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Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:16 pm
by benoit
After years espressooing on my Microcimbali

I am still at roasting with my three faithful heatguns
tucked together...

I am investigating the market for a small commercial roaster...
20 to 50 kilos on five days a week
1 phase or gas...?

Any for sale second-hand?

Name

or make?

Prices...

Benoit planning to open a Deli and supplying one restaurant, deli in Deptford, London....

a french-canadian living in Somerset

RE: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:27 pm
by bruceb
Are you sure you want to go that big? Even 20 kg is a huge batch of coffee. In any case gas should be the only choice. You'd need your own nuclear power plant to get enough power from an electric heater to roast 20-50kg of beans in a half-way reasonable time (I'm exaggerating, but only a little) and 1 phase you can forget right away. Big roasters like that go for quite a bit of money. Even a 40-year old Probat will run upwards of 6k Euro and will probably need going over before you can use it. Good luck and keep us informed on how things are developing.

Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:30 pm
by JulieJayne
benoit wrote: I am still at roasting with my three faithful heatguns
tucked together...

I am investigating the market for a small commercial roaster...
20 to 50 kilos on five days a week

Or you could always get 50 Behmors/Hottops and line them up. By the time you finished setting the last one the first one should be finished :lol: I always thought that this would be an interesting experiment.

Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:59 pm
by DrTom
benoit wrote: I am still at roasting with my three faithful heatguns
tucked together...


I respect anyone who wields this beast! I also respect the electrician who used a copper mine to wire your socket! That must suck some juice!!

Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:01 am
by GreenBean
JulieJayne wrote:Or you could always get 50 Behmors/Hottops and line them up. By the time you finished setting the last one the first one should be finished :lol: I always thought that this would be an interesting experiment.


I always imagined that is how our favourite micro roasters worked. :shock:

Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:52 am
by bruceb
GreenBean wrote:
JulieJayne wrote:Or you could always get 50 Behmors/Hottops and line them up. By the time you finished setting the last one the first one should be finished :lol: I always thought that this would be an interesting experiment.


I always imagined that is how our favourite micro roasters worked. :shock:


Buy some stocks in Logitech, quick!

Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:18 pm
by GreenBean
bruceb wrote:
GreenBean wrote:
JulieJayne wrote:Or you could always get 50 Behmors/Hottops and line them up. By the time you finished setting the last one the first one should be finished :lol: I always thought that this would be an interesting experiment.


I always imagined that is how our favourite micro roasters worked. :shock:


Buy some stocks in Logitech, quick!


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

RE: Re: Roaster 50 kilos or less????

PostPosted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 4:47 pm
by motoman
What silly replies you are getting, why not try looking for an extinct volcano in your area and re activate it on Guy Fawkes day so that no one will notice it.

There are other ways to generate the power you require but, Cheltenham monitoring centre get security activation warnings when certain words are used over the net.