I did a 4.5lb sirloin tip at 215f for 4.5 hrs with some sweet mesquite and oak wrapped in apple smoked bacon to keep it moist. After tonights meal I will throw it on the slicer for some sandwhichs meat for the week.
Edit. Should have only used oak for the smoke. It turned out medium rare from end to end and the slightest bit dry. I usually will rap a top round with bacon from the time it goes in the smoker, this tip I went for an hour of smoke before rapping it. Not my best performance and I will stick to top round but it will still make some killer sandwhichs with some fresh baked rolls.
Now to reel my way off topic back in. If a person likes to cook for themselves, bake for themselves, grow food and such for themselves, try stitching themselves up (before going to the er and saying "can you fix this?"), build stuff, and/or work on their own car (well i used to but now prefer to pay someone) they will most likely enjoy roasting their own coffee.
DNAofCoffee Senior Member Joined: 10 Jan 2011 Posts: 66 Location: San Francisco, CA Expertise: Just starting
Espresso: Rancilio Silvia Grinder: Baratza Vario Roaster: Behmor 1600
Posted Sat Jan 28, 2012, 4:27pm Subject: Re: Perceptions of the home roasting market
I just started roasting coffee in small batches (1/4 - 1 lb.) here in San Francisco using a Behmor. This may be a unique city in this regard, but I'm getting a really great response from everyone I give coffee to or tell. There happens to be an Italian guy that works in a lab near mine who has been roasting his own coffee in a Poppery popcorn machine for years. He's very excited and has given me two different greens to roast for him and myself, a Kenyan Peaberry he got from a friend in London, which I roasted for him yesterday (smells extremely sweet, roasted just to 2nd crack) and a Costa Rican he got at Sweet Marias. I've given a couple small batches to friends who have been thrilled.
I think DIY as a general trend is picking up steam and there is no reason to think that home roasting shouldn't follow that general trend, imo.
Posted Sat Jan 28, 2012, 5:25pm Subject: Re: Perceptions of the home roasting market
germantownrob Said:
I did a 4.5lb sirloin tip at 215f for 4.5 hrs with some sweet mesquite and oak wrapped in apple smoked bacon to keep it moist. After tonights meal I will throw it on the slicer for some sandwhichs meat for the week.
Sounds awesome. I remember years ago I had a thin sliced piled high smoke sirloin sandwich; the bun has a salt crusted top, and on top of the sirloin they had some sort of horseradish dressing. Wicked good. I tried to duplicate it when I first started smoking, and dried the sirloin roast to a puck.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
Motorcycling, now theres something I miss. God what a feel of freedom. What bike(s) do you currently have, Randy?
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
A 1979 R100RT BMW I bought in 1981. Budget does not allow it to get back on the road currently (needs a number of things) but someday. has about 95,000 on it. Also motored Europe in '87 on a retired English R75 Police bike with Avon fairing and did two laps on the old Nurburgring.
Posted Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:21am Subject: Re: Perceptions of the home roasting market
frcn Said:
A 1979 R100RT BMW I bought in 1981. Budget does not allow it to get back on the road currently (needs a number of things) but someday. has about 95,000 on it. Also motored Europe in '87 on a retired English R75 Police bike with Avon fairing and did two laps on the old Nurburgring.
My last bike was the 2 stroke water cooled street racer Yamaha RZ350. I've had a few bikes. My first was a Kawasaki 500H1 triple 2 stroke, then a Kawasaki KH500, a Yamaha RD350, 2 Kawasaki 750H2's, and a Kawi KZ650. My fav was the water cooled RZ350. When I got married I sold the bike, not because of my wife but because it was too small for 2 people.
Len
"Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water." ~The Women's Petition Against Coffee, 1674
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