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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BBQ

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Do NOT superheat the Coffee Roaster Kit for BBQ or operate in windy conditions.  Do not allow your beans to start on fire.  Superheating over recommended temperature or a bean fire can ruin your drum.

At this point you have the Coffee Roaster Kit for BBQ filled with filled with up to 5 pounds of beans.  We suggest that you try a smaller amount at first - about 1/2 pound.  Or use the 1/4 pound of beans we supplied.

Turn your grill on and heat to approx 525 degress Fahrenheit, NO HIGHER!  Make sure you have the grill in a VERY WELL VENTILATED AREA (OUTSIDE!), as it will produce a lot of smoke due to the roasting process.

Also try to make sure that the flames from your grill get deflected enough with your flame deflector shield that should be part of your grill.  If you do not have one, many times some ceramic tiling that is made for grills works well.

Now this is where it gets a little tricky.  You need an accurate temperate reading, so you should purchase a good grill thermometer (at Home Depot) that reads out in Degrees (up to 700 degrees). Please this thermometer toward the bottom of the grill hood for the most accurate roasting reading. Too much toward the top it will read too high.

After you get your grill at the right temperature, put in the Coffee Roaster Kit for BBQ attached to spit.  Follow directions for your Rotisserie to assure proper function of unit on the motor.  Turn motor on immediately after placing coffee roasting kit in the grill.

Close grill hood, and listen for the cracks of the beans.  Your grill will have cooled down a bit, but it will go back up to 525 degrees in short time.

For the first few minutes the bean remains greenish, then turn lighter yellowish and emit a grassy smell. The beans start to steam as their internal water content dissipates.

The steam becomes fragrant. Soon you will hear the first crack (approx 15 minutes), an audible cracking sound as the real roasting starts to occur: sugars begin to carmelize, bound-up water escapes, the structure of the bean breaks down and oils migrate from their little pockets outward.

After the first crack, the roast can be considered complete any time according to your taste.  Upon completion of First Crack we generally have a City Roast.

There will then be a short period of hardly any cracking, then you will hear a sharper second crack (approx 18 minutes) sounds.  At this point we are entering what is called a Full City Roast.  Much more smoke starts now, from the oils of the bean breaking down into various components, and the sugars in the bean carmalizing and burning.

Nearing completion of second crack we generally have what is called a French Roast.

As the roast becomes very dark, the smoke is more pungent as sugars burn completly, and the bean structure breaks down more and more.   The bean will first become an Italian Expresso Roast, further becoming a very very dark Spanish Roast, then basically charcoal.

When you get to the point that you desire, it is very important to turn off the Rotisserie and remove the Coffee Roaster Kit for BBQ, removing the end cap side by loosening the thumb screw on that end and pouring out the beans into an aluminum pan, or equivalent that will not melt or break.

CAUTION!!  MAKE SURE YOU USE HEAT PROOF MITS TO HANDLE THIS VERY HOT DRUM and all of its parts, rotisserie spit and all!

After dumping out the beans be sure to stir them continuously until they have cooled down completely.  Remember that they are still cooking, and that due to such you need to stop this cooking process by cooling them off as such.

You will notice chaff, or bits of dry flakes that have dropped into the bottom of your BBQ unit.  Most will likely have burnt up.  The stuff that did not you should sweep out.  You will also notice such in the coffee beans you have stirred.  Please try to remove this chaf by either blowing on it outside, or vacuuming it up by holding a nozzle over the beans in the pan.  Be sure not to suck any beans up!

Now you must let your beans age for a day (4 hours at the least).  Try to make only as much as you can use in 4 days ... any longer than that and your freshly roasted beans are not considered fresh any longer!

GOOD ROASTING!