Cheap Wood Pipe Taste Sour Burnt

[Kissel bixby]

I posted this in beginners because I don't want I am reposting backlash I have good pipes and have been smoking for awhile. I have a 20ish $ simple wood pipe that I dedicated to English style tobacco. Smoked maybe 10-15 times max. At the bottom I get a sour burnt, even wood burning taste. My cadence is slow to minimize the taste. Yes I clean the bowl frequently and don't smoke it fast. This why I posted it because I feel like I dealt with the basic issues, maybe not. Is it better to constantly cash out the bottom every time or will time and seasoning fix the problem? What is the best way to do so?

 

[anotherbob]

Either the pipe sucks which for 20ish not surprising. Could be a hardwood pipe and I hear they taste horrid for the first several smokes. And some pipes just burnout and it taste horrid. Only had it happen once and it was terrible. For whatever reason sometimes the briar will burn and it's mostly down to the pipe or massive pipe abuse (over the long term).

 

[saltedplug]

Ditch the pipe, and if you haven't spent much you haven't lost much. To prevent a repeat buy something from the reputable second tier, like Savinellii.

 

[Kissel bixby]

Definitely crappy wood, not briar pipe. Just wondering if there is a better cake producing technique. Less burning at bottow cashing out a little unsmoked tobacco, super slow simmer to ash. Or it will always just taste horrible.

 

[mso489]

There are good smoking pipes you can buy for thirty to sixty bucks that won't taste bad even at first. Try Rossi (made by Savinelli), Tsuge tasting pipes, Kaywoodie, MM cob special editions with acrylic stems, unfinished Savinelli, Ropps, and right now GBD seconds at Iwan Ries. Don't waste your time with bad tasting pipes.

 

[anotherbob]

Definitely crappy wood, not briar pipe. Just wondering if there is a better cake producing technique. Less burning at bottow cashing out a little unsmoked tobacco, super slow simmer to ash. Or it will always just taste horrible.

I hear they take a few smokes to clear up.

 

[olkofri]

I've a pipe like that, 'cept that I paid over $100 for it. ?

In my case I think it's mostly the wooden stem that causes the burnt wood taste—then again cobs have wooden shanks and we don't get that... ?

I've given up on it ever getting fixed. I've dedicated it to English blends: with latakia tasting like burnt leather or wood, well, maybe the burnt tastes will camouflage each other.

 

[Bluemonter]

For that little money, Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipes.
They smoke real nice

 

[Kissel bixby]

I have the Missouri Meerschaum wizard churchwarden in the cobbit collection. That is one of the most incredible pipes I ever smoked. Chugs like a chimney, smooth cool smoke, insanely worth the money. I fortunately have other decent pipes, just didn't know if anyway to salvage a crappy one.

 

[OzPiper]

Sounds like you have a burn.
Before getting rid of that pipe, you might want to try some pipe mud.
Simple to do, and cheaper than buying a new pipe
Plus you get to smoke a cigar

 

[bullet08]

Time for a sacrifice to the wooden god of crappy pipes. Find a suitable camp fire and chuck it.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Definitely crappy wood, not briar pipe. Just wondering if there is a better cake producing technique. Less burning at bottow cashing out a little unsmoked tobacco, super slow simmer to ash. Or it will always just taste horrible.

If you’ve got a decent pipe, the cake is honestly not necessary to protect it. Some folks prefer cake, but that’s a personal preference. It’s not going to destroy a well-made pipe if it’s absent. Sounds like yours is a turd, which sucks, but if it’s made out of a wood not conducive to pipe smoking, it’s not worth your time to try to fix it. Ditch that pipe. If price is an issue, get yourself some cobs. They will generally smoke great and not break the bank.

 

[ncshawn]

You're better off with a cob. Cheaper and none of those problems.

 

[Kissel bixby]

Got some awesome cobs n a churchwarden brier. FYI the crappy pipe broke at the stem. Live n learn

 

[anotherbob]

yeah cobs the pipe I like less then briar but by such a marginal amount that well it makes the price point seem almost criminal. Like really I can get a great pipe for 10-20 bucks?