Great for coffee, bad for popcorn
Two stars for popcorn
If you're thinking of getting this for popcorn, don't. It doesn't pop about 10% of the kernels, and shoots popcorn and kernels in all directions. I have another popper that pops fine using the same corn, so it's not the corn. Look no further and get a Presto Poplite.
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Five stars for coffee
Attention coffee roasters! This is an excellent home roaster. It has 1200 watts and roasts coffee in half the time of my West Bend Air Crazy (1050w). The beans spin very fast and get tossed around a bit, producing a very even roast. The body stays cool for easy dumping but the lid gets very hot. It does start to spit out a few beans as they get lighter, but that's not a big problem and is even a good indicator of when to stop the roast.
I'd say the roast time is similar to the very popular discontinued West Bend Poppery II (also 1200w) as I can do a full city roast in 5 minutes. But unlike the Poppery II, it has a switch! This...
Great for roasting coffee beans, worked for popcorn too!
I bought this popper for roasting coffee beans.
But I did run a batch of popcorn through first to make sure there was nothing wrong with the machine. Popped all but a few kernels, so I didn't have any issues with it for popcorn.
I then started roasting coffee beans. Machine works great for roasting, creates an even roast as the beans are always moving, and it doesn't take long to get up to roasting temperature. I have noticed that the plastic top is starting to melt, going to look for a chaff chimney to use instead.
Overall great machine!!
Excelent Coffee Roaster!
Just getting into coffee roasting recemtly, found the Toastess for all the reasons previously listed; rotational air, flat bottom, 1200w, etc. I didnt feel it getting a high enough temp, so I am a tinkerer and made a mod to my toastess which I will share with you that ensures the coils get hot enough to have full control of your coffee.
Disclaimer: this voids your warranty, and if you leave unattended amd running, you can almost count on a fire, so please...common sense amd safety first.
Requires: small phillips head and small flatblade screwdriver, small triangular head screwdriver (found in small inexpensive electronic microtoool kits), small pliers, a soldering iron, solder, and a bare piece of solid or braided copper wire.
Disassemble shell using triangle and phillips bits.
Use pliers to remove power cord plug free from side of unit
Use flatblade to remove on/off switch in same way
Remove center of unit and turn over, expose...
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