Hi Folks,
I've been using a heavily modified Breville BB290 (with insulated sides, cover, chaff vent) on it's dough program in conjunction with an Ozito heatgun for the past couple of years. ~400-450g per batch.
Anyway as chance would have it the Roasting Gods must of gotten a tad displeased with me last week as the corretto nearly caught fire (silly mistake after some rags I'd been using as insulation down the gaps either side of the vertical pan were accidently pushed to the wrong spot & started smoking....a LOT!!!) - thus it got me thinking to totally redo my home roaster design.
Now I'm kind of stuck deciding on between the KKTO design (full credit and a tip of my hat to Koffee Kosmo for this gem of design!) (which is based around the fitting pot-colander design, classically with the heat coming from a Halogen/Turbo oven) vs a breadmaker corretto using a heatgun. Or a hybrid of each.
Now luckily or complicating my choice (depending on your view) I've got quite a lot of the parts for either roaster path already on hand. Including:
- I gutted/dismantled the Breville BB290 and have removed it's motor keeping it's connections to the control buttons etc and power supply (so worst case scenario if I can't rewire it etc I could use it on the same 'dough' program - though I'd suspect it'd be easier to remove this extra bits and just connect a 12v(?) power source into the motor. I also removed the fanbelt/gearing on the motor as I assumed it might be simpler to use in a 'direct drive' style up directly to the agitator.)
IMG_0083 by NG, on Flickr
- I also happened to have pretty much the identical Arcosteel pasta pot set thats the foundation of the KKTO
- an Ozito variable temp heat gun (unsure how this compares as a heat source vs a Halogen/Turbo oven? Any pro's or cons of each?)
- I've also got another two breadmakers (one of them a very similar Breville BB270 and the other I'd prefer not to use a newer Sunbeam BM7800)
So I like the simplicity &versatility of the KKTO design - though I'm a bit worried about being able to cobble together an adequate drive shaft & agitator. I downloaded the basicish plans that KK had kindly put up and they give you an idea of where to go with the design so thats quite handy.
Alas I've not been able to find any cheap Halogen ovens here locally, was considering the KKTO design but with a heatgun as the heat source via an inlet in an insulated roof- not sure how that would compare.
Very much like the KKTO design, especially as I have the very sought after pots already on hand.....however the driveshaft, making a suitable agitator and modifying the electric motor I have onhand (if viable) are the current obstacles I'm weighing up vs whats essentially a almost ready to go option via one of the other breadmakers.
Would welcome any feedback etc from other members with experience in this area.
Thank you in advance, Nick
PS. I should also note that I've got the extreme luxury of knowing a person who owns one of the ACTUAL made by KK KKTO's. So if I went that path I'd be able to essentially compare and take notes from the real McCoy item, which is a huge advantage as the basic design path.
I've been using a heavily modified Breville BB290 (with insulated sides, cover, chaff vent) on it's dough program in conjunction with an Ozito heatgun for the past couple of years. ~400-450g per batch.
Anyway as chance would have it the Roasting Gods must of gotten a tad displeased with me last week as the corretto nearly caught fire (silly mistake after some rags I'd been using as insulation down the gaps either side of the vertical pan were accidently pushed to the wrong spot & started smoking....a LOT!!!) - thus it got me thinking to totally redo my home roaster design.
Now I'm kind of stuck deciding on between the KKTO design (full credit and a tip of my hat to Koffee Kosmo for this gem of design!) (which is based around the fitting pot-colander design, classically with the heat coming from a Halogen/Turbo oven) vs a breadmaker corretto using a heatgun. Or a hybrid of each.
Now luckily or complicating my choice (depending on your view) I've got quite a lot of the parts for either roaster path already on hand. Including:
- I gutted/dismantled the Breville BB290 and have removed it's motor keeping it's connections to the control buttons etc and power supply (so worst case scenario if I can't rewire it etc I could use it on the same 'dough' program - though I'd suspect it'd be easier to remove this extra bits and just connect a 12v(?) power source into the motor. I also removed the fanbelt/gearing on the motor as I assumed it might be simpler to use in a 'direct drive' style up directly to the agitator.)

- I also happened to have pretty much the identical Arcosteel pasta pot set thats the foundation of the KKTO
- an Ozito variable temp heat gun (unsure how this compares as a heat source vs a Halogen/Turbo oven? Any pro's or cons of each?)
- I've also got another two breadmakers (one of them a very similar Breville BB270 and the other I'd prefer not to use a newer Sunbeam BM7800)
So I like the simplicity &versatility of the KKTO design - though I'm a bit worried about being able to cobble together an adequate drive shaft & agitator. I downloaded the basicish plans that KK had kindly put up and they give you an idea of where to go with the design so thats quite handy.
Alas I've not been able to find any cheap Halogen ovens here locally, was considering the KKTO design but with a heatgun as the heat source via an inlet in an insulated roof- not sure how that would compare.
Very much like the KKTO design, especially as I have the very sought after pots already on hand.....however the driveshaft, making a suitable agitator and modifying the electric motor I have onhand (if viable) are the current obstacles I'm weighing up vs whats essentially a almost ready to go option via one of the other breadmakers.
Would welcome any feedback etc from other members with experience in this area.
Thank you in advance, Nick
PS. I should also note that I've got the extreme luxury of knowing a person who owns one of the ACTUAL made by KK KKTO's. So if I went that path I'd be able to essentially compare and take notes from the real McCoy item, which is a huge advantage as the basic design path.
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