DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator Design

This wood fired maple syrup evaporator can help you harvest the maple syrup on your homestead.

By Alan James Garbers
Updated on January 30, 2023
article image
by AdobeStock/vermontalm

Learn how to build this DIY maple syrup evaporator using step-by-step instructions. This wood-fired maple syrup evaporator design uses concrete blocks and steam table pans to boil sap down into maple syrup outdoors.

Many backyard evaporators are built from concrete blocks. A firebrick liner stops heat damage. Steam-table trays, like those used for buffets in restaurants, make ideal evaporator pans.

DIY Maple Syrup Evaporator Design & Instructions

  1. Before starting construction on your homemade maple syrup evaporator, gather the materials and build a mock-up of the evaporator, placing the concrete blocks and firebrick just as they would be in the completed firebox, without mortar. By making a mock-up, exact dimensions can be worked out and problems corrected before the actual construction.
Comments (0) Join others in the discussion!
    Online Store Logo
    Need Help? Call 1-800-234-3368