Seems the cat is out of the bag!
At the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) show in Seattle last week the owner of the company "spilt the beans" that there was a new version of the very popular roaster planned for release soon. Within hours the Internet was abuzz with noise and speculation about the new roaster and it's features. So I'm assuming that my Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is now open for discussion... so here it is.

We are lucky enough that the world's first build of the new roaster is the 220v/240v Australian model. The roasters have been built and are on the water and I hope that they will land and clear customs and will be shipping out to anxious customers before the end of May.
Behmor 1600 Plus
The "Plus" model contains the exact same functionality of the original roaster with the popular inbuilt automatic roast profiles and now has the addition of some great new features that the home roasting community has been requesting:
Original Features:
PLUS
New Features:

When the new roasters land they will be available in BeanBay:

For existing owners of the original Behmor 1600 roaster you can purchase a replacement front panel assembly which will add all the new features. This will also be available in BeanBay:

I'll update this thread as needed.
I've been running the new roaster for a few months and it's really great to get the extra control.
Any questions feel free to fire away and I'll do my best to answer them.
At the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) show in Seattle last week the owner of the company "spilt the beans" that there was a new version of the very popular roaster planned for release soon. Within hours the Internet was abuzz with noise and speculation about the new roaster and it's features. So I'm assuming that my Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA) is now open for discussion... so here it is.

We are lucky enough that the world's first build of the new roaster is the 220v/240v Australian model. The roasters have been built and are on the water and I hope that they will land and clear customs and will be shipping out to anxious customers before the end of May.
Behmor 1600 Plus
The "Plus" model contains the exact same functionality of the original roaster with the popular inbuilt automatic roast profiles and now has the addition of some great new features that the home roasting community has been requesting:
Original Features:
- Easy to use
- User Selectable Auto Profiles
- 220v, 230v, 240v
- Great results
PLUS
New Features:
- Manual Control
- 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100% selectable element power.
- Variable drum speed 8 RPM / 16 RPM
- View Temperatures during a roast
- Chamber wall
- Exhaust channel
- "Rosetta Stone"
- Press "C" at First Crack to reset time remaining
- Unattended Safety Feature
- At 75% of the roast "un30" will countdown, press [Start] to continue
- Failure to press start Press [Start] at First Crack will result in the cooling cycle starting
- New Metric front panel.
- 100g, 200g, 400g (instead of pounds)
- (the 120v USA model will remain pounds and fahrenheit)
When the new roasters land they will be available in BeanBay:

For existing owners of the original Behmor 1600 roaster you can purchase a replacement front panel assembly which will add all the new features. This will also be available in BeanBay:
I'll update this thread as needed.
I've been running the new roaster for a few months and it's really great to get the extra control.
Any questions feel free to fire away and I'll do my best to answer them.
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