diff --git a/components/sud.py b/components/sud.py
index 2bc4ef3..b258f2a 100644
--- a/components/sud.py
+++ b/components/sud.py
@@ -82,28 +82,38 @@ EMPTY_SUD = {
 
 
 class Sud(AttributeChange):
-	def __init__(self):
+	def __init__(self, pot_config=None):
 		"""Starts out with no schedule loaded - one of potentially several
 		sude/*.json files on disk is brought in later via load(), kept
 		purely in memory (see load()) until replaced or the server
-		restarts."""
+		restarts.
+
+		pot_config provides hardware baseline values (mass, material, L, Td)
+		from config.json's Pot section - a loaded sud.json may override any
+		of them per-brew, but config is the source of truth for the physical
+		kettle."""
 		AttributeChange.__init__(self)
+		self._pot_config = pot_config or {}
 		self._data = EMPTY_SUD
 
 		(self.name, self.description, self.schedule, self.pot_mass,
 			self.pot_material, self.L, self.Td, self.grain_mass,
-			self.water_mass) = self._parse_data(self._data)
+			self.water_mass) = self._parse_data(self._data, self._pot_config)
 
 		self._paused_from = None
 		self._reset_run_state()
 
 	@staticmethod
-	def _parse_data(data):
+	def _parse_data(data, pot_config=None):
 		"""Parses a sud.json document into the (name, description, schedule,
 		pot_mass, pot_material, L, Td, grain_mass, water_mass) tuple Sud
 		needs. Computed up front rather than assigned straight onto self,
 		so a malformed load() can't leave a half-applied schedule in
-		place."""
+		place.
+
+		pot_config (from config.json's Pot section) provides hardware baseline
+		values; a sud.json's own pot section overrides any of them per-brew."""
+		pot_config = pot_config or {}
 		name = data.get('Name', '')
 		description = data.get('Description', '')
 
@@ -111,10 +121,10 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		schedule = [_build_step(i + 1, step_defaults, raw) for i, raw in enumerate(data['steps'])]
 
 		pot_data = data.get('pot', {})
-		pot_mass = pot_data.get('mass', 0)
-		pot_material = pot_data.get('material')
-		L = pot_data.get('L', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['L'])
-		Td = pot_data.get('Td', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['Td'])
+		pot_mass = pot_data.get('mass', pot_config.get('mass', 0))
+		pot_material = pot_data.get('material', pot_config.get('material'))
+		L = pot_data.get('L', pot_config.get('L', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['L']))
+		Td = pot_data.get('Td', pot_config.get('Td', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['Td']))
 		grain_mass = pot_data.get('grain_mass', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['grain_mass'])
 		water_mass = pot_data.get('water_mass', EMPTY_SUD['pot']['water_mass'])
 
@@ -147,7 +157,7 @@ class Sud(AttributeChange):
 		if self.state not in (SudState.IDLE, SudState.DONE):
 			return False
 		try:
-			parsed = self._parse_data(data)
+			parsed = self._parse_data(data, self._pot_config)
 		except (KeyError, TypeError):
 			return False
 
diff --git a/components/sud_forecast.py b/components/sud_forecast.py
index bd6bd27..f62a956 100644
--- a/components/sud_forecast.py
+++ b/components/sud_forecast.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class SudForecastEstimator:
 	real run actually is (the discrete steps end up duty-cycling it back
 	down to something close to the commanded average)."""
 
-	def __init__(self, dt, theta_amb, pid_type, tempctrl_params, heater_powers, sim_warp_factor):
+	def __init__(self, dt, theta_amb, pid_type, tempctrl_params, heater_powers, sim_warp_factor, pot_config=None):
 		self.dt = dt
 		self.theta_amb = theta_amb
 		self.pid_type = pid_type
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class SudForecastEstimator:
 		# pair straddling the commanded power.
 		self.heater_powers = heater_powers
 		self.sim_warp_factor = sim_warp_factor
+		self.pot_config = pot_config or {}
 
 	def set_ambient_temperature(self, theta_amb):
 		self.theta_amb = theta_amb
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ class SudForecastEstimator:
 		if start_theta is None:
 			start_theta = self.theta_amb
 
