I have a few basic bread-machine/heat-gun roasting questions. (Ive read a lot about this here on CoffeeSnobs, but never posted before.) As background, Ive been roasting for about a year in an unmodified Poppery II, without a thermometer, outdoors (ambient temperature anywhere from 7 C to 27 C or so).
Ive got an unmodified Hitachi bread machine and a Milwaukee heat gun (and a fan), and Ive just finished my first try at roasting (outdoors, ambient temp around 10 C) this way.
Question 1: My bread machine stopped agitating the beans (indicator said "--H" which I take to mean overheating) before FC and I had to finish the roast in the Poppery. How can I keep the machine from overheating? I had the business end of the HG slightly inside the bean-bucket -- maybe too low?
Question 2: Looks like I should invest in a thermometer or DMM with thermocouple. Ive only seen the flex-type thermocouple, not the solid probe. How do people mount these? Are the IR thermometers (the hand-held types that dont use a physical probe) really not useful?
I have only few tools and less skill, so Id rather not try to modify anything if it can be avoided.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Thanks!
--Californian
Ive got an unmodified Hitachi bread machine and a Milwaukee heat gun (and a fan), and Ive just finished my first try at roasting (outdoors, ambient temp around 10 C) this way.
Question 1: My bread machine stopped agitating the beans (indicator said "--H" which I take to mean overheating) before FC and I had to finish the roast in the Poppery. How can I keep the machine from overheating? I had the business end of the HG slightly inside the bean-bucket -- maybe too low?
Question 2: Looks like I should invest in a thermometer or DMM with thermocouple. Ive only seen the flex-type thermocouple, not the solid probe. How do people mount these? Are the IR thermometers (the hand-held types that dont use a physical probe) really not useful?
I have only few tools and less skill, so Id rather not try to modify anything if it can be avoided.
Any thoughts or ideas?
Thanks!
--Californian

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