Drying Tobacco (Expedited)

[peckinpahhombre]

Nothing original about this. I'm sure I'm not the only (impatient) one to use a light to dry overly wet tobacco in a rapid fashion. A few weeks ago I went to Hobby Lobby with the wife and they had these lamps on sale for $9.99. They are designed with a base that you put one of those yankee aromatic candles on, and the heat from the light melts the candle. As it turns out, this is perfect for drying tobacco. The only thing is you really have to watch it, because it dries it out in no time, Things can get too crispy very quickly unless you're careful.

 

[eazye77]

Cool. Have you ever tried the oven on a cookie sheet?

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Never have. Have seen those threads though.

 

[eazye77]

Yes. Especially about aging the fvf. It didn't dry it out due to it being in the tin, but it did "age" it well. Tasted even better!

 

[numbersix]

Thanks peckinpahhombre. Fortunately for me, most of the tobacco I smoke dries out well enough in 30 mins (the air in VT is fairly dry), but there's a few that this method should work very well with.

 

[matchstickman]

This is exactly the same thing that I do with a desk lamp using a 40W bulb for those tough to dry blends (the ones that take more than a few hours to dry out when the tin is left open), and I find that using the bulb for 15-20 minutes works really well for getting the moist aromatics, moist krumble kakes, and OTC blends right where I like them.

 

[topd]

Great tip! Headed to Texarkana soon (there's a Hobby Lobby there) will pick one up....