Has anyone seen a HUKY 300?

[SusanJoM]

Here is the precursor to the 500J and 500T that most of us are familiar with

https://www.flickr.com/photos/34405179@N00/sets/72157600196283497/

[CGwynne]

I'd love a 300. I just asked Kuanho Li for a smaller drum he said no unless I got an order of 40 drums together.

Only using the Huky for samples these days and would love to do 100g charges with an accurate BT

[SusanJoM]

Keep an eye out for Hank's posts about this new Bella Taiwan roaster:
http://www.home-barista.com/home-roasting/yang-chia-100n-roaster-t43164.html
I also am keeping my eyes open for a gas roaster with a smaller sweet spot than our HUKY 500.


Do you think there is any difference between the 300 drum and the 500 drum other than the additional 'fins' inside the 500?  If not, maybe you could have your drum de-finned ?   (I do think I remember Hank saying that the original 300 design was adapted to the larger charge by the addition of the extra fins....)   

Interesting quest....

[SusanJoM]

Only using the Huky for samples these days and would love to do 100g charges with an accurate BT

I've been thinking and reading about effectively having a 150gm charge weight.  Seems to me you could move the BT location to make it more effective for a small charge.  Move it farther towards the outside -- at about 5:30 on the clock -- just above the top of the door. 

[edpiep]

Keep an eye out for Hank's posts about this new Bella Taiwan roaster:
http://www.home-barista.com/home-roasting/yang-chia-100n-roaster-t43164.html
I also am keeping my eyes open for a gas roaster with a smaller sweet spot than our HUKY 500.

This thing is great if you want a single sample, it's like taking a traditional Burns sample roaster and deconstructing it into one individual drum. I feel like those of us who want to spend less money on sample batches in a commercial setting could see this as a good venture.

[hankua]

I'm going to pick up one for a test run; funny thing the dealer's not that keen on it for a variety of reasons.

The Huky reminds me of the Ever Ready Bunny; takes a lickin and keeps on tickin!

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[SusanJoM]

I thought you were contemplating upgrading to a 1lb Mill City roaster? Going the opposite direction now? 

I know, I know....you could get whiplash trying to follow my changes of direction.  However, I decided a while ago against the Mill City TJ-066. 

Once that was settled I started thinking about how to make my HUKY more fun, and I decided that roasting smaller batches would probably be a way to keep myself interested. 

And then I saw the n100. 
So there's a race on here:  can I figure out how to roast 150 gm in my HUKY before Hank tells me that that little 100n is a winner ?
Stay tuned :-))))) 

[CGwynne]

So Hankua, how about pressure gauge and accurate needle valve on the 100n?

Adding digital TC's? I'm sure you can swap out the analog ET but is there a BT hole?

I know the Probat Burns sample roaster I learned on (agree with edpiep, this reminds me a lot of that)  didn't have all that tech, but I don't know why someone hasn't come out with a proper profile logging gas drum sample roaster in the 100-200g range (as is typical of samples). I read an article that dismissed profiling on small roasters as irrelevant due to the thermodynamics being so different than large roasters.

But there are documented techniques (Think its both Rob Hoos work with moving customers to Lorings and Neal Wilson's interpolated spline function curve posts at Roaster Guild and on Youtube ) on transferring profiles between roasters and I can't imagine a profile isn't useful in some way even on a roasters this small.


I'm with Susan on this, either modify the Huky's BT for smaller charges (which I'm looking at today) or let's see what the 100n can do.

[hankua]

Not sure about how easy the 100n is to mod. I'm going to get one with both LP and NG jets. Think someone has done this already with a micro pressure gauge.

Tried the Kenyan roasted by Jason over at BellaTaiwan, and it was a good cupping roast. Jason has the most experience with the 100n at the dealer, and carefully noted logs; around 30 I think he said.

The dial thermometer is supposed to be BT, my assumption but didn't ask. Pretty sure another hole could be drilled and tapped, by end users.

It would seem the spoon opening in the front would negate similarities with a Probat style machine, Huky would be better at the. On the other had two batches could be run from a 8oz bag and be near maximum capacity with the 100n. Perfect for sample/cupping duties.