Challenge to New Pipe Smokers

[Sweet Home Alabama]

Chef use butane gas in the foods,with a blowtorch etc. And there's no smell or flavor of gas........I ask myself.......no....?

Are they eating at the same times as using the blowtorch?

 

[JOHN72]

Is there a professional chef around here?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I imagine two cowboys working their way down the mountain pass on horseback. One turns to the other and says, "I was thinking about lighting this here cigarette, but all I have are matches... and we're outside."

 

[JOHN72]

I imagine two cowboys working their way down the mountain pass on horseback. One turns to the other and says, "I was thinking about lighting this here cigarette, but all I have are matches... and we're outside."

We better eat the horse, I see many aromatic herbs. Oh yes, do you have rolling paper? No i just play guitar.............

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I posted this before, Diamond wind proof matches..

 

[krizzose]

I use butane most of the time. I’ve never noticed any difference at all between butane and matches; for me, that means no unusual flavors or odors with either. I occasionally use a Zippo outside, and I can taste the fuel. However, any taste or odor is gone within a couple of puffs after using it.

 

[maduromadness]

A few comments correlated with my own tastes. This post was just intended to see if others perceived the tastes like myself. Equally to promote experimentation among newer pipe smokers to encourage refining their palates. Nothing crazy. Heck I can even taste the wood burning from matches and the hemp wick flavor when lighting.

 

[OneGoodBulldog]

I try to remember that at the end of the day I'm just burning stuff and fidgeting. It's fun, I enjoy it.

I did try as OP suggested, just now. It's my first bowl after work that I can just sit and smoke. I tried three matches. One broke,the other flung hot match head on not-my chair-to-burn and the third inexplicably went out while I wasn't looking. Now I remember why I don't use these matches anymore. They suck.

You see I was using matches for awhile because, lucky me; I get to smoke in a garage! However, I was using the free matches I used to get when I lived near that one decent tobacco shop. These ones I bought at a grocery. I may have to buy a zippo again.

Taste smaste anyhow. Unless you're smoking stolen Orlik you're really just wasting yourself.

 

[PipeIT]

I don’t notice a difference, I use an IM Corona Old Boy and Newport Butane Zero Impurities. ?

Newport Extra Purified Butane Gas |

 

[uzzi101]

I’ll have to give this a try. I use butane and always assumed that no taste was imparted upon the bowl. I would like to try a zippo, as the wind and butane are a problem for me too. Lol. I would imagine the zippo would give a taste as well.

 

[olkofri]

I don't notice a difference. Of course, I let the sulphur burn off before putting the match to the tobacco.

 

[workman]

Matches impart flavor too. It's all a matter of preference.

 

[karam]

I always use Bic lighters, tried matches at first because I read it in some erudite place or other along the lines of "starting with aromatics", "doing the three step packing", "building cake" etc but they are too much trouble for me. Tried with a zippo once and dumped the bowl a split second after the flame came near the tobacco.

 

[LikeDadDid]

I don't think I've used matches at all the last 3 years. My new house is like a wind tunnel. I'll give it a shot in the garage and see if I can tell any difference.

As an aside, I think "Stompthroat" is my favorite avatar so far. Assuming that's your actual picture, you don't look like you want to stomp my throat. Is there a back story to your handle?

 

[dcicero]

Only way I've found to not impart any flavor AT ALL is by using a magnifying glass. Watch your aim though! Just ask @cosmicfolklore

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Only way I've found to not impart any flavor AT ALL is by using a magnifying glass. Watch your aim though! Just ask @cosmicfolklore

“¯\_(ツ)_/¯“ What?

 

[UncleRasta]

Only way I've found to not impart any flavor AT ALL is by using a magnifying glass. Watch your aim though! Just ask @cosmicfolklore

I taste the sun when I use a magnifying glass.

 

[marconi]

Outside smoker and confirmed Mini Bic man. Where I live the wind blows straight in from the North Sea, matches are a waste of time. Zippos change the taste and flame me up. Bics light first time which is a basic requirement and leave no odour in the tobacco.

 

[dcicero]

I taste the sun when I use a magnifying glass.

I taste the sun when I use a magnifying glass.

Hahaha.

I taste the sun when I use a magnifying glass.

The most discerning palate in the history of pipe smoking ?

 

[anotherbob]

I've been smoking pipes for about 10 years. In that time I've used different ways to light my pipes. Some people account for no obvious taste differences between the various ways to light up. I challenge you to take a blend your very familiar with and use only matches. The intended goal is to reveal how butane and lighter fluids alter the taste of your tobacco and to determine if you can actually perceive that difference as I can. Hopefully this is rewarding for those with delicate palates and at minimum will show the value of tradition and technology. Happy Smoking!

honestly you can get as good of a light with a lighter as with matches. And no noticeable taste difference. The thing is if you use the lighter correctly and don't over heat the tobacco. I think it's the temperature more then the fuel that effects the taste. It's much easier though to get a great light with a match then a lighter especially something like a bic. The trick with all of them in my not so humble opinion is to keep the flame from touching the leaf and to hold it just close enough to get combustion. Again with a match even if you touch the flame to the tobacco it won't ruin it.