-		sud = Sud()
+		sud = Sud(self.pot_config)
 		if not sud.load(doc) or not sud.schedule:
 			return [0.0], [start_theta], SudState.DONE, {}
 
diff --git a/config-real.json.tpl b/config-real.json.tpl
index 8fa8fbf..d1a161d 100644
--- a/config-real.json.tpl
+++ b/config-real.json.tpl
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"ambient_temperature": 20,
-	"Controller" : {
-	"pid_type": "Smith"
-	},
  	"TempCtrl": {
+		"pid_type": "Smith",
 		"beta": 0.05,
 		"Hold": {
 			"kp": 0.4,
@@ -45,5 +43,11 @@
 	"TempSensor": {
 	    "type": "max31865",
 		"temp_offset": -0.15
+	},
+	"Pot": {
+		"mass": 5.96,
+		"material": "Edelstahl 18/10",
+		"L": 0.2,
+		"Td": 17
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config-sim.json.tpl b/config-sim.json.tpl
index db62fb8..8bd8421 100644
--- a/config-sim.json.tpl
+++ b/config-sim.json.tpl
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"ambient_temperature": 20,
-	"Controller" : {
-	"pid_type": "Smith"
-	},
  	"TempCtrl": {
+		"pid_type": "Smith",
 		"beta": 0.05,
 		"Hold": {
 			"kp": 0.4,
@@ -44,5 +42,11 @@
 		"sigma": 0.05,
 		"stirrer_sigma": 0.0,
 		"stirrer_tau": 20.0
+	},
+	"Pot": {
+		"mass": 5.96,
+		"material": "Edelstahl 18/10",
+		"L": 0.2,
+		"Td": 17
 	}
 }
diff --git a/server/brewpi.py b/server/brewpi.py
index bf09af1..fbc889c 100755
--- a/server/brewpi.py
+++ b/server/brewpi.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
 	# Mash schedule - starts out empty; a client loads one of sude/*.json's
 	# several schedules onto it later (see components/sud.py's Sud).
-	sud = Sud()
+	sud = Sud(config.get('Pot', {}))
 
 	# Heater/Pot/Sensor - built together as one consistent rig; each
 	# component's type comes from its own config section. Heater.type==sim
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	# temp_controller_smith.py.), and Smith's model plant params are -
 	# like the real Pot's above - deliberately left unset here, only
 	# ever coming from a Sud's own doc.
-	tc = PidFactory.create(config['Controller']['pid_type'], DT)
+	tc = PidFactory.create(config['TempCtrl']['pid_type'], DT)
 	tc.set_params(config['TempCtrl'])
 	tc.set_ambient_temperature(theta_amb)
 	tc_task = TcTask(tc, DT_TASK, dispatcher.msgio_get("TempCtrl"))
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	# it with the same kind of plant/controller (and params) as above -
 	# see components/sud_forecast.py.
 	forecast_estimator = SudForecastEstimator(
-		DT, theta_amb, config['Controller']['pid_type'], config['TempCtrl'],
-		heater.get_powers(), args.sim_warp_factor)
+		DT, theta_amb, config['TempCtrl']['pid_type'], config['TempCtrl'],
+		heater.get_powers(), args.sim_warp_factor, config.get('Pot', {}))
 	sud_task = SudTask(sud, tc, stirrer, pot, DT, DT_TASK, dispatcher.msgio_get("Sud"), forecast_estimator)
 	taskmgr.add(sud_task)
 	# Records every Sud run's measured data and forecast to their own
diff --git a/sude/sud_0010.json b/sude/sud_0010.json
index fd2491e..2515d81 100644
--- a/sude/sud_0010.json
+++ b/sude/sud_0010.json
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 	"Name": "Sud-0010",
 	"Description": "Rotfraenkisch, Dunkles Lager",
 	"pot": {
-		"mass": 5.96,
-		"material": "Edelstahl 18/10",
-		"L": 0.2,
-		"Td": 17,
 		"grain_mass": 0,
 		"water_mass": 22,
 		"volumen": 30