Question for Those w/ a USRC 12kg

[Breifne]

For those of you running a USRC 12kg machine, how small of a batch have you found it can handle?

I've heard as little as one pound, but I'm just wondering how many have found that to be the case.

~ Ryan

 

[Musicphan]

For what its worth... the two guys I talked with extensively before purchasing - they both felt about 3 lbs was the minimum they could roast and keep consistent profiles. Much less than that they didn't feel they were getting accurate temp reading. Assuming your roasting multiple coffees in a session, start with your smallest batch size.

 

[JohnD18]

I have a 12K machine, its not a USRC but I roast 2lb batches on it for development as I don't have a sample roaster. The bean probe reads the temp, but its not exactly accurate, and the sampler is able to grab samples. So long as I take good notes it works out to find the right degree of roast. I adjust the airflow by looking at the beans, but cant hold the temp reading to airflow changes.