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Nesco Professional Home Coffee Roaster
| In stock. Nesco Professional Gourmet Home Coffee Roaster is easy to use and produces the least smoke of any home roaster we've seen. Formerly called Zach & Dani's roaster, this is the only home roaster on the market with a patented catalytic converter smoke elimination system. Beans are kept moving by a clever auger screw system in the roasting chamber. Hot air is drawn up the roasting chamber, across the top and back down in a counter clockwise direction, leaving chaff in a collector located at the top of the glass chamber. |
| Dimensions, in inches: 12.5W x 8.75D x 12H
In the box:
Instructional video and instruction guide. |
| Roasting times are about 25 minutes which includes a 5 minute cooling period. This combination of roasting and cooling times is both a strength and weakness for the Nesco Professional roaster. We really like the way it produces lighter roasts - up to Full City levels. The roasts are evenly colored and surprisingly delicate; we find them particularly aromatic and it's clear this roaster's design is easy on bean cell structure. But producing dark roasts is a weakness as the cooling system is not able to stop the roasting process quickly enough and the resulting coffee can be baked and tipped. If your tastes run toward dark roasts we would recommend the i-Roast 2 with its higher roasting speed and considerably more powerful cooling. Nesco's maximum roast length is 30 minutes but up to 5 more minutes can be added during the cycle. |
| Controls The keypad and controls are as simple as can be. Set the overall time of the roast using the 'up' and 'down' arrows; the time includes a 5 minute cooling period. Press 'start'. The programmed roasting time is displayed in the central LCD, and counts down. If you want to stop the roast before the alloted time press the 'cool' button. Likewise, if you want to add to the roast press the up arrow while roasting - you can add up to five minutes. Press the 'recall' button for subsequent roasts to use the same time. This roaster does not allow for "profiles" or programs but does a good job with lighter roasts. |  |
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| | The chaff collector cup above sits atop the glass roasting chamber. As hot air is forced up much of the chaff winds up here and can be disposed of when the roast is complete. To prevent the chaff from continuing in the air stream a screen and seal sits on top of this part (see below). | | | | The assembled roasting chamber assembly looks like this: | | |
| | | Top view of the Nesco Professional Gourmet Home Roaster. The air path is down the left side, under the bottom and up the right side where the coffee is in the roasting chamber. Air continues upward leaving most of the chaff in the collector, goes counter-clockwise across the top and repeats the same path. The top section removes for cleaning and the whole assembly is dishwasher safe. |
| Pros | Cons | | Easy to use. Very nice roasts up to Full City level. Full City roasts and lighter are even and the resulting coffee is aromatic. | Blower fan is not strong enough to cool roasts quickly enough when roasted beyond full city so dark roasts are hard to control. Dark roasts may be chipped, baked. | | Very low amount of smoke due to catalytic converter built into the design. | Some chaff winds up in the coffee which is not really a big deal. | | Note: This product was formerly sold under the brand name Zach & Dani but was always manufactured by Nesco. The Zach & Dani name was recently retired and it is now called Nesco Professional. The product is identical except for the name plate. One year limited manufacturer's warranty which applies only to roasters purchased for personal or household use. Please let us know if you would like to see a copy of the warranty and guidelines. The Nesco Professional roaster stands up to frequent use and we like that you don't have to watch every little thing when roasting. It's well built. |
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