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#41: Post by **Quoddy** » February 8th, 2013, 8:47 am

Quest M3 using: Amprobe TMD-56 datalogger, Omega K probes, Artisan software on MacBook Pro.

ET/MET probe is through a drilled M4 bolt holding the upper right portion of the bean chute. Currently BT probe is in the "standard location" below the trier through a drilled M8 bolt, but I'm planning on installing a short probe through the left M4 bolt of the viewing window.

February 11th, 2013, 12:09 pm

I love all the high tech setups! Here is my humble method.

I have a cardboard box/strainer setup that I devised for cooling now, it works very well.

Roasting in the dark, before the wife and kiddos wake up.

Not one of my better roasts. I overdid the heat and ended up with some blowouts. I've gotten much better over the last couple months.

#43: Post by **jamoke** » February 11th, 2013, 3:35 pm

My fair weather roastery:
On rainy days it's inside the porch; this time of year, back in the kitchen.

#44: Post by **Hotep** » February 15th, 2013, 12:36 am

Here is my little set up, in the man cave.
HotTop (off craigslist) with 12+ OXO containers for Sweet Marias beans.
Would like to devise a mechanism to blow smoke out the available window.

#45: Post by **Quoddy** » February 15th, 2013, 8:06 am

Hotep wrote:Would like to devise a mechanism to blow smoke out the available window.
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I have an almost identical window type and position. I cut, painted, and screwed a piece of plywood the identical width of the opening side of the window and just wide enough to stand a fan on. About 5 minutes into the first batch I open the window and turn on the fan.

#46: Post by **sversimo** » February 27th, 2013, 3:56 am

I envy you that can roast in your own home, its not the same feeling when you got to do it in the workshop... heres my workshop setup;

#47: Post by **yakster** » February 27th, 2013, 2:23 pm

Nice roaster, I like the trier and all the controls, and I have to say I'm a bit envious of your workshop.

That roast looked pretty light, what were you roasting and how did it turn out?

#48: Post by **sversimo** » March 1st, 2013, 9:12 am

Thank you!

I roasted Kenya Nyeri Gaturiri PB from sweetmarias, it was about as low as you can go with this coffee, perhaps I will roast it a few seconds more next time, but I like my roasts light.

#49: Post by **FotonDrv** » March 1st, 2013, 9:59 am

There sure are a wide variety of roaster represented in the Thread!

I was considering the Behmor and have participated in roasting on one a couple of times, but there was fiddling around with the door to help the cooling cycle.

I have also noticed that folks have modified their Hottops so they work better. The Quest Mods seem to be for monitoring, or have I missed something.

Diedrich has a nice machine and they USED to have a small home model, the HR-1, but no longer make it and instead are selling a slightly larger machine. They are also working on a 220v all electric machine with I think is going to be in the 1 kilo capacity range.

The Huky 500 needs an external heat source.

So which one of these roasters are going to be the end all roaster for us coffee addicts?

#50: Post by **drgary** » March 1st, 2013, 10:04 am

FotonDrv wrote:So which one of these roasters are going to be the end all roaster for us coffee addicts?

Probably something like a Mini500 at a lower price point.