A Little Tobacco Drying Station

[hawke]

Here's my little tobacco drying station. Sometimes a old fashion 40watt incandescent light(which gives off more heat that the new energy savers) is used, and other times just laying the flakes out on a grid for a spell.

 

[michaelmirza]

Very nice! How much does that speed things up?

 

[hawke]

Depends on how close you put it to the light michaelmirza, but as little as 10-15 min and she's ready to go. You gotta watch it though, there's a fine line on the timing. Too dry and some flavor is lost.

 

[jkrug]

Nifty little set up there hawke. Great idea. ::

 

[cobguy]

I can just about smell that LTF cooking from here! ::

 

[deathmetal]

Good invention. It looks very efficient... more efficient than my lazy man's dry, a.k.a. rub it out and get distracted for a half hour.

 

[mso489]

Wow, like baking bread. I don't trust myself. I just put the 'baccy in a bowl the day before I want to use it. But if you have it down correctly, it's a nifty set-up.

 

[easterntraveler]

Nice

 

[pilotage16]

Nice setup ... Looks like it works great.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Very cool. I use a coffee cup warmer. This one is almost identical to mine. Works great

 

[weedsnager]

Great idea !

 

[brass]

Use a goose neck lamp, attach it to the drying base, and you could sell a few, I['m sure.

 

[skraps]

Microwave. 5 seconds. 10 if it's stubborn.
I'm halfway through my bowl when you start :nana:

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Kool!! Yeh, I normally Nuke mine too, but I bet that makes the room smell awesome!!

 

[hawke]

There's no smell really, I'm not wanting it to get that hot, just dry it slightly. Most times I just lay a flake on the grid for a little while. But for some of those real wet flakes like McClellands the light does good.

 

[shutterbugg]

So far I have never needed to dry any tobacco. Then again I smoke mainly top-grade name-brand tobaccos like Dunhill and Escudo. But even some of the cottage-industry blends I've tried have been just right straight from the tin.