QUOTE(lowkl @ Mar 7 2018, 12:09 PM)
Sorry but looks like a good way to void a microwave oven warranty. If you try it, please share your experience!
QUOTE(ymeng85 @ Mar 7 2018, 04:09 PM)
I have no doubt microwave can heat up the beans...but i still cannot wrap my head around the metal moving parts inside a running microwave
That's the part that makes me doubt if it really was microwave at all....
Unless no metal is used?
I have read about someone experience from decade ago, here's the quote:
"Using a small amount of beans and only 700 watts wasn't all that bad. I've done one pound with a 1200 watt oven and went to 20+ min. with a good stir about every 3 min. (I'd guess the stir time pauses would stretch the roast a bit and I'm of the, 20+ min...).
Like in other roasting methods, you need to pay attention to time and temperature, or at least be good at bean color and oil sheen. I don't really know, but it seems like microwaves roast coffee beans fairly evenly throughout the entire bean. Of course towards the end, even more so than other kinds of roasting, things heat up very fast and maybe the trick is to be very observant and pull the beans a minute or so before the color profile you're after, which is a little more critical I'd say than other methods. With high power microwave ovens, remember, fire is just around the corner! More reason to be outdoors with an electrical fire extinguisher at the ready, too! "
i think need to source for a good portable fire extinguisher first...