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Why do you mash inside and boil outside? I brew in keggles - 13-15 gallon boils, 10-12 gallon fermentations. Fermentation is in two 6.5 gallon buckets which aren't too difficult to move (6.5 gallons weigh 52 pounds). I brew in the garage and ferment in the house, about 100' away and up 8 steps. I would like to switch to one 15 gallon fermentor, but I ...

Get a wort chiller, immersion are really easy to make and pretty cheap to buy. That way you don't have to move the pot in order to chill. Then get a pot with a spigot so that you can simply use gravity to move the chilled wort from the boiling pot into your fermenter. Also you could mash on your propane burner. Just need to be a bit more attentive and stir ...

I use a two vessel system with pumps, like the brutus system, this makes it a lot easier for mashing and boiling I would recommend not straining, using a siphon would be a lot easier, also, get a chiller (immersion or plate) to prevent yourself from moving to the cooling bath. You'll still need to move the bucket/fermenter with the beer in it, but that's ...