[dorkbotpdx-blabber] Paging the Coffee Roaster

[Jesse Mejia]

The project in question is based on an RK-drum roaster - utilizing a 
gas grill + a motor attached the the rotisserie. Slightly larger scale 
than the little robots or popcorn style roasters - but not as large as 
a commercial roaster obviously. He does it be hand right now - based 
on readings from a thermocouple inside the drum - but he's considering 
automating the gas valves and using some logic to hit certain 
profiles. Seems like it could be fun!

-Jesse


On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:00:18 -0700
  Mykle Hansen <mykle at mykle.com> wrote:
> it seems about five years ago, people were just starting to do  
> interesting
> DIY instrumentation of small home coffee roasters.  these days,
> you can buy full-on roast robots with everything built in, and just
> focus on developing your roasting profile in Excel.
> 
> i have one of the original FreshRoast popcorn-style roasters,
> which some people on the internet have hot-rodded with
> digital thermometers and digitally-controlled variacs in
> order to automate the roasting.  it's fun and educational.
> 
> but i eventually noticed that the best coffee roasters
> seem to do every batch by hand.  =)
> 
> -m-
> 
> On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:37 AMTuesday, Jesse Mejia wrote:
> 
>>
>> I think I was the one talking about coffee roasting.. it's a project
>> my dad is thinking about doing. I was at the meeting last night - 
>>but
>> not for very long.
>>
>> -Jesse
>>
>> On Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:12:45 -0700
>>  Jared Boone <jboone at earfeast.com> wrote:
>>> On Jul 20, 2009, at 11:09 PM, Sean Green wrote:
>>>
>>>> Does anyone have the contact information for the person who was
>>>> interested in automating the coffee roasting process? I had some
>>>> information for him, but unfortunately he was not at tonights
>>>> meeting...
>>>
>>> I'm not sure who you're looking for (unless it's me?), but I have an
>>>
>>> unhealthy interest in such things. So when you find him, introduce
>>> me,
>>> will ya?
>>>
>>> 	- Jared
>>>
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