Comments on: The Quest for a Bigger Batch. http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/ A decade of coffee, commentary & inscrutable icons. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:18:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eli http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-47245 Eli Wed, 03 Aug 2011 03:03:32 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-47245 Hey man, thanks so much! Found one at my local ace and my grill is burning for the first time in months. Thanks again! Hey man, thanks so much! Found one at my local ace and my grill is burning for the first time in months. Thanks again!

]]> By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-47240 deCadmus Sun, 10 Jul 2011 16:41:05 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-47240 I found an adapter, a brass fitting, which couples the old and the new configurations of propane cylinders. It screws inside the fitting on the cylinder, and adapts to the quick-disconnect fitting of the grill. If memory serves, I picked it up in the seasonal / grilling aisle at my local Home Depot. I found an adapter, a brass fitting, which couples the old and the new configurations of propane cylinders. It screws inside the fitting on the cylinder, and adapts to the quick-disconnect fitting of the grill. If memory serves, I picked it up in the seasonal / grilling aisle at my local Home Depot.

]]> By: Eli http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-47239 Eli Sat, 09 Jul 2011 19:19:27 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-47239 Hi, random question. I noticed that you have my exact grill. Weber two burner older model. Someone gave this to me last year and it is still running strong but needs a new propane tank. I bought a tank and a new hose / regulator for it and it won't fit on my grill. It looks to be about a half inch connection where it connects to the weber but the hose that is already on the grill connects to a smaller conncetion (maybe an eight inch). Anyways, just not really sure what to do and saw your post and noticed you had the same grill and was wondering if you ever had to change your connection and what you did. THanks Eli Hi,
random question. I noticed that you have my exact grill. Weber two burner older model. Someone gave this to me last year and it is still running strong but needs a new propane tank. I bought a tank and a new hose / regulator for it and it won’t fit on my grill. It looks to be about a half inch connection where it connects to the weber but the hose that is already on the grill connects to a smaller conncetion (maybe an eight inch). Anyways, just not really sure what to do and saw your post and noticed you had the same grill and was wondering if you ever had to change your connection and what you did. THanks
Eli

]]> By: deCadmus http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-47099 deCadmus Thu, 23 Jul 2009 04:16:18 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-47099 Hi, Greg. Two thermometers, actually. In the case of the Weber grill, the built-in thermo provides a decent "rough guess" of where the temperature is. Much better is a temp probe inserted smack into the mass of beans tumbling in the drum, but that can prove a bit of an engineering challenge. Were I still actively roasting on the Weber I'd certainly have picked up a <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0017L9Q9C?ie=UTF8&tag=bloggle&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0017L9Q9C" rel="nofollow">laser targeting infrared thermometer</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bloggle&l=as2&o=1&a=B0017L9Q9C" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> to aid my efforts. (And because they're really cool!) So far as the temp ramping goes, your understanding is spot on. Hi, Greg.

Two thermometers, actually. In the case of the Weber grill, the built-in thermo provides a decent “rough guess” of where the temperature is. Much better is a temp probe inserted smack into the mass of beans tumbling in the drum, but that can prove a bit of an engineering challenge. Were I still actively roasting on the Weber I’d certainly have picked up a laser targeting infrared thermometer to aid my efforts. (And because they’re really cool!)

So far as the temp ramping goes, your understanding is spot on.

]]> By: Greg Mann http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-47097 Greg Mann Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:43:16 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-47097 Hi Doug, I like the roaster you've created. I have a similar one in mind. My question is about the roasting process in the drum. How do you know what it's doing? Are you using a thermometer to assist your burner adjustments? I'm currently using a Stir Crazy and Heat gun so I can see and hear whats going on. If I understand your ramping up you go from medium to 3/4 at 6 minutes and to full heat at 12 minutes...right? Thanks, -=Greg=- Hi Doug,
I like the roaster you’ve created. I have a similar one in mind. My question is about the roasting process in the drum. How do you know what it’s doing? Are you using a thermometer to assist your burner adjustments?
I’m currently using a Stir Crazy and Heat gun so I can see and hear whats going on.
If I understand your ramping up you go from medium to 3/4 at 6 minutes and to full heat at 12 minutes…right?
Thanks,
-=Greg=-

]]> By: Bloggle: Coffee & Commentary » Article » Tasting: Coffee Emergency’s Kenya AA Mtaro http://www.bloggle.com/2002/11/the-quest-for-a-bigger-batch/comment-page-1/#comment-5176 Bloggle: Coffee & Commentary » Article » Tasting: Coffee Emergency’s Kenya AA Mtaro Thu, 10 Aug 2006 05:55:34 +0000 http://www.bloggle.com/wordpress/2002/11/24//#comment-5176 [...] Jason Anderson and Sharon Grossman, husband and wife co-proprietors of Coffee Emergency, launched into the specialty coffee trade a scant two years ago and quickly made a splash. Code Brown—their signature espresso blend—wowed the Coffee Geek espressorati; no mean feat, that. It’s all the more remarkable given the fledgling company was still working its way out of the nest… they’d just revved up a mobile espresso van and were still roasting their coffee in tiny batches on a gas grill. (Something not altogether unlike like this.) [...] [...] Jason Anderson and Sharon Grossman, husband and wife co-proprietors of Coffee Emergency, launched into the specialty coffee trade a scant two years ago and quickly made a splash. Code Brown—their signature espresso blend—wowed the Coffee Geek espressorati; no mean feat, that. It’s all the more remarkable given the fledgling company was still working its way out of the nest… they’d just revved up a mobile espresso van and were still roasting their coffee in tiny batches on a gas grill. (Something not altogether unlike like this.) [...]

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