[dj_van_gilder]

I personally just use grain and hop bags in my wort. When I do get sediment I can usually just stir it in the funnel and the wort will pass on through. A good trick I read about for the siphon method is to first stir the wort quickly to collect the sediment toward the center of the pot. Then use a metal tube of some sort with a metal scrub brush attached to the end with some wire for you siphon. Then collect your wort along the sides of the pot where the sediment levels are lowest. The scrubber should filter out any remaining sediment.