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   Sanjay
   October 3rd, 2009 at 12:40 pm #

   Thanks for the info Rich. I’m considering getting a CR-100 to replace my old Fresh Roast 8. How much smoke does your roaster produce? Is roasting under your range hood sufficient? We’re in Toronto and have to roast inside from Nov-Mar, so being able to roast my beans without setting off the smoke detector is important.

   Thank you.

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   Rich Helms
   October 5th, 2009 at 10:56 am #

   Sanjay

   The amount of smoke depends on how dark you roast. I do a full city roast just to the start of second crack. As such I get very little smoke. If you do a dark roast you definitely get smoke. I had an eye opening session on the weekend. I usually roast 140 grams for 7 minutes. This works for most of the varieties. I did it outside. It was 56 F. The beans barely roasted to a light. I moved my next batch to the kitchen but had the window open to give lots of outside air. A bit better but still a disaster. The third batch I closed the window and it was perfect.

   Moral to the story, they are right. You do need room temperature.

   I find my range hood keeps the smoke in check just fine. How dark do you roast?

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   Sanjay
   October 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pm #

   For myself (90% of roasts), I’ll stop at full city. When roasting for friends, I may roast up to French. I guess I’ll have to time my sharing with the summer months.

   Thanks for your response and the details about roasting outside. That’s really helpful to know. I don’t think my Fresh Roast 8 is as sensitive to outside temperature, so I’ll have to be mindful of that.

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   Rich Helms
   October 5th, 2009 at 5:05 pm #

   Would be interesting to test that. I have a few local friends with the same roaster you have. We get together and try different beans and roast.

   My suggestion is to try outside on a cool day with some beans you don’t care about. Unfortunately I tried it with my favorite beans. Bummer

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