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Behmor

Right since we don't have an actual thread here we go for everyone that roasts using one and for everyone else that wants to know about the Behmor.

I've only bought mine recently and yes I bought it from CS but I don't think that that should exclude it from having it's own thread here as there are many people who use them on this board :)

Others will have much more knowledge about this than myself at present so hopefully everyone else will add their experiences, fails, thrills and spills.

Mine arrived last night, a little discussion with Richard and KK resulted in what to do when first opening.

I did my first dry run of '1/4 start' without issues, it does state '1/2 start' in the manual but the new paperwork enclosed now says '1/4 start' as per my instructions from the guys as well.

The next step was a sacrificial roast, whether or not it gets to char grilled is whether or not you've paid attention to the cracks and whether 2C has happened.  Now both Richard and KK said to use 250-300 grams, looking at the manual it said to use 1/4 of a pound which amounts to 110 grams, so what did we do, 110 grams of course  :D

My experience was that OH was watching/listening to the roast while I was trying desperately to get the smoke alarm to stop!!!  As such it hit 2C and by the time he asked me whether to hit 'cool' it was too late, burnt beans, smoke and flames everywhere  :rofl:

Clean up commenced, nice oily black beans that OH said sounded like the ones you get at Maccas, 'bingo' I said, that is what they serve up!!!

So waited a little while for the Behmor to completely cool and I thought hell why not it's set up lets do a real roast.  Muscles suggested a setting and amount to use so I did that.

350 grams on 1 P2 C.  1C at 10:00 minutes and 2C at 7:30 minutes, for people that don't understand this was a countdown from 22:30 minutes, so in other words 1C at 12:30 minutes and 2C at 15 minutes.  1C did roll into 2C which is something I would like to change, sure 1C did slow down before 2C commenced but not as much as I would like to hear.

