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[Mr.Leroy]

I'm fairly new to home roasting and need some advice. I want to expand a little bit and get an actual roaster instead of roasting on a stove top. I've been checking out the behmor, gene cafe, and quest m3 and others. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I should get an automatic roaster like the behmor or gene cafe. Or if I can jump right into a quest m3 or huky 500. How hard/easy would it be for someone fairly new to roasting to use the quest m3?

 

[peterjschmidt]

It depends on how much you've practice with your stove top method, and how involved you want to be. If you've come to know the sight/smell/sound markers, then a Huky or Quest would be the best way to go.

I say if you have the funds, go for it and grow into it. The Huky would be my choice, based on friends' experience.

 

[Espresso888]

Jump straight to a Huky or Quest If I were you. Everyone got to start somewhere right?

With a few practice you'll get the hang of it

 

[Mr.Leroy]

Thank you for the replies, it helped me a lot. Now i just need to decide on the roaster i want. I was looking at the quest or a huky. Which of the two would you recommend (which one is easier to learn on, which one can i get the best result in) or is there any other small roaster you can recommend me?

 

[peterjschmidt]

For 12 years, I've been roasting with a SC/TO. If you like to tinker and have modest skills, you can cobble one together for cheap and do whatever a Huky or Quest can do. My basic answer is that you can learn on anything; if you want to learn how to roast and can spend time developing your palate to evaluate your roasts (maybe the most important part of becoming a good roaster) it doesn't matter much what you use, as long as it's a roaster you can control and change up the roast profile.