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Last night, I roasted a 150 gm batch of Metropolis Red Line greens
(aka Greenline). Never had a problem with it before in the i-2 using
preset 1. But the beans moved very sluggishly (there was a pale
straggler sitting on the outside bottom and it never budged); I saw a
spot of oil at 3:39 remaining and hit "cool." Too late--five seconds
later the circuit breaker kicked in and shut the machine off. I
immediately unplugged the roaster and dumped the beans--now dark
Vienna/FC+ melange with a few French and a few stragglers--into my
colander to cool. (This is how the original i-Roast fails if I roast
more than 120 gm and I use either preset instead of programming it;
it also happened once before with the i-2 when I tried to roast some
of those swollen fermented non-SM JBM greens). After 1/2 hr. I tried
a 120 gm batch, same preset--took it successfully to City+ at 4:12
remaining, as I did a subsequent 120 gm batch. This morning the
whole mess is outgassing fragrantly and nicely, and the bean munch
confirms I rescued the first batch just before the brink of disaster.
Should be just through the pound of Black Cat Intelly gave Gordy
after his class by the time this outgasses enough. That'll be Wed.
morning; if I roast another batch, it should be ready Sun. when I
return from WI (leaving Thurs. night--hoping Gordy uses some beans to
practice pulling shots in my absence, since he needs a bit more
confidence to apply for barista or even PBTC jobs for the summer).
On Jul 9, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Vicki Smith wrote:
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Last night, I roasted a 150 gm =
batch of Metropolis Red Line greens (aka Greenline). Never had a =
problem with it before in the i-2 using preset 1. But the beans moved =
very sluggishly (there was a pale straggler sitting on the outside =
bottom and it never budged); I saw a spot of oil at 3:39 remaining and =
hit "cool." Too late--five seconds later the circuit breaker kicked in =
and shut the machine off. I immediately unplugged the roaster and dumped =
the beans--now dark Vienna/FC+ melange with a few French and a few =
stragglers--into my colander to cool. (This is how the original =
i-Roast fails if I roast more than 120 gm and I use either preset =
instead of programming it; it also happened once before with the i-2 =
when I tried to roast some of those swollen fermented non-SM JBM =
greens). After 1/2 hr. I tried a 120 gm batch, same preset--took it =
successfully to City+ at 4:12 remaining, as I did a subsequent 120 gm =
batch. This morning the whole mess is outgassing fragrantly and =
nicely, and the bean munch confirms I rescued the first batch just =
before the brink of disaster. Should be just through the pound of Black =
Cat Intelly gave Gordy after his class by the time this outgasses =
enough. That'll be Wed. morning; if I roast another batch, it should =
be ready Sun. when I return from WI (leaving Thurs. night--hoping Gordy =
uses some beans to practice pulling shots in my absence, since he needs =
a bit more confidence to apply for barista or even PBTC jobs for the =
summer).
On Jul 9, 2006, at 8:28 AM, Vicki Smith =
wrote:
It is also worth taking another =
look at Tom's tip-sheet. It is constantly evolving, with the latest =
update done in June of this year.
http://=www.sweetmarias.com/hearthware.iRoasttipsheet.html
One of =
the things to note is that newer versions of the IR2 exhibit different =
fan behaviours. When I wrote about mine, which was purchased April 25 of =
this year, I mentioned that the fan speed changed when it was dialling =
in the different numbers I had set, but did not tend to change at other =
times during the roast. This was noted by Tom as well.
An =
aside:
When my IR2 started to misbehave a week or two ago, =
it developed fan behaviour that seems more typical of the old way the =
machine used to operate. I've been corresponding with Maria, and they =
are going to replace my roaster. I had written to Hearthware, and gotten =
no response. Once again, SM shows us how well they support us and the =
products they sell.Vicki
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