AI6YR BenFor your non dystopia post of the day... let's attempt to make popcorn in a coffee roaster! #popcorn
Oh no! Is that smoke?!?!?! What's that burning smell?! Where's the fire extinguisher?!?!?! The horror! The horror!!! #popcorn #burning
***motor jams! Popcorn popped and wedged the paddle, burning started! Cords are pulled!*** #popcorn #disaster
Disaster averted. Popcorn is burnt. Most of it did not pop. Conclusion: diy coffee roaster CANNOT be used to also pop popcorn, better to use the air popper or a pan with a lid. #popcorn #disaster
KevinH@ai6yr Maybe said before, not looked. But been doing kernels tossed in some oil and then in a paper bag folded over. 1/2cup for about 5mins in the microwave (listening for slow popping) works a treat. Or get a silicone bowl for it. I do the paper bag method every month or so when I get the urge for popcorn
@ai6yr Oh so this was for “Science!” lol. I am too cheap to buy one (had one as a kid) and I dont need more gadgets. So the bag works well enough for the once every 2 months or so I want popcorn. Appreciate the “Science!” attempts tho.
Terence@bowlcut @ai6yr do you doubt the scientific mind here? Popcorn is just an offshoot I am
certain. What I want to known is if, post popcorn, tbe roasted coffee has a popcorn note.
If the opposite were true, if the popcorn tastes of coffee, one might need to make caramel corn to leverage the flavor notes.
Bruce Heerssen 
@bruce @ai6yr Probably, but its not really for flavor or anything, its just to increase temp a touch, the way I think it was explained. Its like a tsp or less to 1/2cup of unpopped kernels, just a quick coat. Its not meant for flavor. Then do toppings later.
Try it with melted butter tho thats more work and Im that lazy lol.
Hari Seldon's dead hand@ai6yr
I'll bet you were an ungovernable child.
I'll bet you were an ungovernable child.
Mac - VA3WFT@ai6yr That was a wild ride.
Tirrimas 
🚫👑@ai6yr at least you did it outside 🤢
Steve's Place@tirrimas @ai6yr I'd imagine an old dish-shaped barbecue with an opening in the bottom to get ash out would also work. Set the heat below. Might have to widen the opening and/or use a flue there. Put the popcorn in a kettle with a lid on a rack.
I'm full of bad ideas today. Use at your own risk, lol.
Not a terrible first pass. No fire department was involved, so I'd call it modestly successful.
Jenny
Cavedale Rhônes@ai6yr You clearly have too much time on your hands. 😆
@CavedaleRhones That's what my wife says. 🤔
Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe@ai6yr hmm, interesting, because I have used an air popper to roast coffee with good success
But you have to take the job outside
@phwolfe940 Yes... Thought I'd turn it around and try it the other way around! The main problem was the paddle (which I designed) got jammed when popcorn popped and wedged in between the paddle and the wall of the flour sifter.
Robert Burgholzer@ai6yr all hail the null hypothesis!
😀🚲
Thomas Tanghus@ai6yr Looking forward to hearing about how your coffee tastes tomorrow
jj the Santa Barbarian@ai6yr you gotta get a WhirleyPop.
https://whirleypopshop.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopdyXDBc3XE9Yh4jBljYzIMSCGde-9WMl0STSQwTZJ4O-sH60z3
@cookiesinheaven LOL I have seen those (often) at garage sales. I don't make much popcorn, just wanted to see if my coffee roaster would actually roast popcorn. I actually have a hot air popper I was trying to roast coffee in (unsuccessfully, I might add).
@ai6yr I love popcorn. 🍿 The Whirleypop was a great investment. 👍
Using it to accompany my 49er game watching today.
vandorb12@ai6yr the problem I'm seeing is that the roaster is not the same as an air popper, so your popped kernels will not float out. They'll just burn.
It's also not a movie theater contraption, it doesn't have the volume you need to let kernels pop out, as well as that nice oil barrier they have.
You have many modifications to make :)
It's also not a movie theater contraption, it doesn't have the volume you need to let kernels pop out, as well as that nice oil barrier they have.
You have many modifications to make :)