building up cake

[perdurabo]

Cake sucks! I use golden grain and clean the bowl every 5 smokes.

 

[derfargin]

Agreed, too much time spent over worrying about building cake, and/or cake maintenance. Just pull a pipe fill it a s smoke it. Done.

 

[bigpond]

As others have said, smoke whatever you usually smoke and the rest will take care of itself. That said, I will wipe the interior of a bowl down with a corkscrewed paper towel after every smoke to minimize cake development. I find cake can contribute an undesirable flavor and very little is needed to protect a bowl. I try to get it to the point that the taste of the wood doesn't overwhelm the tobacco, but I like to have both working together. All bets are off on coated bowls.

 

[aldecaker]

All bets on me getting coatings off the bowls are a sure thing. Haven't come across one yet that doesn't taste foul.

 

[maxx]

Smoke Carter Hall and Prince Albert. It surprised me how quickly the cake formed when I was limited to those brands for a few weeks.

 

[davet]

A little cake goes a long ways, I like pie

 

[mlyvers]

CAKE: it has positive and negative results. You have too ream after a while which I do not like doing. I think reaming can be difficult if your not careful, especially if u ream below the air hole.... as far as breaking in a pipe, I have always started with half bowls in the beginning, lighting and tapping all the way down too the bottom of the bowl. after awhile you will see that ash and oils sticking to the interior of the bowl, then start filling the bowl 3/4 full and smoke all the way down to the bottom of the bowl. I have use honey and pipe mud for caking purposes, they do work. I really prefer not using those any more myself, however u can do it if u choose. I prefer a naked bowl over carbon coated bowls. I smoke many different tobaccos. just smoke your pipe the cake will come. Good Luck Sir. Oh I also like BR Whiskey I have been smoking it for 35+ years.