Heatgun Roasting / Breadmaker roasting

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I have been roasting with a heatgun for a couple of years now. This is how I started with a heatgun . I love the heatgun – you watch the beans change colour, and you can vary the heat instantly to slow down or accelerate the roast. I think it’s bettter than any other home roasting I have seen.

The problem is the manual stirring. Or has been. Problem solved. The idea came from a posting on OzGreens forum from Brian – Bread Maker!

So I invested $20 in a breadmaker on Ebay, gutted all the electonics and kept only the motor and the pan/stirrer. I clamped a heatgun to it and presto – just what I was looking for.

This perfect roaster roasts 600-800 grams batches, takes a lot less space than a BBQ, and it’s cheap. The whole setup is around $100 (Australian, even less Greenbacks), complete with a cooling unit.

Thanks Brian for the great inspiration

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The setup
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The roasting starts

Ready	Steady	Go

Roast completed

1 minute	3 minutes	5 minutes	7 minutes

Cooling

9 minutes	10 minutes - done	To the cooler	Cooling

Done

The roasted beans	Nice color	Finished

The Bracket

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