Kinda just looks like a toaster oven with a drum in it. Now I'm thinking about how in the hell I could build a drum and roast coffee in a toaster oven.
oooohhh...boy I wish I woundn't have looked at some of those espresso machine sites. mine..mine Wow, fine tastes on the espresso machine brands. I shall be doing more research. Thanks! Like your thoughts on the grinder...quality is key. I bought the Baratza Maestro Plus grinder, $140, and have been having trouble with it. Wish I would have spent a little more on something better quality. Thanks all.
Yeah, grinders are the essential part of espresso once you get into the $500+ machines without pressurized portafilters. At that point, it gets tricky. The grind consistency has to be just right, the way the coffee is laid out in the basket has to be correct, and the tamping has to be correct. When it comes to espresso, spend more money to start off with because it will be cheaper than realizing you want to upgrade a year after purchasing the cheaper stuff.
Hmmm... I have a toaster oven with a built in rotisserie!! $50, Walmart. I've never roasted anything in it but a chicken and don't know the first thing about roasting coffee. Is this even remotely doable?
Its very do-able. I have an old toaster oven at home that probably goes up to about 500. I would have to drill out sides, construct a drum, and make a rotisserie type spinner for it. I think I'll just do the cheap easy stove top unit for the moment. I dont want to make any financial commitments or destroy any home appliences before deciding if I have the patience to roast or not.
I bought a 1 pound basket roaster for my grill from this fella about 1.5 years ago.......worked great until my rotisserie motor died
I read the review on the char broil rotisserie and everybody said the plastic gears of the motor stripped within a few weeks of buying one. The grill method looks like its the cheapest and easiest. I'd even consider hand turning the grill since I have to do it with the popcorn popper anyway. But I dont want to spend any money on a drum yet.
I had a different unit than the char broil to begin with, but after many uses mine died I haven't bought a replacement yet.....now I am thinking about selling my basket and buying us another roaster.......
Well you should sit on that for a little while and than decide. Maybe a couple weeks. So I can order my supplies, decide that the popcorn popper on a BBQ sucks, and that I need to get a BBQ roaster. I can pick up one of those rotisseries around my place I'm sure. Maybe from the propane store and I bet they'll warrenty it.
Yea, I am in no rush.....except to get a new roaster......This is the basket I have....It's in perfect shape although it's a bit discolored, they are great baskets and very well built and will probably last forever, hehe
Looks good to me. I'll keep you all updated with how roasting goes. If I like it I'll buy that basket off of you. Yummy coffee oils and alll. Mmmmmmmm.
I've been using my cafe rosto for almost 2 years now. I roast 130g of beans each time. Have been really happy with the results so far. I get my beans from Sweet marias and coffeebeancorral. Both highly recommended.
I bet you can find those ronco showtime ovens dirt cheap at second hands stores, those might work for roasting beans. The ones they touted as "set it and forget it"
I looked into the Roncos. They sell kits to turn them into roasters but I heard they were under powered and did a pretty crappy job.
