Best roasting accessory

January 16th, 2020, 8:30 am

One of my most often used accessories is a bean scoop which used to be harder to find and 1/3 more than you can now get on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Rattleware-Scale ... th=1&psc=1

What do you find useful?

#2: Post by **yakster** » January 16th, 2020, 10:58 am

My Harbor Freight funnel tray for filling canning jars, filling the roaster, and inspecting beans for defects.

https://www.harborfreight.com/easy-sort ... 37081.html

January 16th, 2020, 11:39 am

Small Shop-Vac

#4: Post by **mkane** » January 17th, 2020, 12:48 pm

Definitively, Shop-Vac

#5: Post by **Tonefish** » January 18th, 2020, 8:35 pm

Since the trier hole on a small roaster can really shock the drum air temperature (per thermocouple) I use a small, shallow, stainless steel measure cup to drop trier beans into so that I never have to remove the trier and open it's gaping hole. After smelling I dump them back into the hopper which is downstream of the drum airflow so no amount of trying shocks the drum air.

Of course, the shop vac is a must as is the scale and a sorting tray for both before and after roasting.

#6: Post by **keno** » January 18th, 2020, 9:20 pm

CarefreeBuzzBuzz wrote:One of my most often used accessories is a bean scoop which used to be harder to find and 1/3 more than you can now get on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Rattleware-Scale ... th=1&psc=1

+1 on the Rattleware bean scoop, fantastic for filling bags.

#7: Post by **cai42** » January 19th, 2020, 3:02 am

Greetings,

I use a Ball canning funnel to fill vacuum bags and Mason jars with roasted beans.. Six dollars on Amazon.

#8: Post by **EddyQ** » January 19th, 2020, 11:05 am

Deli containers with lids. Lots of them!
https://www.webstaurantstore.com/search ... iners.html

For multiple back to back roasting, I weight and store green beans in them with masking tape labels. Then roast and pour the roasted coffee into them. Bag or put in jars later. Note: I would not recommend leaving roasted coffee in these for more than a day.

The key is to get the size where the biggest batch of roasted coffee (fully expanded) fits with a little margin.

#9: Post by **Nunas** » January 19th, 2020, 12:15 pm

A funnel made from a rolled piece of heavy paper, because my Quest has no charging funnel and I've been too lazy to make anything more permanent

A Kil-A-Watt. I resisted this for the longest time, thinking it was a needless frill, but have to admit that it makes adjusting the heaters to just the right spot much easier than using the analogue meter on the Quest.

A large, slotted colander (pinched from the kitchen when I roast). After the beans have cooled for a couple of minutes, I put them in the colander and swirl, sometimes agitating them with my fingers too. This removes any chaff that has adhered to the finished roast. Test: grab some chaff and put it in your mouth--roll it around a bit--taste good--no! That's why I do this extra step

#10: Post by **yakster** » January 19th, 2020, 6:17 pm

+1 for the Kill-A-Watt, and if you have an Aeropress you have a pretty good funnel already.

I just bought a large spouted plastic measuring cup from Goodwill for $2 that works great for weighing the greens and roasted coffee and for pouring the green coffee into my bullet roaster. My previous bowl was a bit too small to hold my higher-capacity roasted coffee for weighing and didn't have a spout so I needed to pour the green coffee into my sorting tray before loading my coffee roaster.