Huky 500 - 1.1lb roaster. . . Has anyone seen / heard about them?

[hankua]

I'm kind of surprised Mr. Li sent the roaster without any basic instruction. They work in *C in Taiwan and mine is setup the same. You could sent him an email and ask, it wouldn't hurt. Have you thought of contacting Dennis over at HB and finding out what works for him?  It's going to be a lot of fun experimenting with all the different parameters!

[JW]

I set mine up to run in degrees F. Still working things out as far as profiles are concerned and only pooched one roast out of 12 so far. I'm trying to get a handle on when exactly to run the fan...
here's some pics ...

[JW]

First time trying to post pics...and obviously I'm not a photographer...had to crop them down quite a bit...

[grinderz]

Shiny!! That looks really cool - your picture has a bit of a Dr. Seuss feel with that big funnel and the snaking metal tubes and the carnival mirror reflection.

[peter]

First time trying to post pics...and obviously I'm not a photographer...had to crop them down quite a bit...

Did you actually crop the photos, or simply resize them?

These look like a great way to roast!

B|Java is clicking the purchase button right now...  resistance if futile.

[BoldJava]

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These look like a great way to roast!

B|Java is clicking the purchase button right now...  resistance if futile.

MN abode first, Huky 2nd.

[grinderz]

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These look like a great way to roast!

B|Java is clicking the purchase button right now...  resistance if futile.

MN abode first, Huky 2nd.

You're moving to Minnesota?!?

[JW]

Did you actually crop the photos, or simply resize them?

I cropped them multiple times to get them under 500KB. I know nothing about digital photography and posting pics. Took the pictures with my phone. I don't think I can resize them with windows picture gallery.

[hankua]

Nice job on the gas retrofit JW. Two needle valves on the setup? Have you seen the youtube video on the Huky500 where the he shows opening the air valve?
Now my 800n is completely different, but the manual and users have the air set to 1 which is the lowest setting to the end of the drying stage. After that the air increase to 2-3.5 which is more or less than half way on the butterfly valve. After 1C 3-5, 5 being the max air setting and the air can be used to control the progress of the roast. I've done a little testing on the air valve and the settings are not linear. Having some reference where the air valve is set would be nice, maybe using a marker on the tube.

[BoldJava]

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MN abode first, Huky 2nd.

You're moving to Minnesota?!?

Yes, 2013, retirement time.

[grinderz]

Congratulations, Dave! I hope its everything and more you're wishing for.

[JW]

I've taken to leaving the camera on my phone set to the lowest resolution so that all my pictures will be forum ready (I can even post from the phone that way).  I'll increase the resolution for pictures I really care about.

Yakster,
Thanks for the tip!! It should make a big difference., I'll try it next time I roast!

Nice job on the gas retrofit JW. Two needle valves on the setup? Have you seen the youtube video on the Huky500 where the he shows opening the air valve?

Hank,
Thanks!! The one needle valve came with the stove. I don't use it, I just leave it wide open and use the one before the pressure gauge. I watched the video about 20 times before I bought it. The one problem it that the fan is so strong with the damper fully open it'll pull a few beans into the vent. After I dump the beans to cool, I just blow into the vent with door open and they come right out. It hasn't effected the back to back roasts at all and so far I haven't forgotten.
I roasted a Harar this past weekend and it turned out really good.( cupped it today) While roasting the fan pulled bean fragments and really small underdeveloped quaker beans into the chaff collector. I didn't mind as it saved a little bit of culling, but it gives you an idea of how strong the fan really is.
JW

[mp]

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MN abode first, Huky 2nd.

You're moving to Minnesota?!?

Yes, 2013, retirement time.

That's great ... congratulations.

Do you think you'll miss Lake Cheddar?