Corretto meltdown - DANGER, DANGER

[jbrewster]

I wonder how many of us have one of each of these adjacent to their roaster?

Not immediately adjacent but I do have one 5 meters away in the kitchen and another one about 5 meters away in the garage

[jbrewster]

Another point would probably be to purchase quality heat guns.

That's an Ozito heat gun, appears to be the same as the one I use (though mine is rather heavily modified), can't say I've ever had issues, I don't expect it to last as well as a Makita but it does the job.

[Yelta]

Here's a pick of the Starbucks style dark roasted beans with extinguisher powder seasoning:

Very noice, some of em look a little under done.

[Yelta]

I wonder how many of us have one of each of these adjacent to their roaster?

[gonzob]

I agree with all the above - we definitely need to keep an eye on our roasts.

An action item for me is to move my roaster further from the house. I currently roast outside, but under a pergola. However, IF the roaster started to burn and IF I wasn't standing right there (as I normally do) it is possible that the unattended flames could reach the pergola. Easy fix, as the roaster is on a trolley. Thanks to KBC for raising it.

Gonzo

[readeral]

Experiencing the changes in the roast as it's progressing is half the fun!

[Dimal]

Well, I've been home-roasting now for about 14 years and in all that time, have never found the need to leave the roaster unattended, for any reason. It's always been something that I enjoy doing so never begrudge the time spent doing it...

Mal.

[readeral]

I don't regret that the KKTO forces you to use the timer :P

[Barry O'Speedwagon]

Forget the timer... NEVER leave a roaster... ANY roaster unattended! As Yelta pointed out, it's less than 20 minutes to invest.

As long as you don't use a timer as an excuse to shoot through, I find them a handy 2nd line of defense (and also a good way of making sure that I don't miss the Behmor auto shutdown threshold if I'm too busy looking at the beans .

[Vinitasse]

Yep - I told him to invest $10 in a timer - or use his phone timer. He will.

Forget the timer... NEVER leave a roaster... ANY roaster unattended! As Yelta pointed out, it's less than 20 minutes to invest.

[simonko]

I use the same HG and have had the temperature dial melt off and the black plastic around the output nozzle blister. But that's from heat reflected back to the gun (which incidentally also gets reheated in a potentially disastrous feedback loop).

But here he's got the gun away from reflected heat. Must have been a decent size flame to melt the feet on the bread machine.

[Dimal]

More than likely the HG intakes became blocked with chaff, the reduced airflow caused overheating that the "protection" failed to detect...

I'm with Matt, never ever come close to this happening so serious neglect on the part of the operator....

Mal.

[DesigningByCoffee]

Corretto meltdown - DANGER, DANGER

I'd still be suss on the gun - most of my roasts end up 20 minutes plus and I've done 4-5 roasts back to back without ever having the gun even overloading. Not sure what happened there unless the thermal cutout didn't work or the exhaust port for the roaster pointed back at the gun!
Weird ...

But still - any roaster unattended is a disaster in the making [emoji30]

[Yelta]

Of course, my RPi controlled corretto program turns of the heat after the roast time is finished and leaves the fan running, so if I forget to check, it will simply cool down.

Ah yes, electronics and computer programs never fail, soooooo, it's perfectly safe to set her running and pop down to the pub to buy a six pack.

[gonzob]

I find this surprising. I thought heat guns had to have an overtemp cutout. I'm certain my cheap Ryobi has one. Was the exhaust constricted in some way?

Of course, my RPi controlled corretto program turns of the heat after the roast time is finished and leaves the fan running, so if I forget to check, it will simply cool down.