To clarify,
I lay the sheet over the hole and drop the basket on top of it. Effectivly wraping the bottom side of the basket. The air passes throunh the basket screen then the used dryer sheet before hitting the fan vanes.

Good Luck.

Yes....that makes good sense to me. It will eliminate the second sheet that I used underneath it.

Thanks.

Hank....I roasted today and had prepped the drying chamber with fragrance free dryer sheets. I used your method of wrapping the bottom of the basket. I also, laid a sheet over the area where the fan is exposed after cutting a hole for the fan. It definitely reduced the crud on the fan. The crud attached to the dryer sheets. However there was a different type of residue that seeped out of the dryer sheets and dried on the SS. I think all this did reduces the oily/steamy residue. I used denatured alcohol and removed crud.

My evaluation is that this does reduce the cleanup by perhaps 50%. Got to be a better way.

Why1504 wrote:To clarify,
I lay the sheet over the hole and drop the basket on top of it. Effectivly wraping the bottom side of the basket. The air passes throunh the basket screen then the used dryer sheet before hitting the fan vanes.

Good Luck.

Yea. That would be fabric softener. Try used dryer sheets.

I don't prefer ones used on towels used to clean up after the dog!!

Any updates to these ideas? And as far as another bean cooler goes I might try to build a second bean cooler out of one of my old 5 Gal buckets for home brewing beer. I have a colander that fits perfectly already, and a normal house vac with hose. It seems all I would need is to buy or rent an appropriate sized drill bit to drill the hole for the vac hose to insert.

My quick and easy bean cooler still works perfectly, since it's a small dedicated dustbuster I bought specifically for sucking up the chaff I created while roasting.

This thread is languishing. I am hoping for more dialogue with folks who use this roaster. Has anyone considered using some simple extra large coffee basket filters? The types used for large commercial applications where they're brewing 10 gallon batches ( Charbucks....) They'd be extremely cheap to use, likely large enough, and have nothing other than porous paper, zero extra crud.

I would think using even used fabric softener sheets would still have some residue on them, that I don't want near my hot beans ( fragrance residues or additives possibly tainting them during a hot evaporative state), or adding waxy chemical residue to the bottom of the cooling chamber ( which is what we're trying to avoid in the first place).

I think I will see if Smart&Final carries large commercial paper brewer basket filters and give that a go. I'll share my results.

Any Update TomC, on if using coffee filters does the trick? I just picked up a Quest and after maybe 12 roasts theres all ready a decent amount of buildup.

I tried the fragrance free dryer sheets. Regardless how long you washed and soaked the sheets there was residue. On to plan B. Next, I cut a two pieces of window screen to fit the inside of the drying bin. I wrapped the edges with electrical tape and then stapled around the edges so it would not come off. I then put a large paper clip through the wire on one end so I would have something to pull it out with. This was a test as I believe that there is a more elegant way to construct one but so far this has worked well. Better than the dryer sheets. The screen catches 90% of the chaff and a large amount of the oils and residue from entering the cup. I use a Dyson battery operated handheld vacuum to suck the chaff out after a roast which takes about 5 seconds. The downside is that the screen is not flat. It curls slightly after use. However if the screen was attached to a more rigid form it would be better. My relationship with the M3 is love/hate.

I bought a Java Cool bean cooler. It's not a sophisticated design but it works. Takes a minute or so to cool the beans and the chaff is contained in the vacuum. I don't care for the rigid tubes from the vacuum to the bucket and plan to change them.

The Quest still has to be broken down after about 15 roasts for a thorough cleaning. PIA but necessary. Good thing the materials used are first class or it couldn't survive repeated tear downs.