Hello everyone!

[KingSmono]

Hello everyone!  I just received my Huky 500 T (#1102) and completed my first roast last night.  Everything went pretty well except I did manage to set off the smoke alarms in my house...  so I need to fine-tune my exhaust / smoke venting solution.  But overall I'm very happy with the Huky and excited to be a part of the club.   

I have been roasting for 4 years now, and have followed the typical progression: Hot air popper > Bread Machine / Heat Gun > BBQ / RK Drum > Huky 500 T.

I am excited about the level of control and information that the Huky provides when paired with Artisan.  I have Artisan 0.9.9 on a Rapsberry Pi 2 Model B running the latest version of Raspbian Jessie.  I am using an iPad to display Artisan over a VNC connection, which gives me wireless / touchscreen control of Artisan.  It was a challenge to get setup the way I wanted, but now that it's up and running I am very happy with how it turned out.  Big thanks to the user that made the Raspberry Pi / Artisan setup document in the downloads section of the forum.  It was a huge help!

Here are a couple pics of my setup, which I am sure will change as I get settled into my Huky routine (attached).

[hankua]

Awesome!
I'm impressed with the computer setup, just need to tidy up the venting. One solution would be one of those dual window fans. Or build a rectangular piece of plywood to fit the window and glue in a straight pile. With only one vent bowl in the setup a small vent in the window is going to help out after dumping the beans.

Another idea is an inline 3" or 4" duct fan connected to a Y where one leg would go to the bowl and the other open to the bean cooler.

[KingSmono]

During my next roast, when I'm ready to drop the beans I'm going to open the window near the roaster all the way and then turn a fan on to direct all smoke out that window.  If that doesn't work I will definitely look into some of the solutions like the window fan or inline duct fan.  Thanks!

[edtbjon]

I personally use an exhaust bowl (which is your choice too if my eyes don't fail me...). From that exhaust bowl I've attached a 4-5 feet long flexible automotive heater hose (60mm, almost 2,5") which I route out a window (which I open up about 60mm...). That takes care of some 90-95% of the exhausts. I do see some smoke by the roaster at the very end of my roasts, but just about nothing from the cooling fan.

[KingSmono]

I do use an exhaust bowl, but on my first roast I connected 3" duct to it with a hose-clamp, and it wasn't a good enough seal.  So I ordered this 2.5" to 3" 45 degree adapter on Amazon, and it seemed to help with the exhaust bowl / duct connection.  I also setup a fan to blow any smoke from the cooling tray directly out the window when I drop the beans at the end of the roast.  So in my second roast, no smoke alarms were triggered.   

By the way, I really love using the iPad as a wireless / touchscreen Artisan interface.  When I was setting everything up for Artisan, the Phidget, and the iPad VNC connection on the Raspberry Pi, there were multiple occasions where I almost got frustrated enough to scrap the whole idea and just load Artisan on a laptop running Windows 7 or 10...  but I am really glad I stuck with it.