Subject:   The first roast I detailed with notes & times Name:   Eric Evans Date Posted:   Oct 7, 03 - 2:16 PM Email:   wahoofan@worldnet.att.net Message:   I just did my first roast in which I kept detailed notes and times. Just wanted to share with the rest of the group.

I'm using 1 pound of "Brazil Cup of Excellence Boa Vista" from SM.

My setup...The grill is an old Coleman Powerhouse 40 (40,000 BTU). I drilled a 15/16" hole in the dome and attached a very accurate thermometer from "New Braunfels Smoker Company." It has a large 3" dial and I can tell the temperature to the exact degree. Here's further details at their website: http://www.nbsmoker.com/accessories3.html I found it at Home Depot for $20 (not cheap but well worth it.) The probe points at an angle directly at the dead center of the drum. I replaced the lower briquette grill with a 10 X 13" stainless steel cookie sheet and placed ceramic grids on top of it. I'm using a standard Charbroil Universal Rotisserie kit (6 RPM) but

Today's weather was nice for roasting; 59 degrees and a light wind. My starting temperature was 480. After inserting the drum my temperature dropped to 400 and recovered to 480 after about 5:30 minutes.

First crack was at 11:28 at 490 degrees. I cut the gas flow to low about half way through the first crack. It lasted about 2:30 minutes. The beans went silent for about another 1:30 minutes.

Second crack started at 15:30 at 418 degrees. I stopped the roast cycle about 10 seconds into a rolling second crack.

Total roast time was 16:30 and the last temperature reading was 412 degrees. The result was a beautifully even full city roast with virually no divots and not one scorched bean.

I dumped the beans into my cooling rack which is is old box fan with a PVC (1") frame on top and an expandable colander attached to it with nylon ties. The PVC is attached with nylon ties as well. I used "gutter guards" to redirect the resulting air flow towards the beans. The support legs are simply L-brackets that are normally used to hang shelving. It does a great job dechaffing and cools a pound of beans in about a minute.