Where do you roast?

[Ash]

How do you control chaff, is there a collector in the roaster?

Chaff in the Hottop generally falls to the bottom of the roaster where there is a collection tray that is removed and emptied at the end of each roast.

My roasting spot is out on the back patio. A nice steady breeze generally stakes care of any excess smoke and the smell of roasted coffee wafts deliciously through the house!

[IrisGanache]

I did similar for a few years using a Hottop. Works well, but really clags up the rangehood after a while, so you may want to keep an eye on that.

GrahamK

Will do.
Thanks for the tip.
W

[simonsk8r]

Great hearing of and seeing some setups!

Am currently roasting out the back under a shelter, there's a great bench space there.

But I'm now possibly considering switching to inside roasting... Weather can be so hard to plan around and seems to have such a large effect on the roast result... am thinking it might be more stable inside, but we shall see! Of course I could alter certain variables (drop weight of beans if too cold and vice versa), but wind is another thing that's hard to work around..

I do enjoy roasting outside though, it's quite relaxing

[coolie21]

Not such an issue with the Behmor compared to some other setups, but roasting location is still determined by my wife.

So... detached garage, 140kms from our house..... (beach shack )

[Dimal]

Wow! That's some separation...

Mal.

[Sullo]

garage whilst working on machines, tomorrow Ill be running a genecafe whilst working on a hottop ;P
is that like looking at cows while eating a burger?

[roosterben]

I roast on the deck outside our living area on a big outdoor table, this usually blows any smoke away from the house. I make sure I shut all the windows on that side of the house.

coolie21 sounds like our better halves have the same attitude to coffee/roasting smells, up until recently I had been doing sneaky roasts on 2 x roasters (a Behmor and a Gene Cafe I have just got running again) while the missus was out :-)