That's great news. I stopped roasting about ten years ago when my wife was expecting our first child. The smell of smoke throughout the house and all day morning sickness were a bad mix. I never got into it, mostly because of the improved quality and freshness of coffee that is now available, but nothing is as good as the stuff I made myself. I've been curious about the efficiency of the Behmore catalytic converter. I now have a decent kitchen exhaust fan so that will definitely help, but I'm curious how well you find the smoke is eliminated. In the old days the whole house would smell for at least a day.

We have had a Behmor roaster for around 3 years now. It's great. We use ours under our (powerful) exhaust fan and there is no smell problem. We usually roast in the morning, and when we come home from work in the evening there is no smell whatsoever.

+1 for Behmor and for Sweet Maria's.

re smoke, the Behmor smoke-suppression is impressive but you still want to use it under ventilation (as sas95 does) or in a garage or outside shed (as I do). The darker you like the roast the more smoke you will have to contend with.

I use it under a powerful recirculating vent hood (the only possible choice in my apartment) and haven't had problems with smoke, but my building's vent system is pretty powerful. Also, I seldom go to French roast, usually stop at full city+. There's nothing like roasting your favorite coffees to exactly the degree you like, and the fact that it saves money is just a bonus. My replacement part was held up by the LA port strike, but now that it's over it should be coming soon.

Thank you for the kind replies. That's exactly what I was hoping to hear.