BIAB in brewersfriend recipe editor. Are my settings correct?

Kosh

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I've never done BIAB before and wondering if I have my settings correct in the recipe Editor? Really not sure if I have settings correct especially in the mashing section. Please have a look. Thank you!

Brew Method: BIAB
Style Name: Sweet Stout
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 3 gallons (fermentor volume)
Boil Size: 4.5 gallons
Boil Gravity: 1.042
Efficiency: 70% (brew house)

Hop Utilization Multiplier: 1

STATS:
Original Gravity: 1.056
Final Gravity: 1.020
ABV (standard): 4.65%
IBU (tinseth): 35.53
SRM (morey): 42.85
Mash pH: 0

FERMENTABLES:
4.5 lb - Pale Ale Malt 2-Row (72%)
0.5 lb - Pale Chocolate (8%)
0.5 lb - Carafa III (8%)
0.15 lb - Dark Crystal 80L (2.4%)
0.6 lb - Lactose (Milk Sugar) (9.6%)

HOPS:
0.5 oz - Cluster, Type: Pellet, AA: 6.5, Use: Boil for 60 min, IBU: 22.13
0.5 oz - Cluster, Type: Pellet, AA: 6.5, Use: Boil for 20 min, IBU: 13.4

MASH GUIDELINES:
1) Temperature, Temp: 154 F, Time: 75 min, Amount: 4.5 gal

YEAST:
Fermentis / Safale - English Ale Yeast S-04
Starter: No
Form: Dry
Attenuation (avg): 75%
Flocculation: High
Optimum Temp: 54 - 77 F
Pitch Rate: 0.35 (M cells / ml / deg P)

PRIMING:
CO2 Level: 2.75 Volumes

TARGET WATER PROFILE:
Profile Name: Balanced Profile
Ca2: 0
Mg2: 0
Na: 0
Cl: 0
SO4: 0
HCO3: 0
Water Notes:

NOTES:
3 oz Cacao Nibs in keg, 7 days
 
Settings for BIAB are also in https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/profile/equipment. Though for first batch it's hard to know if you'd change them from the default. The main one would be the boil off rate. You've done a test boil for 15 minutes or so to show that you'll boil off 1.5 gallons an hour? I'd also change the default grain absorption rate for BIAB. If you end up squeezing the bag it's half the default amount. Once you've updated them you can use the quick water requirements to update your mash amount and boil size.

For a first batch I'd use the recipe tools to scale the efficiency to 60%. It's so much easier to just add some previously boiled water to the kettle at the end of the boil if you do hit 70% rather than stuffing around with adding DME or just ending up brewing a session beer. Once you've got the numbers from your you can adjust it up.
 

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