Roaster Options (~1 pound capacity)

[Scarecrow]

Sunpentown and the UFO in the house !
Both came in today!

Too bad I've got to work.

😑

[brianmch]

Awful when adulting comes before fun. 

[Mass. Wine Guy]

We have roasted hundreds of pounds of coffee in the behmore 1600 plus. No problems. I can't tell the difference between coffee roasted in it and what comes from the probat. Like another post said. I'd not drop a full pound in it. It seems to like 14 ozs better. For the $$ it can't be beat. Good luck with your hunt!

If you like your beans very light, put 14 ozs in the Behmor. Otherwise, about 8 is the limit for dark roasts.

[Ascholten]

The Behmor is fairly sensitive to Voltage, and seems to die off a bit with age too.  I have had no problems taking 12 oz into second crack on the P1 setting before.  Another trick is to put a 2x4 under the front legs to tip it back, that way the center of bean mass is closer to the heating element, so when it's in it's 'off' cycle when it starts cycling the burner for temp control, they are closer to the heat source so suck up a bit more.

Although embarrassing, I will admit, Ive set mine on fire a few times by inattention.  With that said, the things used to be built like a tank, a good cleaning out and it ran fine.  Just run it through a cleaning cycle to burn the soot out of the exhaust element.

Aaron

[Scarecrow]

Ok. Working on setting up my UFO/TO mod. Discovered that I am "fortunate"enough to have a UFO with metal stir arms, but it has a plastic, one-sided shaft.
Any ideas?
I've searched for mods, but apparently most had a metal shaft.

[peter]

I've not seen a UFO in person, let alone dismantled one.  Hopefully, someone is around who has blazed this trail for you.  Maybe the plastic shaft will give a long time of service, you never know.

[Scarecrow]

This is the drive. What's left of it after my loving spouse attempted to help.


I think I will file of the threads and do a hanger bolt.

[peter]

A hanger bolt will work.  You just need to get the hole in line w/ the shaft's center line.  Maybe practice on a piece of hardwood to get the drill size down so that the hole's not to small and the shaft cracks.

[Scarecrow]

So I looked at the stir crazy I bought. It has a metal shaft!
Honestly, it looks like the old UFO and the ufo looks like the old sc.

So, off to the hardware store for a nut and cap and thermal glue.

I'll play with the hanger bolt and see what I can do there.