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The Relativity of Your Thermometer
The reason why your roast profile temperatures may be different than other people’s or even the profiles suggested here. One of the key concepts that
June 15, 2015
Lifetime Warranty
RK Offers a lifetime warranty on all Stainless Drum products. Since we only feature 100% welded construction and only the highest quality materials, it is
June 10, 2015
Where to Buy Green Coffee & Other Gear
On this page you will find links to Green Coffee Bean suppliers. They sell only top quality Green Coffee Beans. Treat your new drum right,
June 8, 2015
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Custom Build: The Hobart HR7 Rotisserie for Cacao and maybe coffee?
A few months ago we had the great pleasure to build a custom Cacao roaster for Carol Morse of Acalli Chocolate out of a Hobart HR7
March 7, 2015
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Roaster Highlight – Don Gilmer
I purchased one of RK Drums 2 pound “everything” kits and installed it in a 4 burner BBQ purchased for that purpose. Set up was
January 23, 2015
About RK Drums
About RK Drums: How it All Began RK Drums was founded in 2002 by Ron Kyle, of Anderson, SC. Ron was a machinist and avid
November 20, 2014
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Tips to Improve Roast Consistency and Uniformity (Revisited)
If you should experience lack of uniformity or mixed dark and light coffee upon finishing a roast, please apply the following tips in order. It
September 7, 2014
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Health Department Certification, and Coffee Roasting as a Business.
Generally a week doesn’t go by without us getting some questions related to getting registered or certified with the health department. This an age
June 3, 2013
Need help choosing the right roaster, grill, or cooler for you?
Try the Roaster Selector Tool… Here is a great flowchart that will walk you through selecting the right size of roaster, the right kit, grill
January 23, 2013
Roasting Techniques. What Every Drum Roaster Should Know: Roasting to Target Your Time, Not Temperature.
Why a bean temperature probe isn’t required… With the RK method of roasting, or rather any manual method of coffee roasting, there is a certain
June 22, 2012
About RK Drums
RK Drums has been providing roasting advice for coffee aficionados and small business owners for over 15 years. We specialize in making coffee roasting accessible to anyone who wants to roast, and sell complete solutions to roast coffee using a barbecue grill.
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