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Made an adjustment to my Little Cricket roaster by increasing the size of the vane and changed the roasting temperature and time. I was using 520 degrees for 25 min. and changed it to 450 degrees for 28 min. The roast is very uniform and I'll cup it tomorrow after it's gassed off.

The pics below are of my (5 lb) roaster "Big Boy" I built and have been working on for some time. It has a SS mesh drum with 3 vanes, belt driven. The problem that I have encountered with this one is finding a burner that doesn't smoke up the inside. I don't have much room to work with in...

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm getting a pretty even roast and lots of oil on the surface of the beans. It cups pretty good too. I think it might do better also if it had some vanes inside the drum. It is fun putting one together. In pics below you can see a larger (5 lb) roaster "Big Boy" I...

A 1 lb. Coffee roaster that I call The Little Cricket Roaster. I used a cricket box for my first roaster. To begin with I took two one gallon paint can lids and drilled a hole for an axle that I got from Lowe's. Next I purchased some SS screen 8" wide and 20" long. It perfectly fits in the rim...

Machine is in current use and has been for several years. It has been on our companies production floor for our employees enjoyment. Not used in a restaurant for several years. Perfect working condition and well maintained with lots of extras. I've only made a few repairs to it over the years...