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  • #16
    Re: Help!! Cant get up to the 1st crack!!

    Originally posted by 2B2A2D600 link=1275617958/14#14 date=1275641896
    I successfully used my poppers in reasonably cool temperatures - single digit temperatures.Total roast times with the PID were in the 7 to 8 minute range with 3 to 4 minutes to first crack.So 5 mins sounds a bit slow to me.
    But you want slow!

    Most poppers roast too fast.

    Without a PID I managed to modify mine to reach almost 12 mins:
    first crack - 4:25
    End first crack - 8:00
    second crack - 11:20
    Stop - 11:50

    Ambient temp. was 15C.
    100g gross weight
    85g net weight

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    • #17
      Re: Help!! Cant get up to the 1st crack!!

      The trouble with slow on a popper is that it melts the fan...

      I agree with all you said, however, TG. But I stopped pushing mine past 10mins because they kept failing

      /Kevin

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      • #18
        Re: Help!! Cant get up to the 1st crack!!

        Pretty sure what TG was referring to was a "Slow Temperature Gradient" Kevin. Usually attained by allowing more air-flow through the Popper and cooling things down a smidge....

        Mal.

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        • #19
          Re: Help!! Cant get up to the 1st crack!!

          Thanks for all the great advice, i might in the next couple of days modify the popper with some holes for airflow, see if i can get the temps down a little. Ill keep u posted....

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          • #20
            Re: Help!! Cant get up to the 1st crack!!

            I would never put anything less than 120g in my popper. Especially in the winter months, you need that mass to keep from stalling the roast.

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