Today, with the help of another engineer from work I put a weldless fitting into my brew pot. I purchased the weldless fitting with high temp washers, a 1/2 inch barb fitting and a sanitary ball valve. The ball valve completely disassembles so that it can be cleaned and sanitized. I purchased the entire item at homebrewstuff.com for a good price. The part was shipped super fast and I got it right away. They even included a 10% off coupon for my next order, so I purchased some high temp hosing from them.
All the parts are 304 grade stainless steel and look great. I'm excited to brew this coming weekend and use this new valve to transfer the chilled wort from my boil kettle to my fermenter. No more lifting a heavy pot to pour into a carboy.