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Everyone's favourite food safe 20L bucket is back on sale. Will check expiry date when I'm there next.
Edit: checked today, finishes on 7/2
Handy Pail 20L Plastic Pail with Lid Food Grade $9.94 + Delivery ($0 C&C/ in-Store/ OnePass) @ Bunnings Warehouse
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iMagoo on 03/02/2024 - 10:33 bunnings.com.au (2010 clicks)
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$14.69
Since when is there an expiry date on buckets 😂
You can only use them until you kick them
Seeing as they're food grade, it'd be to do with potential leaching/breakdown of the plastic into the food stuff. It's the same thing how a bottle of water has a best before date.
Nah, the bottle of water has an expiry because even water inside can grow bacteria after a while.
That's also a potential if it's not kept in a cool dark place for storage and if it's been opened.
Written on the bottle I have on hand,
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place, out of direct sunlight.
Refrigerate after opening.
What water are you buying that has bacteria in it! Or do you mean after opening?
The plastic is probably the real reason again for the date. They are single use bottles, and plastic leaching is an issue.
@dangerdanger: The printed date on the bottle wouldn't account for what you do with the contents after it is opened.
Empty food storage containers don't have expiry dates.
Sales on empty food storage containers do.
On the special price ya dingus 😂
Portaloo
Its food-grade until the Claukers get em
Yep work well for humanure compost, good shit
Do people use these for brewing?
Nah too small if wanting to do home brew beer using standard Coopers style cans + no threaded hole for a tap.
I use them to clean brewing gear
Good for sparge and milling etc.
Handy for sous vide stick too
Yes. For brewing Pail Ales.
You could, but last I checked a proper brewing vessel could be had for $25
Meaning I could save $15.06 by going with this? That's enough for an extra bucket plus beer bong parts and snag on the way out…
Yes, although it tends to be more the bulk moonshine types.
I use these for storing grain from 25kg bags, and milling grain into.
Page error.
Any good for storing rice or flour?
Yes.
yes, weevil proof, this is what I use them for (though I use ones scavenged from the back of restaurants - they usually have heaps)
10 bucks is still a rip for a empty bucket surely
You should see some of the Rep posts on here.
nice wiadro
didn’t know you were so cheap!
Used to work at a cafe and they kept soup in buckets just like this.
Did they let you have any or no soup for you?
Nazi
Used to work at Sizzler and I use to make the Malibu sauce in buckets like this.
Can’t remember the ingredients, just remember pouring them into a bucket and stirring until all the colours became orange.
Hmmm, the more you know, the more you appreciate home-cooked meals 😄
I still loved the sauce and had it every lunch. 🤷♂️
As an adult now, I wouldn’t.
As an alternative, I bought one from Mitre 10 - $10 during the holidays for fishing.
10L one also available for $7.
Does the job, if you don't mind advertising for Mitre 10… 😅
Dude that's 6c more.
I must go back to OzB "re-education camp" 🤭
Sorry father, for I have sinned….
Says food grade but the handles are already mouldy?
I use one of each of these to process olives.
Drill holes in the bottom of the 10L bucket, fill with olives, it then goes inside the 20l bucket and fill with water to leach out tannins. Can then pull out 10l bucket easily to change water and rinse the olives
Is it the 11L that fits well inside the 20L? It's a great tip, thanks!!
https://www.bunnings.com.au/handy-pail-11l-pail-with-lid_p44…Not sure, I use the 10L/20L mitre 10 buckets that the commenter linked. I'd imagine that 11L bucket would fit as well though
Random question but what does the lid look like on these ones? hoping that it is similar to these ones
https://www.lowes.com/pd/United-Solutions-12-5-in-Blue-Plast…
McDonalds pickles come in a bucket like these. at least they used to. rank
Been 8 years since my stint, they came in plastic bags during my time.
I wonder if food grade means they can cope with acidic liquids like vinegar.
For anyone who has one, could one carry water without leakage assuming the lid is on tightly?
Definitely, but it is heavy work with the skinny handle.
Yes, but you may break your crown
Carrying 20kg is best done using a trolley.
I'm going to use this to dole out edible slop at my high density body corporate.
With the cost of living going up and the management rightsholders buggering people in the arse it's all I can do to create value.
You could try selling off some of the asbestos laden concrete to your local council park for mulch? I hear it provides great entertainment to kids.
I wish I could sentence the rightsholders, body corporate manager and committee to be force fed with the liquified stuff.
These buckets are handy for making basic worm farms. No need for anything fancy, just put holes in the bucket, bury a third in your garden, and start filling with food scraps. All on YouTube. They work a treat.
but probs don't need food grade for that…
I use these to store dry pet food, and one for kitty litter, they work great
Is it easy to open regularly? I tried with a similar bucket but opening the lid needed two people. Maybe I was doing it wrong?
I have no issues but my daughter struggled so I bought an opener for them for a couple of dollars on AliExpress/Temu or something from memory and it solved any hassles. Will come in handy for me as I get older too.
I do like the tight seal as I store bird seed in it and keep it outside for filling the bird feeders
I followed some advice here and used a rubber mallet, sensibly used, to close the lid tightly.
Sweet jesus it was hard to open after, needed two screwdrivers to pry it open.
Maybe it gets easier to open with use, but I'm not game to close it fully again.
Now I just press the lid down gently and then put a brick on the lid to give a bit of downward pressure.
Probably not airtight or anything close though.
Was thinking the same (pet food) - how much do they hold roughly?
I get scratch dog food 8kg delivered every 2 weeks and it holds the 8kg with some room to spare. The one outside holds a 20kg bag of bird seed and it’s pretty much to the brim
Go to ice cream shops and ask for buckets
Same bucks can be picked up free from dumpster diving when a place gets renovated or someone is doing a large area of tiles, but they are NOT food grade. How many people use them for food? Car yes, fishing yes, storage yes,
If u don't need a lid and it's not for food…
https://www.bunnings.com.au/bunnings-20l-pail-bucket_p013831…
Seems expensive when you can get two 9.3 Lt buckets for $0.99 each then carry one in each hand to even out the load.
I bought 2 of these cheapies. They are so flimsy and the handle feels like it's going to detach with only 1-2 litres of water.
Not really, you may be able to fill the 99c buckets with dry leaves but they won't last long with loaded with much weight
But this is also made with PP, should be also safe for food.
Who around here is buying food grade tubs for non food stuffs. And, what kind of food would you put in these if you had the choice?
lol, I used to have to pick these for one of Bunnings’ 3PL providers, man that job sucked! Thanks for the reminder of how far I’ve come!
Are twist lids available? They are hard to find sometimes. Im not strong enough for pull lids
are you thinkin what I'm thinkin
What kinda food ya'll puttin' in these XL tubs.
Life hack: Visit your local cafe or restaurant. They should have a bucket load of empty buckets which are just taking up space. Ask nicely and you might just get it.
The ones I have received have been 20L food grade cheese buckets. :D
i have often seen buckets sitting at the back door of shops but i thought they reuse them ..i might ask them next time if i can have a few
I don't understand what food grade bucket means if plastic can leach into water?
Great music taste by the way
How much are they normally? I have a couple but have no memory what I paid.