roasting green coffee beans What You Cooked Last Night Discuss roasting green coffee beans in the Brick Oven Cooking forums; I've been thinking of making coffee bean roaster by making a stainless steel cage and putting it on the BBQ ...

[berryst]

I've been thinking of making coffee bean roaster by making a stainless steel cage and putting it on the BBQ rotisserie. Its one of those Costco stainless BBQs. I just don't use the rotisserie and it sleeps in the garage.. Your thoughts?

[nissanneill]

berryst,
Getting green beans over here is a real problem and roasting them in an oven would be a little challenging, mainly with the temperature control.
This would also apply to a gas fired bbq. There are numerous sites that specialize in roasting beans, many using a heat gun in an older breadmaking machine, others with bbq's and the really serious proper roasters.
Instead of using your bbq, why not try the same as Rastys and make the most of the reduced heat of your oven. You would need to make a door that would allow a shaft through to a rotiserie but the temperatures would be OI think a little more stable and consistent than a bbq.
Food for thought.

Neill

[fornax hominus]

While I have not roasted in a gas bbq in a pinch I have roasted in the firebox of our Jotul woodstove with most of the smoke going up the chimney but with the same situation that you would face ie: basically only extreme bottom heat .
I wold try putting a pizza stone or ceramic pottery shelf on the grill to diffuse and even out the heat... of course it will be trial and error till you work out your timing .I clear a path in the flames and coals to roast my coffee .. I imagine it's in the 700-800f range and it takes about 12 mins. Not being able to see your coffee while it finishes means a lot more listening [for the final ''crack''] and timing the roast you want
Rasty's design of an octagonal basket is well worth a look at.
happy roasting,
tim
oh boy! 2'' of wet snow on the mountain this AM ... Way too early!!

[countryboy]

Any updates to this thread? Rastys? Fornax? Others?

Thanks,

Pete

[heliman]

How do you monitor colour changes, cracks and remove the husks when roasting in a WFO or other oven type device?

The hot air corn popper method I have used addresses all of those elements.

[fornax hominus]

Hi, I wrote this bit on roasting coffee for another [gasp!] wood oven site.. it covers a lot of the questions.
cheers,
tim
Roasting coffee beans in wood fired oven