I think that the guy buys one is the turkey. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Barry Luterman" Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 1:13 AM To: "A list to discuss home coffee roasting. There are rules for this list, available athttp://www.sweetmarias.com/maillistinfo.html" Subject: Re: [Homeroast] Has anybody ever heard of / seen these coffeeroasters? <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
On Nov 7, 2009, at 10:26 AM, "Mike Chester" wrote: <Snip> Those turkeys make the baste roasters ever. They really wish-bone you'd buy one. Sorry to bang the drum-stick, buy you gotta hand it to them - they've got pluck. Wonder how a full city turkey would come out... - allon Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Cute. To read between the lines, and point out literally some fine print, if you take some of there data: 4 lb. 1750 Watts .875 KWhr.* and their note * Using the most aggressive roast profile to dark roast, ambient temperature at 75 Degree F. in a roasting room. you get a roast time of 30 minutes. Sure, you could roast less, but I would not touch a roaster that is trying to puff itself up like this. It's the lack of an actual roast time that bugs me. Why not just say it is an 8lb roaster with a power consumption of 1.75 KWhr? ;) Who cares if it is an hour roast? LOL At 07:57 AM 11/7/2009, you wrote: <Snip> John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting , Hand Grinding, Blending & Espresso pulling by Gestalthttp://www.chocolatealchemy.com/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures -upload yours!) :http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
All of those roasters came from people like us looking for ways to drum roast coffee with off the shelf products. When their ideas failed, they tacked on additional heating devices and made them at least nominally work Joe Behm did the same thing with the Behmor, except he went to the drawing board and designed a product from scratch to eliminate the albatross look. Then he found an economical way to make a bunch of them using an overseas manufacturer. I have seen reviews of each of these machines and most have criticisms, but most would probably make us happier than using a hot air popper. Overpriced? Yes. Outrageously overpriced. Get a quality rotisserie style countertop roaster for $60, a convection feature might be nice, then start making it work. Make a drum, have one made, or whatever, and do some experimenting. It's fun, it's what drives me to continue fiddling, and roasting, and coming up with new ideas. Anyone here know who got homeroasters interested in using a grill to roast coffee back in about 2000? ********************* Ed Needham "to absurdity and beyond!"http://www.homeroaster.com********************* |