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My typical roast size is exactly one pound. I tried to push it higher, but the roast time lengthens a bit too much, and the motor tends to reverse more than I like. Roasts seem very even to me, and I can roast to any desired level. The UFO/TO is not noisy, so both first and second crack are quite audible. The turbo oven’s glass dome allows me to see the beans clearly, enabling constant color monitoring.

Until very recently, all roasts were performed with the turbo oven set to its highest temperature setting throughout the entire process. I also preheat the unit for 3 or 4 minutes – just so the beans aren’t dumped into a cold environment. I have just started to experiment with mid-roast temperature tweaks. I let the beans reach 1st crack at full oven throttle, and once 1st begins to settle down, I lower the temp. setting a bit in order to stretch the period between 1st & 2nd crack.

Here’s a very inexpensive way to roast a 1 lb. batch of green coffee, allowing good control over the process. This experiment is a work in progress. I can’t walk into a hardware store or kitchen supply shop without looking at everything and wondering how it can be strapped onto my UFO/TO roaster!

Click (or copy & paste the following url) to see a video of my UFO/TO Coffee Roaster in action!:

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And finally - a cup of my homeroasted coffee!