Sounds like an interesting project Zix. I can not really help you as I have no experience with the Behmor but I am sure others will have attempted such modifications in the past. If you search the usual forums I expect you will get lots of ideas. This one caught my eye as a simple approach that may be worth considering:
http://www.sweetmariascoffee.com/forum/ ... =14&t=2309
Obviously any such modification would be defeating the built in safety features and would be at your own risk.