Ronco in Chapter 11

[Marshall]

Ronco, the distributor for the Behmor 1600 home roaster, filed under Chapter 11 yesterday (6/15/07) in Bankruptcy Court. Ron Popeil is still owed a great deal of money under the terms of his buyout.

Ronco says it will continue operations and is not laying off any staff. However, it is actively seeking a buyer or alternative financing. I do not know how this will affect plans for the Behmor rollout, but assume Joe Behm will have something to say about it.

[lilotaku]

Wow, that really stinks. I've been following the progress on the Behmor on CG for quite sometime now. Hopefully it will still roll out because it looks to be a pretty promising and very affordable home roaster from the features that i saw.

[Niko]

That's really too bad.
That roaster looked like the roaster of roasters for the home user.

[Marshall]

That's really too bad.
That roaster looked like the roaster of roasters for the home user.

It's premature to count them out. I have no idea what affect this will have, but Ronco is certainly still in business.

[farmroast]

Joe has said that the reorganization will actually benefit the roaster. Ed

[Niko]

...but wait, there's more!
I'm waiting for Ron Popeil to say that as he bundles more goodies with the roaster on his infomercial.
Boy, I can really use the spray-on hair for my head right about now along with that roaster.
Bring it on Behmor!
Throw in some vacuum sealing containers for the roasted beans and a Ronco Scoopinator and we're set...



...(I made up the Scoopinator part so you guys saw it first here on H-B)

[prof_stack]

The Behmor 1600 will still be available, I'm sure. Hopefully we can see some "demos" of it on TV.

Personally, I can see myself sending the $350 or so to get the unit, if for nothing else than to simplify my roasting routine into one box. But like others I'll be carefully reading the reviews first.

[Alchemist]

The Behmor 1600 will still be available, I'm sure. Hopefully we can see some "demos" of it on TV.

Personally, I can see myself sending the $350 or so to get the unit, if for nothing else than to simplify my roasting routine into one box. But like others I'll be carefully reading the reviews first.

I just wanted to toss this out. I posted this over on CG also. I currently have on testing loan one of the pre-production models of the Behmor 1600 and have been test driving about a week.

With bean weight, 5 profiles and length of time adjustments (the profile length changes if you change in initial length of roast as it is based on % not minutes) there are a LOT of permutations to test out, but if people have some specific questions they want answered now that one is available to test, please ask them.