Diedrich Home Sample Roaster; reflections on larger home roasters - Page 4

[Dave Ewald]

Ray,

The gas burner came from Charles A. Hones Co., a smallish manufacturer of furnaces and related items. They are/were located in New York, and used to have the somewhat amusing web address of http://www.cahones.com

Presumably someone pointed out to them how that URL might be otherwise interpreted, and they either have a new web address...

yep... their new address is http://www.charlesahones.com/

dave

[Rainman]

Interesting- the "cahones.com" brings up a bunch of links (like you'd find if you were browsing for something to buy, but didn't quite know exactly where to look..). The "charlesahones.com" site takes you right there.

I've had some contact w/ Pinhalense, and a 2-barrel roaster will ship to Phoenix (w/i driving distance for me) for around $2500. I'm sure I'll need to make certain aspects very clear (eg. motor is single-phase and 110 v), and it'll probably need quite a bit of modifying before it's up to par; from what I've heard they tend to roast a bit too slowly, so maybe the cahones burners will fix that problem-- to say nothing of custom thermocouples, a better digital thermometer than the one I bought from sweetmarias and datalogging software some time down the road. I'm glad I've got lots of vacation time saved up!

Does anyone have any experience achieving good airflow through these Jabez-Burns style roasters? Also, I'm sure there's a way to connect a chaffe colector and ductwork from some of the photo's I've seen-- just not sure where to find a good source for that kind of gear...

Ray

[Ken Fox]

Interesting- the "cahones.com" brings up a bunch of links (like you'd find if you were browsing for something to buy, but didn't quite know exactly where to look..). The "charlesahones.com" site takes you right there.

I've had some contact w/ Pinhalense, and a 2-barrel roaster will ship to Phoenix (w/i driving distance for me) for around $2500. I'm sure I'll need to make certain aspects very clear (eg. motor is single-phase and 110 v), and it'll probably need quite a bit of modifying before it's up to par; from what I've heard they tend to roast a bit too slowly, so maybe the cahones burners will fix that problem-- to say nothing of custom thermocouples, a better digital thermometer than the one I bought from sweetmarias and datalogging software some time down the road. I'm glad I've got lots of vacation time saved up!

Does anyone have any experience achieving good airflow through these Jabez-Burns style roasters? Also, I'm sure there's a way to connect a chaffe colector and ductwork from some of the photo's I've seen-- just not sure where to find a good source for that kind of gear...

Ray

I was away from home all day today, and will be gone tomorrow as well. In addition, there is an enormous wildfire a few miles from my home so I have other things to do right now than attend to coffee forums

If I had it to do over again, I would not spend $2500 on my roaster plus the expenses for a smoke hood plus the expense and aggravation of putting in a custom probe. Although I am happy with my results, I think you could just spend a little bit more and get a self contained 1lb - 1kg roaster that vents directly outside, that would be preferable to the setup that I have.

ken

[Rainman]

Thanks, Ken- I've got just enough doubts rolling around in the back of my mind about the quality of these Jabez-Burns knockoffs to keep me from committing just yet (now if my sweetie would just understand what a $6500 Ambex can do for our coffee habit?)

Good luck dodging the flames- they're not from sparked chaffe, are they

Ray