5 Burner Hatch Chile Roaster Propane Roaster Drum; Regulator CR-BARBACOA-1

This chile roaster is AWESOME! We were able to do about 15 lbs at a time, and although it seemed to take a little while to roast the chiles, the end result was fantastic! Also, while it is true, there were no instructions, my husband had the regulator on within a matter of minutes. The roaster is very good quality, and durable. I would definitely purchase again, and would also refer to all friends!

This product DOES NOT WORK as represented, IT'S A SCAM. The flames are yellow, sooty and weak rather than strong and blue. The door mechanism is weak and cheesy and hard to operate. The screen could be slightly smaller for smaller items....I had to place a smaller screen around the existing one. The company never responded to my concerns that the flames were weak and sooty. For the money, the product should work as represented....IT DOES NOT WORK! DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY! I wasted $250 and NEVER heard back from the company.

I'm from Arizona and roast chilies every year and did my 1st batch this year on a BBQ grill and it took 3 hours in 96 degree temps. I bought this hoping to make life easier and I couldn't be happier. I saw posts saying the flames weren't blue. You don't want blue flames, you want yellow mushrooms of flame. I've seen lots of chili roasters and they're always yellow balls of fire, not blue. To me blue would cut right through the chilies and only roast little sections where the nozzles are. I did my second larger batch today in this and it took 1/2 hours. It holds plenty of chilies. You don't want to do too many and I stopped and removed the ones that roasted quicker then finished the others off. I then put them in a doubled plastic garbage bag to steam the skins off. I love it. 6 stars! Also make sure any little breeze comes from the nozzle side so it doesn't mess with the fire.

We love roasted chiles but can only purchase huge quantities from the roasters in our area. We had grown half a bushel of our own so I bought this roaster so we could roast our own at home. I made a fireproof stand out of about 6 concrete blocks and we placed the roaster on it outside on our patio away from walls, plants, and anything flammable. It worked great! Be sure to use long oven mitts when turning the handle. We use leather ones. Our chiles came out perfectly roasted and delicious! We will have to try other veggies this way. Ours didn't come with any instructions, but we were able to figure out how to assemble it anyway.

There were no instructions detailing the unit from how to put it together to using it. Ruined a large amount of home grown chilis before finding the valve that adds oxygen to the mix giving a blue flame rather than a sooty orange flame.

I use this 5 star chili roaster for HATCH and GARLIC and every kind of pepper you want roasted.I don't recommend more than 36 peppers (6-10") at a time for more even browning.The wind is a huge factor when roasting so be prepared for longer roasting times as the flames are whipping in all directions.I fabricated an electric rotisserie to help with steady consistent speed and added legs in the front to put the flames directly at the bottom center of the cage. (saves on fuel too!)Finally-- Set your roaster on a clean flat-top grill to collect the seeds for grinding in a dedicated coffee grinder for added flavor to your chilli recipes!HAVE FUN!!! 5280MIKE

This thing arrives in clean packaging, was very easy to assemble and worked fantastic. Wife and I were able to evenly roast an entire gunny sack of green chilies in about 45 minutes with no burned watering eyes and burned fingers like we have had when trying them on the grill. The roaster seems pretty well made.

Carelessly assembled. There are/were no instructions. The nuts welded to inside of the drum that spindles screw into are not flush and the rotation is adversely affected as in it WOBBLES! There appears to be no way the spindles can be adjusted so that they sit simultaneously within the machined notches. As for the notches themselves they are unnecessary as this makes the diameter of the spindle way smaller in diameter for the holes they rest in. The thicker part of the spindles better fit the holes in the spindle supports. Maybe I got a wrong spindle as both are able to have the turn handle attached. Which is ridiculous since you can mount the spindle with the handle fittings on either side of the drum for left or right handed people. I vote I got a wrong part. I am almost afraid to hook it up to gas and light it. The drum is not even remotely balanced. The latch system on the door is almost impossible to operate properly because somebody assembled the door twisted with the left side under a bar that the door is supposed to sit on when closed. The pride of workmanship is sorely lacking. Worth about $75.00 to include the regulator. I am going to hardware store to get a butt load of washers to keep the drum resting "EVENLY" on the spindles. Very sad and disappointing product.