Dark Fired Kentucky

[LongIslandPiper]

I have been trying many different types of tobaccos and blends in my first few months of pipe smoking. I recently received some DFK. Smoked by itself it is definitely a stout tobacco. I have read where it can be also used as a condiment for blends. What types of tobaccos does DFK compliment?

DFK can also be added to Virginia/Periques and Orientals

 

[LongIslandPiper]

Btw the New (retro) McB Royal Twist fills this roll perfectly!

 

[Old Millwright]

DFK can also be added to Virginia/Periques and Orientals

I have a mixture of Virginia and DFK jarred and aging right now!!

 

[makhorkasmoker]

Not All Dark Fired Kentucky is from Kentucky. Or the US. There is a good deal of it made in Africa, and it is an entirely different beast that what get produced in The Bluegrass State.

I find this to be very true. Kendal Kentucky, for example, is completely different from c&d Kentucky dark fired.

 

[Old Millwright]

Not All Dark Fired Kentucky is from Kentucky. Or the US. There is a good deal of it made in Africa, and it is an entirely different beast that what get produced in The Bluegrass State.

What would you say is the biggest difference in US compared to African DFK?

 

[Hutch Piper]

Some of my favorite blends are VaPerKens (Virginia, Perique, Kentucky).

 

[Chasing Embers]

Not All Dark Fired Kentucky is from Kentucky. Or the US. There is a good deal of it made in Africa, and it is an entirely different beast that what get produced in The Bluegrass State.

Ours is primarily grown and sold for chewing tobacco.

 

[woodsroad]

Ours is primarily grown and sold for chewing tobacco.

Yes.
I bought 5 pounds off a Kentucky farmer some years back and he said his crop goes for chew.

 

[woodsroad]

What would you say is the biggest difference in US compared to African DFK?

Everything.
The leaf is different, and the wood used for smoking it is different. I like African Dark Fired, but it’s not Kentucky Dark Fired and really shouldn’t be sold or marketed as such. It’s not a lesser product, just different.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yes.
I bought 5 pounds off a Kentucky farmer some years back and he said his crop goes for chew.

I worked on a couple of the farms years ago as a kid. Got to see the whole process, fascinating stuff.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

What would you say is the biggest difference in US compared to African DFK?

For me the real Kentucky stuff tastes like it was smoked with the same woods they use to smoke ribs in the south. The African version reminds me of a campfire—in a good way. I find the African is smoother when smoked straight, but I enjoy smoking real Kentucky dark fired straight from time to time though it’s a bit rougher on my mouth.

 

[Old Millwright]

For me the real Kentucky stuff tastes like it was smoked with the same woods they use to smoke ribs in the south. The African version reminds me of a campfire—in a good way. I find the African is smoother when smoked straight, but I enjoy smoking real Kentucky dark fired straight from time to time though it’s a bit rougher on my mouth.

I've definitely picked up on that BBQ smell of the tobacco

 

[mingc]

Ours is primarily grown and sold for chewing tobacco.

Yes.
I bought 5 pounds off a Kentucky farmer some years back and he said his crop goes for chew.

I associate DFK with the smell of chew and spit cups from my time in Texas. After that, it was Drum rolling tobacco from the Netherlands. I was surprised they smell the same. I don't learn the name DFK until I got into pipe smoking and learned that it was a component of Mac Baren's HH Vintage Syrian.

I wonder if GH Kendal Kentucky is American or African DFK?

 

[FLDRD]

I wonder if GH Kendal Kentucky is American or African DFK?

Tobacco reviews lists it as 100% African.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

And how about Italian dark fired burley tobacco from Tuscany region?

 

[Uguccione]

@PaulTheScandinavian
Do you mean the one used for cigars?

 

[WerewolfOfLondon]

Solani silver is a great tobacco in this department. DFK and red virginia, straight ahead and delicious.