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  • My Precision roaster

    Just thought Id let anyone know who is thinking of taking the plunge, that the Hearthware Precision home coffee roaster beats heat-gun and popcorn popping hands-down!
    And although it roasts only half a cup of beans at a time, thats no problem as theres only about 20 minutes between roasts (full cycle of roasting and cooling), and I just spend a couple of minutes every half hour unloading, brushing out the chaff and refilling, while Im doing other things. In one leisurely morning or evening, for a total time of about 10 of my work-minutes, I can roast enough beans for a fortnight.
    Im using right now a blend of premium Brazilian daterra beans and the result, with the Precision, is smooth and sweet. Best yet in fact, since I started home-roasting.
    I think my machine, judging from US reviews, is an early-model Precision with a mechanical timer-dial -- the later one has, I think, a digital timer. Doesnt worry me -- my setting of 4.5 on the rotary knob is spot-on for my taste. So if you see one, go for it!

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    Re: My Precision roaster

    Hi Anthony - yes, this is a nice machine for its price  I bought one too, back in May.

    Although I hadnt tried roasting with anything prior to this, I had seen it done a few times with poppers.  Quite frankly, this wins hands down for convenience, lack of mess, and coolness factor ("you have a special mahine to do what?").  And its not badly priced

    From what Ive read, these machines did suffer a little from reliability issues.  Touch a huge bit of wood (my head), mine hasnt so far.  Dont know what Id do now I have converted to home roasting!

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    • #3
      Re: My Precision roaster

      Anthony,

      As sheepie said above... there have been reliability issues with this unit (and with the current version as well).

      If you do a search here you will find quite a few have had problems with them just past warranty..... with failure of the electronics (resulting in an expensive repair)...

      Also they seem to suffer the same fate as the heatguns many of us use - that is failure of the fan after a period of time.

      The problem is, being a small compact unit which gets quite hot.... it really stresses the components...

      Id be giving it quite a rest between roasts to allow sufficient time for everything to cool fully.... (again what we do with the heatguns)

      But whilst working - they do work well.

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      • #4
        Re: My Precision roaster

        The cooling-down period is a very useful tip. Ill start waiting say 15 minutes between batches. Hopefully thatll solve the overheating-induced probs.

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        • #5
          Re: My Precision roaster

          How much did you guys pay for the precision roaster?
          thanks in adv .
          Greenbe

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