coffee roasting

[brokenarrowjbe]

Howdy, I home roast coffee using west bend poppery hot air popper. These are becoming hard to find. DOes anybody have one in the basement or attic they would be willing to part with? I have 4 but my wife drinks a lot of coffee and each batch is just about enough for one pot. thanks, John

[DanoInTx]

Haha........you're joking right?

[Gene_SC]

John, did I read your post correctly.. Your wife must be buzzing all the time... Slip her some valium.. and maybe you can catch up.

Gene

[brokenarrowjbe]

No, not joking. Best coffee ever, I didn't even drink it before I started roasting it. Check out sweet maria's website. If I had a machine shop I could make a drum and use it on the gas grill...... but the hot air popper works good, last long time, but the time is running out. Thanks john

[Gene_SC]

So, John, all you need is a round can that turns while on the bbq? One that you can have a door on and a tab to hold door shut while beans are turning?

Gene

[brokenarrowjbe]

here are some links, I have more but you get the idea. I was planning on building it someday, but....
http://www.auburn.edu/~gundljh/BBQ.html
http://www.homeroaster.com/tinydrum.html
http://www.homeroaster.com/5pound2.html
So anyway 5 lbs seems a bit much since coffee snobs like my wife swear it goes stale after 1, maybe twwo weeks. Yes, I buy green coffee beans by the pound, roast at least once sometimes twice a week, so any ideas?? john