Hi, all. I have two roasters, both of which I use. One is the first I bought, the IR2, and I love it. I also have the Behmor 1600, which I really love. They present two ways to roast and one day I hope to learn more ways, but for now this is what I have. Maybe I should know the answer to this question, but I am lost. I have read the Behmor literature and can't find an answer that I really get. It has to do with smoke suppression technology. The beans heat up, to a high temperature, this, along with the chemical reactions that go with heating something, produces smoke, as it does in my IR2 (which I vent to my ceiling fan - turned on) - no smoke in the house, great smell. I use the Behmor, I don't connect any duct hose anywhere, but unless I go too far with the heat or have a small fire I don't get real smoke, though one of our super sensitive smoke alarms in this small house will go off. A fan pulls the smoke into what looks like a filter on the inside top of the Behmor. It comes out as hot air, but not smokey. I just don't get where it goes. If it is a filter of some sort, wouldn't I need to change it? It isn't a water filter, which might work. I am sorry to seem so dumb, but to me it is magic and really, I am pretty bright - I must be, I roast my own beans! Does someone mind pointing me to an article on this or can they explain it to a lay person? Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
At 01:23 PM 4/29/2008, you wrote: <Snip> I'd guess it's a catalyst of some sort that causes the smoke to finish burning, but that's just a guess. Ira Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
Magic! -OR- (as my mom used to answer when she didn't know the answer) It's a Mystery! -OR- (when I got old enough that the "mystery" answer no longer worked) Why do you need to know? -OR- (my sister's stock answer) It's a secret that everyone else knows the answer to but you don't! In other words, I don't have a clue! JavaJerry Smokin' up my garage with the RK Drum (garage door open at least part way of course) Stephen Carey wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
My understanding is that it is a ceramic afterburner. The smoke leaves the port in the back and passes by a superhot ceramic piece...not a filter. That piece in essence burns the smoke off, like if you were to put a lighter near a burning incense. However like you, I rarely see smoke...but I do smell it and it sets off the alarms in my apartment everytime. From another posterbi learned that I am banished to roasting in my bathroom with the door closed and the bathroom fan on. It works...no alarm and my bathroom smells great. Dean De Crisce Sent from a Treo. |
It's not magic It's not a mystery It's not your sister's stock answer It's not a catalytic converter. It's an electric afterburner. Smoke as we think of it is incompletely combusted material. A draw fan as you note draws the smoke past a nichrome coil and incinerates the smoke. That simple. Or maybe that ingenious. It also draws 5 amps of power that are not available to go into the beans, but those are the trade offs. At 15:09 4/29/2008, you wrote: <Snip> John Nanci AlChemist at large Zen Roasting , Blending & Espresso pulling by Gestalthttp://www.chocolatealchemy.com/Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I've heard of TVs in the bathroom, but I think this could be the next big thing, fresh roasted coffee! On 4/29/08, Dean De Crisce wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |
I've never set off the smoke detector with the Behmor, although it happened rather frequently with the I-Roasts. Sandy Andina www.myspace.com/sandyandina On Apr 29, 2008, at 5:48 PM, Dean De Crisce wrote: <Snip> Homeroast mailing list Homeroasthttp://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20">http://lists.sweetmariascoffee.com/listinfo.cgi/homeroast-sweetmariascoffee.comHomeroast community pictures 9upload yours!) :http://www.homeroasting.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemIdx20 |