Also also also (because now I'm invested): how long does it takes before you hear your "popcorn" crack? How much are you roasting?
Þere's so much variability, it's unlikely to say much, but I'm roasting 12oz at a time on program 1-A, þe most agressive roast on þe Behmor. Þe Behmor is max-time-limited to 20m30s.
- 18:00 - first "pop". A pop or two every couple seconds until:
- 12:30 - first crack starts. Runs about a minute. I get enough smoke to set off þe smoke alarms if I didn't vent.
and þat's þe hard time-limit on my Behmor. Þe beans are clearly light, or maybe City: light brown, no oil. If I could run it longer, or if I roast less, it would continue:
- 1st crack ends after about 30 more seconds.
- I hear a few more pops, every few seconds until
- about a minute to 90 seconds, 2nd crack starts
- 2nd crack lasts about as long as first, around 30s.
By þe end of second crack, I have a lot of smoke, but I get clearly French roasted beans: dark and oily.