Hi All,
Just thought Id share some of my experience with the Breville Crazy Popper, as Ive had excellent results with it.
I started doing 75g roasts as recommended in several sources I read. They worked well but I was having a bit of trouble reaching a consistent 2nd crack (and hearing it) with smaller bean types.
I pluggged the popper to an extension cord (to lengthen roast times with larger amounts of beans) and started experimenting with larger volumes. I get the best results, and the most reproducible with bean weights of approximately 150g in the popper, so that the beans are barely moving for starters. These take ~4 minutes to 1st crack and about ~6-7 minutes to 2nd. Comapared withsmaller runs of 75-100g, the roasts seem more even with less over- or under-roasted beans.
By comparing this to resources especially in the States, it seems like the Breville machine has a fan capable of handling significantly larger volumes of beans than their machines.
I should clarify here that I have put a chimney in the popper and removed the useless, melting hood that came with the machine, which only serves a useful purpose to direct popping corn into a bowl. There is an upside-down colander on top to stop the chaff going everywhere.
Anyone else had experience pushing the capacity of the popper? What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
FJ
Just thought Id share some of my experience with the Breville Crazy Popper, as Ive had excellent results with it.
I started doing 75g roasts as recommended in several sources I read. They worked well but I was having a bit of trouble reaching a consistent 2nd crack (and hearing it) with smaller bean types.
I pluggged the popper to an extension cord (to lengthen roast times with larger amounts of beans) and started experimenting with larger volumes. I get the best results, and the most reproducible with bean weights of approximately 150g in the popper, so that the beans are barely moving for starters. These take ~4 minutes to 1st crack and about ~6-7 minutes to 2nd. Comapared withsmaller runs of 75-100g, the roasts seem more even with less over- or under-roasted beans.
By comparing this to resources especially in the States, it seems like the Breville machine has a fan capable of handling significantly larger volumes of beans than their machines.
I should clarify here that I have put a chimney in the popper and removed the useless, melting hood that came with the machine, which only serves a useful purpose to direct popping corn into a bowl. There is an upside-down colander on top to stop the chaff going everywhere.
Anyone else had experience pushing the capacity of the popper? What are your thoughts?
Cheers,
FJ

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