Description: Grove Kettles is the purveyor of cast iron sugar kettles used as water features, fire pits, or landscape planters! Also known as syrup kettles, these products are made to last a life time!
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0 337-418-9001 GROVE KETTLES 100% CAST IRON KETTLES Shop Now Sugar Kettle Uses Fire Pits Landscape Planter Water Feature HISTORY The sugar kettle is a product of the late 18th and 19th Century sugar industry. These beautiful, sphere shaped kettles were primarily used in the production of sugar. They were vital to the production of sugar, appearing in many sizes, depending on the stage and type of operation, but all primarily the same shape. The Sugar Kettle is primarily a product of the South, where the maj
Bayou Teche, was a major route of important to the Southern Louisiana trade, and had many plantations along the bayou banks. The local people used to call the Sugar Kettles, "Teches", referring to the kettles for their cooking capabilities. The majority of Historic Sugar Kettles were sent off to melt down for our nations war efforts. While some stayed around, which you can see on some old plantations and people’s lawns, most of them were melted down.
The method of producing cane sugar in early 19th century Louisiana was largely derived from the 18th century European sugar colonies in the Caribbean. Each sugar cane plantation in Louisiana had its own sugar-house. The sugar was crushed using an animal-powered three-roller mill. The extracted sugar cane juice was heated, clarified, & evaporated in a set of large open kettles of decreasing size which were enclosed in brickwork over a furnace. Lime was the substance most often used to clarify the cane juice,