Need advice to pick a Home roaster

[gavnaz]

Dear Too Much Coffee experts,
I'd like to say that I'm happy that I found such a wonderful coffee resource and decided to join.
I have a grate passion for coffee especially espresso and like to roast my beans at home.
This is my question: What is the best home coffee roaster that do not produce
large amount of smoke during roasting process.I have checked Behmore 1600 that recently got to the market but unfortunately most of the reviews is not the best ones.What would be my other choice?
Thank you in advance to all who replied.

[CakeBoy]

Hi gavnaz and welcome

The roaster question is far from simple. The Behmor does claim to have little or no smoke, but few have had a chance to test it yet; the Gene Cafe does smoke, but you can buy an extraction accessory that will exhaust through a standard tumble dryer pipe; whilst the Hottop also smokes a bit but many are happt with it under a standard cooker extractor or near a window. I think opinions vary a lot.

[RobC]

In my experience the I Roast smokes loads with anything, the Gene Cafe does not smoke a great deal unless you roast a very chaffy green coffee, and the Hottop is a medium between the two. The main issue for you is that any roaster will smoke depending on the origin coffee roasted, so no matter what roaster you choose from unless you choose your coffee by those that are claimed to produce less smoke then you will always have smoke to deal with. Rather then avoiding smoke, just find a solution - roast outside, by a window or use a extractor system.

[gavnaz]

Hi gavnaz and welcome

The roaster question is far from simple. The Behmor does claim to have little or no smoke, but few have had a chance to test it yet; the Gene Cafe does smoke, but you can buy an extraction accessory that will exhaust through a standard tumble dryer pipe; whilst the Hottop also smokes a bit but many are happt with it under a standard cooker extractor or near a window. I think opinions vary a lot.

Thank you for Hi and welcome.I've been researching that topic for sometime now.So far Hottop were recommended the most.Behmore is fairly new this is why I think not too many people have something to say yet.Just wonder what is your favorite roaster?

[Gouezeri]

Cool, we're experts now!
Welcome Gavnaz. Getting info and a release date on the Behmor is going to be tricky. I'd definitely drop Steve at hasbean a line as he is the only person that I can think of that might have played with one (and may even stock it in the future). I've seen commercial smokeless roasters, but they were big and smelled worse than RobC and his badgers! Of the home roasters, the HT seems to produce the least amount of smoke, and whilst the I-R definitely produces the most, it is easily dealt with using some duct pipes (I have a smoke alarm barely 3m from my I-R and it very rarely sets it off as all the smoke goes straight out of a window).
Generally speaking, though, the larger the batch size, the greater the likelihood of smoke.
Good luck with the search!

[bruceb]

I've owned or used popcorn poppers, hot-air roasters, an Alpenröst, the Gene and presently a HotTop. With all of them, if you go to second crack you will have quite a bit of smoke. I think that the HotTop actually produces the least smoke of all, but if I didn't have a relatively powerful kitchen extractor the house would certainly get smoky after a few roasts. The Behmor sounds very promising, although not yet available in a 230 or 240 VAC version for Europe yet. As suggested above you might try to contact Steve at Hasbean about it.

[gavnaz]

I've owned or used popcorn poppers, hot-air roasters, an Alpenröst, the Gene and presently a HotTop. With all of them, if you go to second crack you will have quite a bit of smoke. I think that the HotTop actually produces the least smoke of all, but if I didn't have a relatively powerful kitchen extractor the house would certainly get smoky after a few roasts. The Behmor sounds very promising, although not yet available in a 230 or 240 VAC version for Europe yet. As suggested above you might try to contact Steve at Hasbean about it.

I'm fairly new to this forum so would you please direct me on how to contact
Steve at Hasbean.This is Behmor thread check this out: http://www.home-barista.com/forums/behm ... t4479.html

[Gouezeri]

Gav, I see now from your profile that you are in the US. In which case there is little point in you contacting Steve as he is in the UK, TMC is euro-centric after all. The behmor (from what I have been told) definitely sounds promising. I don't know whether it will necessarily be better than the HT (it does have distinct advantages). I seriously hope to be able to have a play with one in the not too distant future though.

[fred25]

For the behmor in the US you might want to check sweetmarias, as they have it in stock, and review it on-site (this might already be known to you, in which I apologise for wasting your time!). For less than $300..... mama mia!

[gavnaz]

For the behmor in the US you might want to check sweetmarias, as they have it in stock, and review it on-site (this might already be known to you, in which I apologise for wasting your time!). For less than $300..... mama mia!

It is actually $299+ tax+shipping.I have checked SweetMarias I think they the biggest green been suppliers for home roasters in US.I also seen Behmore and HotTop videos on YouToube.Behmor looks much better smoke wise.

[CakeBoy]

Hi gavnaz and welcome

The roaster question is far from simple. The Behmor does claim to have little or no smoke, but few have had a chance to test it yet; the Gene Cafe does smoke, but you can buy an extraction accessory that will exhaust through a standard tumble dryer pipe; whilst the Hottop also smokes a bit but many are happt with it under a standard cooker extractor or near a window. I think opinions vary a lot.

Thank you for Hi and welcome.I've been researching that topic for sometime now.So far Hottop were recommended the most.Behmore is fairly new this is why I think not too many people have something to say yet.Just wonder what is your favorite roaster?

Mine is the Pinhalense.