Gurgling - What is the Culprit?

[cosmicfolklore]

“Combustion of an organic fuel in air is always exothermic because the double bond in O2 is much weaker than other double bonds or pairs of single bonds, and therefore the formation of the stronger bonds in the combustion products CO2 and  H2O results in the release of energy.[2]” ~ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combustion
I was a mediocre chemistry student, so it was actually from reading some posts by our resident tobacconist, Russ Ouellette, that I came across the combustion idea, and it was one of our H&C pipesmoking forum members who gave us the “pipe stem” as a condenser idea.
But, gurgling is mostly just a condensed droplet of water that gets trapped somewhere in the stem that sets and blocks the draft somewhere in the draft, otherwise the water has somewhere to move to that makes most pipes not gurgle, whether in the form of uncondenced steam or a better designed draft.

 

[yaddy306]

Sorry. CO2 and H2O as combustion products (complete combustion), not carbon, as I wrote.
Where's Ashdigger when you need him?

 

[slowroll]

There's tons of hydrogen in tobacco. Cellulose, for example, is C6H10O5, which gives ..

Forgot about cellulose hyodrogen

 

[foggymountain]

It is water released from the tobacco. Use a cleaner during the smoke a few times and it will not happen.

 

[warren]

I find that an unsmoked pipe never, ever gurgles. If I get a gurgle, it's only when I'm smoking. Ergo, in my experience, smoking causes the occasional gurgle.

 

[jpmcwjr]

True dat, warren.

In my opinion, all gurgling is caused by poor engineering. Like Cosmic stated above about Danish pipes, if the engineering is thought out and done properly, not even the wettest poorly packed tobacco will cause a gurgle

This is the biggest bit of unvarnished bullshit I've read this month. In other words, it is opposite of what is. Or was a smiley missing??

 

[workman]

I'm with Warren and jpmwnshrqs. As combustion does produce moisture, all pipes can gurgle.

 

[mnewb1]

As a new pipe smoker, I am unfamiliar with the term, slinging, to get rid of gurgle. I have a few pipes in which gurgle seems to happen more...I usually use a pipe cleaner which works very well, but what is slinging?

 

[warren]

Hold the bowl, hand over top of bowl and "sling" the pipe somewhat forcefully.

 

[warren]

Oh, best to sling it downwards so the juice goes into the carpet and not on the mother-in-law.

 

[mnewb1]

Ah, thank you

 

[rokerdepipe]

Sometimes in addition to using a pipe cleaner to wick away excess moisture, I gently 'tap' the bottom of the pipe on my knee a few times and this causes the condensation to settle or dissipate enough to get rid of the gurgle. I've never slung my pipe; that is new to me, sounds interesting.

 

[jpmcwjr]

It sounds uncouth! Beware of uncoot yoots! (ref: My Cousin Vinnie)
Seriously, if the tobacco is dry enough, gurgling and the urge to sling will not be there.