challenging part of the frame build.
More pics of the tippy dump are in the Frame Build Phase 1 gallery.
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