I've had this software for a little while but I had a popcorn popper and didn't see much need to use it with that. I recently bought a GeneCafe so I'm ready to log some roasts.

I've got the beans and roasters and stuff like that in and am able to do test roasts setting the 1c and 2c and stopping the roast.  Is there no place to input the temperature or is that done in the notes after a roast is complete?

I don't really understand the profiles or curves yet but I think I'm ready to input some roasts.

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Danny,

By the way, this is a very nice app, well worth the money. I know I know, you're wondering why I said that given I can't even use it.  But I'm basing it on the reviews of many a good roaster...and because it looks so cool.

Right now I'm just doing fake roasts in between assignments at work, so no beans are being harmed in these experiments. 

I'm planning on getting a GeneCafe, so that's the machine I'm sort of training for.  Right now I'm using a popcorn popper.  If I'm still into this hobby after a few more months of the popcorn popper I'm springing for the GC.  And I think I will be because I really hate it when I take a sip of my wifes coffee at home.

When I start a new roast, do I immediately set the temp to whatever I have the GC knob at? So the temp would start at 450 (or whatever).  Then, of course, I would only manipulate the temp when I turned the knob on the GC.

OK, I think a curve is something you create so that you'll have that visual thing to look at with the temps and times, right?  Do I create a new curve with each new roast and is that where the history is stored.  And if I write over one it's gone, right?

I'm sure there will be more to come, but basically this app is very intuitive.  The only really non-intuitive thing was not being able to mess with the temp until I created a curve.  And I quickly found the answer here.

Thanks,

Truk