Apparatus for drying, roasting, and cooling loose products

An apparatus for drying, roasting, and cooling loose products comprising:

• a housing;
• a slide rail extending in a lateral direction towards an exterior of the housing;
• a roaster drum coupled to the slide rail and configured to receive the loose products;
• a heat source disposed in an interior of a heat exchange chamber and configured to heat a gas circulated through the housing;
• a gas distribution grid reversibly coupled to a bottom of the roaster drum, the gas distribution grid configured to receive the loose products on a face of the gas distribution grid;
• a hatch disposed below the gas distribution grid;
• an insulated channel configured to allow air to circulate from the heat exchange chamber to the gas distribution grid;
• and
• a cooling table configured to receive and cool the loose products, wherein
• the roaster drum is configured to slide between a closed and an open configuration;
• the air circulates from the heat exchange chamber through the gas distribution grid and into the roaster drum when the roaster drum is in the closed configuration;
• and
• when the roaster drum is slid to the open configuration, the loose products slide through an opening in a bottom of the roaster drum and into the cooling table.