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Just as I got my system geared to exclusively use pellets, hop weirdness comes along. So, I decided to pick up a false bottom for my kettle so I can use both whole and pellet hops.

The trick here is to get the false bottom to sit above my diverter plate, and also so the diverter won't obstruct the feet. I picked this up from MoreBeer as they also made my kettle and knew what I needed better than I did. Here are some pics:

Here's the false bottom in place. As you can see it sits above the diverter. A perfect fit.

Here's a closer look at the false bottom

Here's a closer look at the diverter plate and the port.

And here's what things look like for pellets, without the false bottom