[greglepore]

For roasting, I have a homebuilt rig-an ebay "convection oven" look at the newegg for an idea of what I mean-its a glass casserole lid with a fan and heating element build in. I used it on a stir crazy popcorn popper base (not my idea, google stir crazy coffee roaster) but it was too unreliable, so I bought a $40 Grainger gear drive motor that turns 20 rpm and drilled a shallow stainless pan to mount it to. This rig will roast up to 2-3lbs of coffee (rarely do more than one) perfectly.