What is a Corretto worth?

[Wine_of_the_Bean]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

How about this for an analogy. Compare cooking in an oven to using the grill. Radiation vs. convection.

[Thundergod]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

Which one is which in your analogy nunu?

[namahage]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

There is a good point there from nunu about the mode of heat transfer, all three modes are there with convection dominant of course, but here is my opinion.

I suspect one contributing factor for even roasting from corettos is the breadmaker pan which is designed for even heat distribution. Given heat capacitance from bread pan is much much higher than air...

[ozscott]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

I cannot get over the volume that the Corretto can handle. I just did back to back roasts yesterday of 700grams each, but I have done 1kg before successfully. I never get pitting and the roasts are very even (except for example uneven greens such as Bin 35). Seriously to get a shop bought roaster that can handle 700grams (I often do 850 too these days) and even 1kg with repeatable results (with the DMM and getting the temp rise in degrees per minute sorted the roast profile is easily repeated) you would be shelling out, at a guess, $5k plus.

Cheers

PS. With a good gun and positioned so that it does not set off the breadmakers heat overload protection, you could back to back say 850grams x6 per day and supply a small coffee shop!

[ozscott]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

Well done on the Ryobi Mal - I didnt realise you had that until I read this thread. Nice guns - I only cooked mine through mismanagement - o/wise it would have lasted a long time I reckon. Looks well built inside too when I opened it up.

Cheers

[Thundergod]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

PS.  With a good gun and positioned so that it does not set off the breadmakers heat overload protection <snip>

If you want to make sure of this do what I suggest and merely move the sensor further away from the pan.

[ozscott]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

Thanks TG - I have had mine go off once only on the BM (about a year ago) - and before that it worked for months without an issue but I went longer than normal on a large roast one day. Since then I have had the gun facing the other side of the bowl and havent had an issue since.

Cheers

[zzsstt]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

PS.  With a good gun and positioned so that it does not set off the breadmakers heat overload protection, you could back to back say 850grams x6 per day and supply a small coffee shop!

Until the OH&S/WorkCover people found out what you were doing and shut you down on the spot..... Id bet that the fines would cost you more than the price of a commercial roaster, never mind a Gene!  

[Thundergod]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

Until the OH&S/WorkCover people found out what you were doing and shut you down on the spot..... Id bet that the fines would cost you more than the price of a commercial roaster, never mind a Gene!  

Do explain why theyd care.

[Wrecker]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

I can only presume zzsstt is grabbing your "supply a coffee shop" comment and expanding on it. If you were roasting to supply a shop, it becomes a job from home and believe it or not, that comes under Workcover / OH&S legislation.

I know, I know, but it would. Believe me when I tell you the dramas we went through just so my wife (a webmaster) could work from home. : By the time theyd finished Id bought a new computer desk, a new chair, had changed the lights and installed a smoke alarm before theyd tick us and our study off.

[Dennis]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

PS. With a good gun and positioned so that it does not set off the breadmakers heat overload protection, you could back to back say 850grams x6 per day and supply a small coffee shop!

Until the OH&S/WorkCover people found out what you were doing and shut you down on the spot..... Id bet that the fines would cost you more than the price of a commercial roaster, never mind a Gene!

Local council probably wouldnt be too impressed either, nor would the local fire brigade!

[zzsstt]

Re: What is a Corretto worth?

Do explain why theyd care.

As Wrecker suggests, whilst you can do (within reason) whatever you like as a hobby, as soon as it becomes a business venture - like supplying a coffee shop - you have to abide by any number of regulations. Id suggest that youd be hard pressed to persuade a Workcover inspector that a butchered breadmaker and a paint stripping gun on a stick was in any way "safe". Of course, for business use youd also need a qualified electrical inspector to certify the equipment for electrical safety and Im guessing a fair few of them would balk at putting their name on the tag(s)!