Advice on using a Whirley Pop for Roasting

[adrianwalton]

Hi,

I am new to this and have yet to roast any beans or nibs. Reading through the old posts it seems that a convection oven is a good place to start when roasting beans. Unfortunately, I don't have one of those. I have, however, seen Whirley Pop stovetop popcorn poppers at the charity shops.

Does anyone have advice on using the Whirley Pop for roasting whole beans and/or nibs? I am just wanting some general directions to help me get started -such things as temperature settings (med-high, high, low, etc) and time. I have an electric stovetop if that helps.

Thanks,
Adrian

[gap]

Sorry, I haven't used one before. The only place I have seen it mentioned was when I read this post:
chocolatealchemy.com/2013/02/06/ask-the-alchemist-24/