Want to Roast better?

Let us show you how. Our professional roasters will help you learn the techniques to become one of the elite members of your local chapter of the National Marshmallow Roasters Institute (NMRI). Mentoring is available. We will "train the trainer" (for lack of a better cliché). So you can lead yourself and your teams to fun and profitability. And as always, perfect roasting is our ultimate goal! Remember the four T's when judging the roasted mallows (Tint, Texture, Toastability, and Taste). See the results of our recent 4-T Roast Test here.

Roasting Judge Jerry Grinstead demonstrated the perfect color for roasted mallows. We use a mallow color continuum for judging. And, ideal mallow color, like most other attributes is based on a mallow color bell curve. Using the proper PPE (personal protective equipment) and using the Smorstix skewer, allows for a safe and consistent roasting and judging experience. The mallow Jerry is showing in the photo above, from the Santa Cruz Seabright Beach Roast, is a Campfire Marshmallow. We get consistently good results with Campfire mallows and Smorstix. The color was perfect and we recommend they be used at sanctioned NMRI events. Plush Puffs gourmet vanilla bean mallows are typically used at all gourmet roasting events, though we are eager to make a totally Trader Joe's S'mores using Trader Joe's vanilla marshmallows with Trader Joe's Graham Crackers and their milk chocolate bars.  We'll be testing those in July in Santa Barbara CA and again in August in a controlled environment at the firepit at the Institute in Sacramento.

What is the NMRI Virtual Think Tank?

We like to ponder all things mallow and attend Marshmallow festivities. We like the Puff Girls' confections (See The Perfect Roast page) and the annual Ligonier Indiana Marshmallow Festival. The Munich Mallowfest is scheduled to be visited during our annual sojourn to the Oktoberfest this September in Germany!

Note:  The October 3, 4 and 5 NMRI Roast in Tbilisi in Georgia (country) has been postponed until after the "ceasefire". Marshmallow Roasting and Russian Invasions do not bode well for either judges or roasters. And marshmallows tend to gum up the tank tracks.

Roast the Mallow!

Whether in Paris (rôtissoires des Guimauves!) or Munich  (Mäusespeck Grillen!) or sunny Santa Barbara (Roast the Mallow!), we don't just sit around the camp fire philosophizing about roasting marshmallows, or wishing we had some S'mores... NO!  We Roast the Mallow! And we do it around the world...Virtually... with YOU ... our extended teams of roasters.

And for the perfect roast, Visit our Perfect Roast page where you'll find information and a link to Smorstix, the official skewers of the National Marshmallow Roasters Institute.

Want more information about the NMR Institute or membership?  Just fill out the form and we'll answer your questions.

Newest roasting judge
Erin Hurd from Kansas sent $5 to join and receive a membership card. Says Erin, "My life will be forever changed."
Don't we know it! Your card is on the way, and Thanks from Mr. & Mrs. Mallow.

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Disclaimer | We take no responsibility for burned or dropped marshmallows, blistered fingers or tongues, ants in sleeping bags, lost (or confiscated) skewers, stomach aches, wet wood, rain, or acts of God that ruin your NMRI roasts. No part of this site may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the National Marshmallow Roasters Institute. No fur-bearing animals were harmed during the creation of this web site. Allergy alert: Marshmallows used in competition may contain gelatin, but we doubt they will make you debillitatingly ill unless you are a level 4 Vegan. Not recommended for persons with sugar-restricted diets. Batteries are included for all electric skewers-- best of luck finding them. Proud sponsor of the 2009 Million Roasters March on the Mall in Washington DC. Marshmallows may cause irritability, sleeplessness or implosive constipation after prolonged consumption. Contents under pressure when heated over open flame. BHT added to preserve freshness. Caution: Marshmallows have caused some laboratory rats to rip through their cages, fly across the room and brutally murder hundreds of innocent rhesus monkeys at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Shake monkeys well before using. No vacuum tubes or other user-serviceable parts inside. Not to be combined with other radioisotopes except under the advice of an official NMRI Roasting Judge. Avoid prolonged exposure to campfires. The truth is out there. Use no hooks without proper bait. Eight is your lucky number. This site not intended for use by Republicans, Democrats or children under the age of maturity in your jurisdiction. NMRI literature printed on recycled predeceased trees that were determined to have fallen of their own free will (without making a sound in the forest). Level 5 Vegans awarded free membership (those who eat nothing that casts a shadow).

Disputes between roasters will be mediated by the International Order of the Mallow in Paris France during the Festival of the Mallow, on the Champs Elysee at Cafe Etats Unis, the third Wednesday in June in Leap years at midnight.... Wenn Gott will, natürlich!