Behmor
Sources: Behmor (website)
Behmor Inc. is an American home coffee roaster manufacturer based in Incline Village, Nevada. Founded by Joe Behm, Behmor produces drum roasters for home and prosumer use, with a patented smoke suppression system as their core differentiator — enabling indoor roasting without a dedicated chimney or ventilation flue. The company also makes a drip brewer (Brazen Plus 3.0) and a grinder (Ideal).
Products
Behmor 2000AB Plus
Behmor’s flagship home drum roaster.
- Capacity: up to 1 lb (454 g)
- Drum: rotating steel mesh
- Smoke suppression: patent-pending thermal afterburner
- Profiles: 5 pre-programmed heat/roast profiles
- Motor: multi-speed drive; adjustable time on the fly
- Power: 120V (US market)
Designed for average home environments; sensitive to ambient temperature below 45°F (7.2°C), which triggers an error state.
Behmor Jake (Kilo Roaster)
Prosumer model with higher capacity and computer connectivity.
- Capacity: up to 1 kg; minimum 100 g (sample-capable)
- Software: Artisan Roasting Software compatible via direct USB interface
- Probe: bean mass thermocouple for direct temperature readings
- Smoke suppression: Behmor patented technology
- Latest firmware: Jake V2.0 (February 2022)
The Jake is the only Behmor model with Artisan compatibility and a direct bean temperature probe, giving it marginal relevance as a low-cost sample roaster. However, it lacks the thermal precision and specialty-coffee software ecosystem of machines like the Kaffelogic Nano 7, IKAWA Pro, or ROEST. Pricing was not available in the crawl.
Legacy line: Models 1600, 1600 Plus, 1600AB, 1600AB Plus, 2000AB, and 2020SR remain supported with parts and documentation.
Smoke Suppression Technology
Behmor’s primary innovation is an electric thermal afterburner (quartz heating elements) integrated into the roaster enclosure. It burns chaff smoke before it exits, enabling indoor home roasting without ventilation. The afterburner is a replaceable serviceable part.
This parallels the afterburner and catalytic oxidizer solutions used on production roasters for pollution control (see Roast Machine Types), adapted to home-scale electrical power and form factor.
Behmor Inspired Program
Joe Behm’s humanitarian initiative to bring roasting and brewing equipment to coffee farmers in producing countries. The premise: many farmers have never tasted their own beans in a finished cup, limiting their ability to improve quality and earn better prices.
- Partners with Anacafé (Guatemala) to supply drum roasters to co-ops and farmer training centers
- Donated 1,200+ roasters to national coffee associations in Central America, South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa
- Reached 300,000+ people; stated goal of 500,000
- Active in Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Burundi, Rwanda, Colombia, and more
- Accompanies roaster donations with medical services (dental, ultrasound, general), home water filtration, and community support
The El Salvador component is directly relevant to Kaiserblick’s home country context: Behmor Inspired has donated roasters in El Salvador as part of its farmer empowerment model.
Relevance to Kaiserblick
Behmor machines are home-market products unsuited to Kaiserblick’s production or dedicated sample roasting needs. The Jake’s Artisan compatibility and 100 g minimum make it technically a sample roaster, but it sits well below the Kaffelogic tier in precision and specialty-coffee integration.
The Behmor Inspired Program is the more relevant data point: its work donating roasters in El Salvador, and its model of closing the farmer-to-cup knowledge gap, is context for the broader at-origin quality development environment Kaiserblick operates in.