I am representing my club in Bucharest, for what was a grand event, hosted by Pipa Club Bucharest with the endorsement of Commitee International of Pipe Clubs. My time was a bit over 36 minutes, but I had no expectations. Here are a few pictures: 
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I will post the final ranking once it is available.
I do not have a final ranking, but this year the trophy goes to Italy's Enrico Alberton, with 2 hours 23 minutes and 29 seconds. Congratulations !
THAT is definitely a slow smoke.
Myeah ... the best record out of Italy is a tad over three hours, different pipe different tobacco. I am not actually too much into this. I mean, I smoke to the extent it gives me pleasure, and smoking non stop for hours certainly does not. But I sure enjoyed the atmosphere, the people, etc.
Sure. A lot depends on chamber size and particular blend. I've enjoyed many a 2 to 3 hour session, but I'm generally, though not always, using a larger chamber with a blend that is a slow burner. I'm a very slow smoker by habit.
What were the specs on the pipes and the blend?
Personally, I wouldn't have the guts to even try. Sometimes I feel like I smoke up more lighter fuel than tobacco. 
It appears the pipe was a Mr. Brog and the tobacco Early Morning Pipe:
Every time I fantasize about being in a slow-smoking contest, my pipe goes out and I abandon the idea.
Looks like a great event. What a venue! Not your average pipe show set-up.
Looks like a great event. What a venue! Not your average pipe show set-up.
Looks like a great time, especially that you can smoke indoors.
We actually managed to assemble a USA team for the International Slow Smoking event. There were 199 pipers, and I got only 47 minutes out of my EMP. Still, that was in the top half (I am number 84) and was the best of our team, but I should have gotten another 15 minutes out of the bowl.. I should have tamped a bit more aggressively, since I developed a hot spot that coned down to the bottom. Having said that, it is just mindblowing how so many of those Europeans got twice and three times what I did. At two hours, there were still a dozen left.
Wow thanks for sharing the awesome pics! 
Look at that place, certainly not the local pub, but a pipe event at The Ritz! LOL
Wow high class!
Looks like an amazing time!
Dracula pipe puffing LOL...
P.S. This sounds like something @halfdan would love, maybe next year.
Look at that place, certainly not the local pub, but a pipe event at The Ritz! LOL
Wow high class!
Looks like an amazing time!
Dracula pipe puffing LOL...
P.S. This sounds like something @halfdan would love, maybe next year.
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I couldn't imagine being in a slow smoking contest myself, especially not pulling 1+ hour times with no re-lights. But if one wasn't far and it wasn't too expensive, I'd consider joining just to sit in such fancy opulence. That place is swanky af.
It was a Mr. Brog straight billiard with a bowl of 3.7 cm deep, and 2 cm diameter. The blend was Peterson's Early Morning Pipe.
A pitty we did not meet. I didn't imagine that people from the forum, especially traveling such a huge distance from the United States, were present. I was out after roughly 36 minutes, and I wouldn't have lasted past 50 with they way I packed my bowl, even if it didn't go out and smoked it to the very end.