Tostabar Genius (Ing. Napoli)
Tabletop and countertop machines, Lavello (Potenza), Italy.
History
Two entrepreneurs, Fernando and Angelo Napoli, father and son, coming from capital equipment, created in 2002 in Lavello, in Basilicata, a company aimed at a specific customer: the bar or pastry shop that wants to roast on site. Hence an all-electric countertop roaster, gasless, with a patented electronic control that “knocks down thermal inertia” by self-regulating the heat on a profile.
The K3 is fully automatic: preset profile, no operator, unloading into a motorized cooling tank. The PRO versions add two thermocouples and connection to Artisan or Cropster.
What it makes
Electric countertop roasters of 1 to 4.5 kg. The exact heating mode and the type of drum are not published.
The models
- Genius K1: 800 g to 1.4 kg, 3.5 kW, 220 V, 110 kg
- Genius K3: 2.5 to 4.5 kg, 12 kW, 380 V, 230 kg
- PRO versions
The K1 is advertised at 300 kg per month
What you gain
Removing the three barriers that keep a bar from roasting: the gas connection, the fire risk, the trained operator. Artisan and Cropster compatibility at this level of the range is a pleasant surprise.
What you lose
One point four kilos in twelve to twenty minutes tops out at about five kilos a day. No fume treatment is mentioned, which, in a bar room, is precisely the question. And since the heating mode is not published, the character of the roast cannot be predicted.