Cooling a RK drum

Topic: Cooling a RK drum (9 msgs / 172 lines)
1) From: gin

a leaf blower may be a bit drastic, maybe a simple fan?
ginny

2) From: Pecan Jim Gundlach

Just after I suggested a RK drum in a post a little while ago, I was 
thinking about the hassle related to cooling a BBQ drum at the end of 
the roast.  Has anyone turned off the gas, opened the drum, and aimed a 
leaf blower at the continuing to rotate drum with one of these things?  
  You might want to keep a little distance to keep from knocking the 
grill over. I can't really try it with my home made drum because I 
don't have a leaf blower and I roast in mine with a wood fire.
      Jim Gundlach

3) From: Oaxaca Charlie

--- gin  wrote:
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 A really strong fan. Or an air compressor. These drums cool
pretty quickly, even with a few lbs of hot beans in them-if
spinning while being blown on. Watch out for clouds of chaff!
  Charlie
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4) From: Ben Treichel

gin wrote:
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I had considered it.
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5) From: petzul

Hand held hair dryers put out a whole lot of air, at least the 1800 Watt 
ones do. Just leave the heater off.
PeterZ
Using a hair dryer for cooling, here in LHC.
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6) From: Mike Fronzaglia

LOL!  Thank you for that! :-)

7) From: George Holt

I want my beans out of the drum ASAP. It doesn't take but a few
seconds to pull the pin and dump the beans in to a shop vac bean
cooler which cools the beans and takes care of the excess chaff. If
you blow a fan into your grill you are going to have all the chaff in
grill blowing everywhere.

8) From: Justin Marquez

Unless you have a 50 HP shop air compressor, most air compressors are
set up for low volume and about 150 PSI.
On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:09:27 -0800 (PST), Oaxaca Charlie
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9) From: Oaxaca Charlie

--- Justin Marquez  wrote:
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 Woops, I didn't know that. I tried pulling my roller unit out
of the brick oven and cooling 5 lb batches still in the drum
with the super strong fan I have. It worked, but I have wood
ashes in the vecinity and jeeze what a mess. I find it easy and
quick enough to dump the hot beans onto a table(with a palm
frond mat,and wood sides to keep the beans from flying away) and
cool them there. This time of year they usually cool in about 30
seconds. If it's cold enough outside (minus 20, say)they cool in
a couple of seconds.
  Charlie
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