Whirley-Pop Stovetop Coffee Roaster

The thermometer was not included! It is a simple popcorn popper. I have used an air-popper was greater success.

the product quality is not that great . they made from very light material that may cause to burn whatever you using it for. whether you roast coffee or popcorn. the weight of it may be 1/4 pound. very very light. my wife want me return it . may be i go that route if they let me.

From the picture it looked like stainless steel (although text in description does say aluminum). Instead it is thin aluminum. But the worst part is that the gears on the stirring mechanism are cheap plastic, not metal (I had a stainless steel version of this in the past that had metal gears and it lasted for years).
So I would not recommend.

II like it but no thermometer. Makes it tough to roast my coffee beans.

I started with this roaster and used it for about 9 months before moving on to a more automated roaster only after I understood the various aspects and relationship of the physical changes/characteristics the beans.

The key is to develop a detailed understanding of the relationship of how the smell progresses from straw getting more pungent as the beans begin darken towards the 1st/2nd cracks. Before getting a more automated roaster you truly need to recognize the progression of the roast from the changes in smell as related to the cracks. Additionally, the most important visual cue relates to the absence or present, and increase, of oil on the beans - not darkness of the beans.

I originally went to the Nesco on here after the Whirley mostly because the plastic gears broke twice after some significant use. The Nesco is nice because you still have the ability to easily track changes in smell because of the exhaust while, somewhat problematic because of the noise of the motor and spinning beans, you can still track the 1st/2nd cracks. I really liked this roaster better than $350+ drum roasters despite only able to do about 1/3 of a pound vs 1+ pounds of the drum types.

If you consider all things, a 1/3 of a pound is perfect for ensuring that you always have the freshest coffee available. If you drink regularly, that 1/3 pound will be gone before 7-10 days when quality begins to decline.

Those are just my $0.03 worth.

You can't get a better value than the whirly pop. It is labor intensive and loud as sin but gets the job done and base model is available at many local stores for under $20.