What do YOU use to home roast?

[Ray_C]

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and the drum.....

[Ray_C]

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I reworked my drum for my rotiserie convection drum and used some woven stainless mesh with 3mm holes in it. I put a lb of zambia AA in it and this is the result... Ray.

[Dimal]

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Interesting post Paul [smiley=thumbsup.gif],

This really does look like a viable alternative to using a HeatGun with the BM and capable of really superb results. That Indian Tiger Mountain roast looks absolutely spot on mate 8-). Thanks for the info and the piccies,

Cheers,
Mal.

[leebroozlee]

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Awesome thanks

Here tis:

And some more (some blurry) pics: http://www.users.on.net/~paulandgeni/images/roasting/

It still needs a cake tray in between to seal the whole chamber for better temp stability. It runs at around 90% duty cycle at max temp (250). :-/ Taking around 12mins to SC for 100g, 20mins for 200g, havent yet tried anything in between.

Thanks to farmroast for the idea!

-Paul

[Dimal]

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Check again Paul ,

Mal.

[leebroozlee]

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Hiya,
No option for BM/TO?
-Paul

[Ray_C]

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sumatra mandheling....... at 2nd crack

[Ray_C]

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[Ray_C]

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This topic rocks!!! Magiver and myth busters eat your heart out, some of the inventions here are mind blowing. Ive been using a popcorn machine up until now, Ive got my prototype going, its not original except for the loading / unloading method, my machine has forward and reverse on the rotiserie which allows me to empty the drum onto the tray at the bottom... take a look.... (sumatra mandheling at 2nd crack)

[Sunbeamer]

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What material did you use to make the drum? Im re-engineering my drum as too many beans get stuck!

Do you have any problems with beans falling through or getting stuck?

yeah the peaberry a few fall through till they start to expand a bit, nothing major maybe 3 or 4


I have some ideas for improvements based on everyones comments (thankyou to all) I have some fine gauze I can use to spread the heat and help tame it some and I will build a shroud over the top

any thoughts on the shroud? I thought perhaps bringing the drum closer to the flame and leveling it out some and putting a cover over it which would turn it into more of an oven than a griller, but it would make it harder to see the roast

[Wushoes]

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neat...off to the car parts yard to find a truck air filter :P

[nunu]

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I toyed with a similar idea once. Too much heat from the flame of the portable burner. If you have some sort of enclosure, you can really turn the heat down, which will also save you some $$$ in not having to replace the butane cans so often.

Wu, he said he got it from a truck air filter.

[Wushoes]

Re: What do YOU use to home roast?

What material did you use to make the drum? Im re-engineering my drum as too many beans get stuck!

Do you have any problems with beans falling through or getting stuck?