DrD wrote:
Congrats on the purchase! I've had a Behmor for a couple of years now and I reckon the smells you get during roasting are more addictive than those from preparing coffee. There's a real sense of achievement making coffee using your own beans ^-^ My tip (for the Plus version) would be to get your mobile phone and set it on an alarm/timer to remind you when the "unattended timer" countdown starts. This is a feature they've built in to require some user input (by pressing the Start button) 75% of the way through a roast - if you don't press the Start button the unit will automatically enter the cooling cycle. For my 300 g roasts, the unattended timer often kicks in just before first crack. It has "got me" on at least one occasion ... I was actually there just watching the beans roll round and round and didn't notice the timer countdown flashing. So, a mobile phone is a good backup to avoid a nasty surprise. To setup the timer on your phone, check the total roast time on the Behmor once you've selected the profile. For 400g-P2-B, the total roast time is 20 minutes. So set your mobile phone timer to 0.75 x 20 = 15 minutes. Start the timer when you start roasting, and hopefully you'll never miss disarming the dreaded auto cool. Hope that helps, Dan.
Thanks Dan 🙂. I had read about that feature and although I'll probably be glued to it I' would be dishonest if I said I wasn't worried about missing it. A timer sounds like a good idea so thanks for the suggestion.
Brett H wrote:
Sea Sick from rocking :-[
Sorry Brett, nothing yet, it is still somewhere between Brisbane and Adelaide 🙁.
LeroyC wrote:
The unattended safety shutdown feature is only an issue when roasting in auto settings on the Plus. Even if I'm using auto I'll still usually hit P2 and C at first crack which will reset the machine if the safety feature has started or it will stop it happening if it hasn't yet started. Another way to reduce the chance of it happening is to add as much time as possible at the start of the roast. So if you're roasting 300g hit the 400 button rather than the 200 and even hit + a couple of times to add time (if it's possible) before you start. That way you'll always hit 1C before the safety feature starts and if nothing else you can hit C at the start of rolling 1C to reset the timer and avoid the safety shutdown.
Thanks for the tips Leroy. Admittedly they don't make much sense to me right now but that is because I don't have it in front of me. Once it is and I've had a play I'm sure your advice will all fall into place 🙂.