Here is the result :)
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  • As with most things mechanical you will get to know how to use the item with hands on practice Still a nice first up result that will get better with time  :thumb:
  • Looks heaps better than my piss poor efforts using AM's loaner hot top. Good job :thumb: :thumb:
  • Hey welcome to the club!  Can't wait to see how you guys pimp this bad boy! :thumb:
  • SS: the reason your 1st crack rolled into second crack would have been because at 7:30, the power has only *just* (or just about to, can't remember) dropped. It's for this reason that with those figures, it might be beneficial to use 1P P1 C and crack the door (I put the end of the paintbrush in there) within a few seconds of the start of 1st crack. The heat loss isn't as great as you might think and then if it hasn't hit second crack within a few minutes, close the door fully. (FYI, with 350g on that roast profile, I wouldn't even hit second crack by the end of the full cycle, which, btw, I think is 21:30, not 22:30).
  • Hey SS Not sure if you have or havent, setting the voltage on the behmor? eg: For 220V countries while pressing the A button insert the power cord
  • Looking good SS.  I normally do 300g roast on 1IbP4D or 1IbP2C. I find he later to have plenty of time on the clock, even if I load up 350g into my unit.  I do though bang he brush in between 1c (rolling)to get a reasonable time between 1st crack and 2nd crack for 1IbP4D.  I externally cool, in under a minute.  for 1IbP2C, I find the brush in at 1crack, I get well over 3.5-4min between 1st and nd crack. So I close the door to ensure time between cracks is less than 5min....  Pull & ext cool. On a side note I have pushed 400g of MM through and that was the defining batch in which myself & the OH decided MM at 100% would be a staple in our house!!  I think, need to check my records but I used 1IbP2D to ensure I got through 2nd crack!
  • Thanks for the added info. lemoo yes I've set the voltage, we're on 240 as we get between 242 and 249 in the house.
  • also my fav roast setting for espresso is as follows: 350g of greens 1lb P2 C I stop the roast with about 5.30-5.00 minutes on the clock remaining depending on ambient temps pretty consistent getting the beans to about first snaps of 2nd Crack
  • on 1336695581:
    also my fav roast setting for espresso is as follows: 350g of greens 1lb P2 C I stop the roast with about 5.30-5.00 minutes on the clock remaining depending on ambient temps pretty consistent getting the beans to about first snaps of 2nd Crack
    my routine is fairly similar with the beans ive done so far, 300g of greens, 1Lb P2 but i always open my door fully for 10 seconds during rolling 1st crack; then I try and pull at the very start of second crack, again opening the door fully during the first 2 minutes of the cooling cycle. love the behmor!
  • lemoo I don't know that I'll ever get that far with my roasts, having 5 minutes left on the clock, obviously have to wait and see on that one though. TB I also thought that after I hit the cool button, I left the door closed for a while and then opened it, I will be trying the hit cool and completely open the door on the next roast.
  • Richard and I were discussing adding the thermocouple, as I said to him, I way to pedantic to just shove the beans in and hope for the best, I need some sort of indication that I'm hitting the temps I want :) So here is my thermocouple attachment, the way it's set up is so I can have the thermocouple sitting all the way in or out further, it's also secure.
  • on 1336909175:
    Richard and I were discussing adding the thermocouple, as I said to him, I way to pedantic to just shove the beans in and hope for the best, I need some sort of indication that I'm hitting the temps I want :) So here is my thermocouple attachment, the way it's set up is so I can have the thermocouple sitting all the way in or out further, it's also secure.
    That left side gets hot. Hope the plastic holds up..but looks good :)
  • On a suggestion from Richard about what to roast a peaberry on I tried 1 P1, I couldn't pick C, got confused and didn't pick anything, I probably should have pressed B. The above setting gave me 18 minutes on the clock and I still had 7 and a half minutes left when I hit cool. Preheat 2 mins 183 degrees 1C 7:35 304 degrees 2C 10:30 288 degrees press cool open door 2 minutes 120 degrees close door There was about a 1 minute almost silence before 2C started. Well the result smelled like peaberry and certainly looked like the other peaberry roasts I've done.
  • on 1336909175:
    ...way to pedantic to just shove the beans in and hope for the best, I need some sort of indication that I'm hitting the temps I want...
    Same tendencies here - between that and the batch size I'm tempted to go back to my Corretto or get a KKTO.  But then again the coffee comes out reasonably nicely done and it's less fuss - as said on another tread ... use your senses, don't worry/be happy and have a beer at hand. In your photo it looks like the thermocouple would be right above the elements?  It would be interesting to see a graph through the roast - pity it's so hard to get one into the bean mass.
  • COE roast, 350 grams 1 2P B
  • on 1337595123:
    COE roast, 350 grams 1 2P B
    I know you were worried you'd burned this roast, but look at the chaff still left in the middle of most beans. It's only *just* hit second crack, so should be a winner.
  • Richard so much chaff it's not funny :)  Really amazed it wasn't burnt. COE chart
  • on 1337596511:
    Richard so much chaff it's not funny :)  Really amazed it wasn't burnt. COE chart
    Oh yeah, forgot to mention that. When I cracked the door on my first roast of this, a mild updraft threw out a few teaspoons worth of chaff which caught fire upon hitting the open air. For a few seconds, I felt like a magical coffee wizard.
  • on 1337634285:
    For a few seconds, I felt like a magical coffee wizard.
    best line i've heard in a long time. lol
  • on 1337645079:
    best line i've heard in a long time. lol
    :rofl: Richard, yes I had the same thing happen.
  • A picture, as requested by Derrilex, fresh from Hogwarts (aka my garage).
  • Geez, I'm roasting like a muggle
  • Your camera sucks, derrilex. It seems that this bean holds a lot of chaff if you don't let it go right through second crack. Seems to be a good indicator of good taste though, now that I've done 4 roasts of it.
  • My camera was making it look worse than it is - or RM is a camera wizard as well  :rofl:
  • Tonight I roasted 400.1g of a blend posted by galumay on the Behmor. Blend was:  96g Brazil Daterra Sweet, 80g Guat Hue Hue,  96.1g Sumatran Blue Tak and 128g Ethiopian Sidamo Haile Selassie Naturals Program was a preheat for 1.5min to warm the internals up & then into 1IbP2C.  Saw 1st crack at 740ish to go (remember roast time is 21min 30sec), rolling 1st crack at 720ish and I pulled the roast on the 1st snipes of 2nd crack at 1min 50sec for external cooling. Below are some pics of set up inside as well as out in the garage, along with the roast & my stash (all taken on ipad - I apologise for photo quality): Jonty
  • Richard: Said "Oh yeah, forgot to mention that. When I cracked the door on my first roast of this, a mild updraft threw out a few teaspoons worth of chaff which caught fire upon hitting the open air. For a few seconds, I felt like a magical coffee wizard."
    on 1337645079:
    best line i've heard in a long time. lol
    That is funny!  If I had done that and my wife had spotted it she would have said many very descriptive words about it and none of them very encouraging!! :pan
  • I'm thinking of buying a Behmor. Are they a goer or not?
  • The behmor is great value, easy to use, roasts great coffee and is hypnotic as you sit with a beer and watch the beans go around. It's a goer in my book.
  • Good entry level roaster afaik. Limited ability to really craft roast profiles but good community support which counts for a lot. Pretty sure beangreen sell them too. I know they are also available from non-sponsors but I have no hesitation in recommending beangreen as a company to do business with. :thumb: Edit: just checked and it is no longer on the bean green  website, so I guess they no longer stock it. They do have the i-roast2 and the fresh roast, but they are very different beasts.
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