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Items tagged with RK COOLER DELUXE

Title

RK Cooler Basic

Features

8 Lb. Max Capacity (Lifetime Warranty on structure, 1yr on motors)
Easy Unload
Cools 4.75Lbs @ 650F to Ambient in 120 secs
High-Powered 1300CFM Cooling Fan
Convenient Chaff/Heat Removal via Suction Method
Easy Access Chaff Collection Screen
Rolling Assembly with Lockable Caster Wheels
Ergonomically designed to promote ease of use and comfort.
Guarded Power Switch

Buying Advice:

There are many methods to cool your beans, but this cooler should be used if you are looking for a clean, easy and attractive way to cool your beans. Looks professional, built to last and works really well at cooling your beans after the roast, while separating chaff and collecting it in a separate tray. Note that this cooler does not have automatic stirring vanes as on the deluxe unit, but is in turn more economical.

Title

RK Cooler Deluxe

Features

8 Lb. Max Capacity (Lifetime Warranty on structure, 1yr on motors)
Motorized stirring vanes to facilitate cooling and chaff removal
Easy Unload
Ergonomically designed to promote ease of use and comfort
Cools 4.75Lbs @ 650F to Ambient in 60 secs
High-Powered 1300CFM Cooling Fan
Convenient Chaff/Heat Removal via Suction Method
Easy Access Chaff Collection Screen
Rolling Assembly with Lockable Caster Wheels
Guarded Power Switch

Buying Advice:

There are many methods to cool your beans, but this cooler should be used if you are looking for a clean, easy and attractive way to cool your beans. Looks professional, built to last and works really well at cooling your beans after the roast, while separating chaff and collecting it in a separate tray. Note that due to its motorized cooling vanes, this cooler cools and removes chaff automatically and significantly better than the basic version, allowing you to attend to the next roast without bothering with stirring. Oh yeah, did we mention it looks really cool? Read the Review and See More Images Here

How to Videos for roasting on the

RK! The entire process here!

We'll can walk you through your first roasts over the phone!!! We'll guide you step by step on what to expect, what to look for and when it should happen! Give Us a Call when you are ready to roast!

Hank & Debbie T - Las Vegas Coffee & Roasting

Hey Shane!

Tomorrow is the big day! Grand opening at our 1st farmer's market - final health inspection at 8:30 AM and we will be completely licensed through the city and state as roasters! Deb and I have been working around the clock getting everything ready, Thank you again for all of your help and advice along the way! We will be taking a bunch of pics tomorrow as we will be roasting on site, but am attaching a pic of the roasting setup for you to see. We will touch base with you after the next couple days of markets and let you know how it went. Still have another 30 lbs to roast...and about a million minor last minute things! Thanks Again for helping us get here!

Hank and Deb

Las Vegas Coffee and Roasting Co.
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Terry Stockdale (5 Page Writeup)

Every once in a while, the blind hog finds an acorn. Such was the case when Ron Kyle offered one of his RK Drums as a "Tradition" gift on the Sweet Maria's Homeroast mailing list. The Traditions are one-string-attached gifts where the giver offers some item(s) free including free delivery. Usually there is random choice involved in selection of the recipient. The only "string" is that the recipient is obligated to offer a Tradition of his own.

In Ron Kyle's tradition, he offered one of his custom-made RK Drums for coffee roasting. I WON! All I had to do was add my own gas grill and rotisserie. Ron sold these drums for $210 through his website.

First roast with my RK Drum was 16oz of Rwanda Masaka "Seven Lakes" from Sweet Maria's. I really like this coffee and had

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Lee Fike - Cooler Review

In 2010 I had the desire to open a coffee bean business and in pursuit of that I of course needed the tools and turned to "RK" for those tools. I purchased the 6# drum roaster kit and the "RK cooler". Of course for the cooler I had to wait I try to be a patient person but I bugged Shane I'm sure, Shane is great to deal with and I finally got the "RK cooler".

You probably have heard of the saying: "good things come to those who wait". Let me tell you it was worth the wait. Before getting this cooler I was trying to cool 2# or so of coffee with a oblong shape strainer and a mop bucket using compressed air to cool the beans. the chaff would fly every where, good thing I have a good size back yard, in addition to that problem it was just a pain to do and I was only doing 2# of coffee. There was no way that I was going to try to do 6# of coffee that way.

When I unpacked the "RK cooler"

I was impressed by the quality of the unit and I now have had this unit for a year doing about 6# of coffee twice a week and this cooler is well worth it. To be able to remove the drum roaster from the BBQ and empty it in the "RK cooler" and the beans are cool within 50 sec to the touch I will still leave it running and rub the bean between my hands to get the more chaff off. But I now have to best of both worlds it cools the beans very quickly and I don't have chaff blowing everywhere. Sure its not cheap but for a small business like myself it fits my needs.

In a way I'm glad its not cheap because in alot of ways you get what you pay for. In using this I never have experienced any problems it sits outside covered under the eve of my house next to my coffee roaster bbq and I only have ten rust spots and that is where the wheel mounts attach to to stainless drum and where other spot welds are. I live in the central valley of california where is gets alot of damp fog in the winter. I can probably get rid of those rust spots by rubbing with steel wool and then clear coating it or just by waxing it.

If you are roasting a pound or more of coffee a week I would definitely consider the "RK cooler" is sure saves time, clutter (of having to drag out several different things to get the cooling done) and it is just plain convenient.

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Paul Jolly

Thanks to all who steered me right after my poor experience with the Ronco 4000. A genuine RK drum arrived in the mail today. It's a beefy rig---no joke! I headed out to the local welder's supply store for a pair of good gloves, then returned home to test the drum out. I fired up the BBQ, burned off the oils etc. from the drum for 15 minutes, and let it cool. Once it was safe to touch, I got the grill back up to heat, added a pound of the Zambia AA to the drum, and was off. A bit farther off than I'd hoped, as it turned out...took 22 minutes to get to second crack, but the emptying & cooling went E-Z. And man, those beans taste great! Thanks, Ron!

--Paul
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Justin Collins

Just finished roasting a 9 lb batch of Nicaragua Dipilto... It was flawless!!!! Thx again!!!
Only 31 pounds to go;)
The roast is perfectly even throughout the entire batch... Fabulous!
My first 5lb roast was all over the place, but I leveled the drum (not the BBQ), and it came out perfect

Justin Collins
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