Show Off your Roaster

[Dante]

Fantastic upgrade Larry! With that capacity, are you planning to open a small roasting business soon?

[yorel23]

It's the Economy model, no upgrades... but there will be.

They probably won't be purchased from Ambex though, I bet. 

[coffeefanaddict]

Why whats going on with Ambex?

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

Why whats going on with Ambex?

I think he was referring to millow's propensity to make his own mods

[coffeefanaddict]

Ok... this is the only place I can go with this information where it will be totally appreciated and where I know most of you would feel the same way as I do if you were in my shoes.

I just paid a deposit on a used Diedrich IR-3.

I am so excited I can hardly contain myself.
I will send pictures when I get it. I still love my Sonofresco and RK and popcorn popper but to have some real control over a roast now that is exciting.

[milowebailey]

Why whats going on with Ambex?

I think he was referring to millow's propensity to make his own mods

At least that's the rumor. Has anyone seen any of these mods?

Tex has roaster envy... poor little fella... I'm sure he'll get a drum roaster one of these days

[mp]

Milo ... I think you may have Tex's roaster now.

 

[Tex]

Why whats going on with Ambex?

I think he was referring to millow's propensity to make his own mods

At least that's the rumor. Has anyone seen any of these mods?

Tex has roaster envy... poor little fella... I'm sure he'll get a drum roaster one of these days
...

I thought about it - hard!

[dmankin]

I know, hard not to buy it... it was a great deal too.

Yeah, but Mrs T wanted to go to an antique auction in Memphis next month, so I'll wait on my drum roaster. You know how it is with us married men, when the wife's happy we're tickled pink!

Take Mrs. T. antique shopping in Alexandria, VA, stay with us, and use the saved hotel fees for a roaster.  Run it up the flagpole to see if it flies!   

[Joseph Plaugher]

BobTimo,
I just bought one of these whirley pops to roast with. Switched from a hot air popper which kept breaking and lacked body in the cup. Any advice before I run my first batch? Will be roasting for both press and espresso, respectively.

[MMW]

BobTimo,
I just bought one of these whirley pops to roast with. Switched from a hot air popper which kept breaking and lacked body in the cup. Any advice before I run my first batch? Will be roasting for both press and espresso, respectively.

You have read this, right?

Get one of these

19.99

And one of these

3.99

A nut that fits the thread on the top of the whirly pop and a socket for the nut.

That's what I used before my Hottop.

Make sure you have a good thermometer...crank slow and steady.  It's so easy I could do it...

[Tex]

My Sonofresco in action!

Guat COE #10, distro'd by Draagoth.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6j1oKiCLb4[/youtube]

[J.Jirehs Roaster]

That's a great idea. I did that. Works well. I seems like the 400 degree preheat temp Tom recommends is too high. So far I've scorched the batch a little before it even reached first crack. What preheat temp do you use? I was thinking about trying it at 200 F.

I preheat my SC/TO to 400 and that usually means it takes 3 minutes to get to 300.  the whirly pops are thin (especially the Aluminum ones) you may need to preheat to 400 then back the heat down for the early part of the roast...  or try preheat to 300... 200 sounds a little low IMHO

[headchange4u]

My new 4# RK Drum setup.

[peter]

When you are roasting beans from the southern hemisphere, make sure the drum is rotating counterclockwise.  That's how the beans like it, and you'll get moar flavor out of them.