Roasting spices? Very small sized light weight spices like mustard/cumin. Chaff removal might suck them out
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Never tried to roast spices in my roaster or peanuts either. It is my understanding that the Gene Café should only be used for coffee beans. Probably for the vary reason you mentioned in your question. Good luck if you try, let us know if it works.
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This device has constant airflow of sufficient velocity that smaller seeds and spices would get blown into the chaff collection chamber in the stock machine. If you have sufficient interest and creativity, I think that you could work around this in some way-- for example a small opening wire mesh screen over the exhaust port might retain the seeds. This coffee roaster would be a very expensive solution to this problem unless you roast large quantities of spices. Perhaps a cheaper option that would also require some thought and customization would be to buy one of the older air popcorn poppers, usually available on Ebay for around $20-- these machines also make pretty good coffee roasters, by the way. The West Bend Poppery is particularly popular for this application.
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I've ground up dry spices before, but not anything that had moisture to it. We also had it pretty full with the spices when we did it (about half way filled). It worked really well for it, but did require a bit more cleaning than just wiping it out like with the coffee.. The flavor of the spices will linger if you don't clean it out right away (although that was kind of awesome when we ground nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves because it gave the slightly mediocre coffee we had left a really nice flavor).
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IMO, I'd probably use some small chapstick pots that screw shut instead of tubes.
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I have cooked pork, beef and venison roasts. I do inject them and cook on a slower temp instead of all the way with turkey. Best to not cook over a 13lb turkey just like you would do for frying in oil. Turkey comes out juicy and perfect. Takes about 2.5 hrs for a turkey. Always use a thermometer.
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XX should be fine. If it's a little too long you can cut it and sear the the ends.
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Probably good for that small amount. I use this one only when I'm making Caesar Salad dressing. I grind minced garlic, anchovies, capers and then grainy mustard wit the seeds in this set. I only do about 1 tsp. of each at a time so I don't have to grind so hard. My H has larger hands and he finds it easier to grab the smaller end of the pestle and grind with the fat, round end. However, my hands have some stiffness from old gymnastic routines so I find it easier to grab the fatter, rounder end of the pestle and only use the smaller end to grind.
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You are ok with a ten pound roast. Keep it at that. Send samples. Happy Holidays. (LOVE MY RONCO!!!)
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Add enough beef stock/broth to cover 1/3 of the roast you are cooking. Use a meat thermometer to check it to the get the weight and time right.
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Absolutely. They would be fine for most "ground" spices, just a bit too small for larger herbs like Thyme or Basil.
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I use mine for makeup etc. but spices come in all different sized jars. I would use the rack measurement and the average jar measurement and guesstimate. :-)
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You can indirect cook or roast on a Q. See link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ogP6HpME2Y
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I've roasted over a hundred batches with the FR SR500 and although there is a caramel/burnt sugar smell afterwards, I've not had much smoke. It is a good idea to roast under a kitchen hood to help eliminate the smell, but I don't even turn on the fan anymore as we've gotten used to the smell. Can you tell me about your roast:Are you new to roasting? How dark did your beans get? Did you reach second crack? How long did you roast?
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You have to weigh the beans, then push the appropriate button to match that weight. Then figure out what program and profile you want. It takes a few roasts to figure out exactly what you need, but may change depending on the type of bean. And then you want to stay near, set your timer and listen for cracks...knowing you might want to stop a bit short of your desired roast as it will keep cooking a bit during cool down. Then when cooled, use a hand vac to vacuum up the chaff. I do 5 roasts and then do a cleaning cycle as recommended....just push the 1/4 lb button, then the start button. After the cleaning cycle I use a generic Magic Eraser sponge to wipe the surface of the inside of the machine to get the remaining oils off. The manual and website may suggest something else, but this works for me. That's it! Oh yeah, and once every six months, take out the screws off the plate and clean the fan underneath. It's just a computer case fan, so pretty easy to do with canned air.
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Think you might end up with MUSH instead of a minced bean...use your chefs knife..chop-chop...think it would be better. This handy tool is great for herbs...parsley....etc
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Hi Nick, First of all I would like to share with you that I love all the simax product I have purchased. I had a 2.75 chuck roast in my freezer, so I plopped in the pan to check for size. It was a tight fit Nick with vegetable too. I don't have a toaster oven , but I think it might be a close fit too. I hope don't mind if I make another suggestion for cooking a pot roast. Have you ever thought of purchasing an electric pressure cooker ? You cannot believe all the things you can successfully cook with this small appliance. I got one as a gift and thought ho hum. I fell in love as I began to use it. I use it a least 2-3 time a week. You can cook everything from roasts to hard boiled eggs. Here is a site you might like to look at to see all the possibilities. "Pressure cooking today". Electric pressure cookers have a million safety features built in them! So you don't have to be concerned them as in the old day . I have a cuisinart electric pressure cooker. Which you can purchase from amazon. I hope I didn't give more information than you wanted. I just wanted to give you something to think about. Amazon offers a number of different brands of electric pressure cookers check those out too.
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You can definitely grind some spices - I've used it for peppercorns and cloves without a problem. Haven't tried cardamon. I think the only problem would be the small top opening. The middle grinding piece does not come out (I suspect it WILL come out, but I think you would have to use a small wrench), so you have to fit your spices around the middle grinder, which would be a challenge with anything larger than cloves.
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I guess you could use pepper in it... just shake gently once because the holes are a bit big for that, I think.