Hi all,
So a Behmor arrived at our place yesterday. (Actually, at my college, but I towed it home
). Exciting stuff! Yes, I gave in and ordered one... Steve / UPS do an amazing turnaround.
I cleaned the inside, gave it the dry run to season it, then waited... which is difficult. Then it was time for a roast. I did half a pound; not too big or too small, i hoped. (I wouldn't usually use pounds, but since that's what the buttons say... I weighed out 226g though).
All was going well, but I guess i didn't believe the guide in the manual - when it details that for various weights, once you hit 1st crack, you have X time lefttil second, and you should reduce the timer appropriately. I didn't, letting it run on - and it ran away a bit at the end. Quite a shiny French roast.
I should really have believed those figures in the manual. (But this is operator error, not the machine).
I also find the lever on the chaff tray doesn't stay pushed in without pushing on it. Moto, instead of a screwdriver, you can simply pull the tray out slightly, depress the lever, then push the whole tray in (with the door). Worked for me.
Does anyone else get smoke coming out round the door seal? Quite a lot of it - though i guess not even half of what the French roast was making. It was fairly smoky for me - maybe just the roast level.
Also - have other people managed to get the voltage setting to work? This is the one thing that I can't seem to do. I follow the procedure (for 240v), but the screen stays blank. Yet on the button test, every button is working. Is this just my unit? (Seems to roast just fine, however - just no confirmation of the set voltage on the screen)...