WOLFF WEEKLY VLOGG 002 | Peter Wolff gives the low-down on the Probat Roaster
What I have here is a Probatine 5. This is the series two, the second generation of the new P series from Probat. One of the major new changes is the technology of the burner. It is the first of it’s kind in the smaller shop segment. It’s a pre mix burner, so this particular burner mixes the air and gas together. It makes the fuel air mixture and then it’s poured into the firing chamber to be combusted. This makes the performance extremely reliable and it gives us 100% control in terms of our modulation. So it’s truly a stepless burner now. It gives us a higher degree of accuracy in terms of how we apply the heat.
It still contains all of the classic features that Probat is known for. It’s still build with cast iron; so a very solid two inch cast iron front. It has unique double drum technology - we have an outer drum and an inner drum. This allows us to apply direct heat to the outside drum. There is an air gap in between that which cushions the inside drum, so we have a very small risk of any roasting defects like scorching the coffee, which is fantastic. The algorithm, in terms of what makes the drum rotate and how it moves the coffee through the drum, is still very much the signature of Probat. It think that’s very, very important.
I can’t state enough, it really is the cast iron and having that element to work with in terms of the conductive component of roasting coffee. It really allows us to create lots of complexity and many layers in the coffee. It really is such a stable platform to roast our coffee from. We can roast and cool at the same time which is really very important. And it cools very quickly, so when we do get to take the roast out it cools very quickly so we can stop the roasting process and really contain that flavour. So we don’t loose any sweetness in the cooling tray at all.
And I guess that it has been designed for ease of maintenance. It’s very self contained. We’ve only really got to just maintain the bearings and keep them clean. The gearbox and motors at the back are all now self contained. So there’s not really anything much to do any more. We’ve just got to wipe them down and keep them clean, which is fantastic. So they’ve been really very well considered in terms of their long term performance.
So they are a German company . They’re made in Emmerich in Germany, which is in the Rhein. They’ve been making roasters now for nearly 150 years. They are the oldest manufacturers of roasters in the world. I guess many companies look to Probat in terms of the inspiration. They’re a beautiful company.
As people know, we also sell refurbished roasters, or antique roasters, and we have some roasters in the field that were built in the late 50s and 60s and they’re still working today in commercial buildings and commercial roasteries, 60 something or 70 something years later. That’s a hallmark of quality.
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