The roast defects that result from a drying phase that is too short are fairly well understood (uneven roasting, bean fragmentation, etc.) Forgive me if this is covered elsewhere, but a search didn't turn up the answer: what are the effects of a drying phase that is too long, and what are some of th...

Those voltages don't sound too bad, though you might want to check the circuit you are running it on. 78 degrees in the house at 10pm? Glad I live next to the ocean... The Behmor is pretty quiet so it is generally fairly easy to hear the cracks, but 1/4# roasts tend to run fast at

Are you weighing your beans? The Behmor is very sensitive to charge weight, and in fact, given the limited number of ways that you can manipulate the profiles, charge weight is a key variable. If you weighed your beans and still had trouble with the roast running out of time and the beans finishing ...

Ah OK. It sounds like the varietal flavors and aromatics must for some reason be more volatile in the decaf. I don't roast decafs much myself and was not aware of that, though it would seem to make sense given the processing they have been through. Thanks for the information Jim. 1/2# P3 C would nor...

Jim, just curious, faster through all the phases of the roast, or just drying and browning? Thanks much

So you are back to controlling on bean mass temp, just with some different params in the Fuji? If so you must not be using the auto-tune anymore - are you using Ziegler-Nichols? Are you still playing around with insulation and blower speed to manipulate your MET? I recall a post on alt.coffee a whil...

According to the Alden (maker of the Grabit) website: Alden products are available at most fine hardware stores, including: Ace True Value Sears Sears Hardware Thanks for pointing this tool out... I've got a badly frozen sheared-off bolt in a Gaggia grouphead that I'm hoping to avoid drilling out. H...