How Long Does Your Bowl Last

[ukbob]

Depending on the type of tobacco usually between 45 mins - 90 mins.

 

[artificialme]

Medium sized bowl will last about an hour with ribbon cut or up to 90 min with a folded flake. I usually dump a little tobacco when I empty the bowl. I don't like the hot mess at the bottom.

I'll second that :puffpipe:

 

[cortezattic]

They should invent some sort of contest to see who can go the longest time on a bowlful of tobacco.

 

[Civil War]

About 45 minutes to 1.5 hours.

 

[winton]

My last bowl, yesterday, lasted way longer than I wanted it to! It was around 40 degrees and the heater in my garage stopped working.

 

[derekflint]

My times include relights and letting the bowl cool down if necessary....

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have rarely ever smoked a pipe in less than an hour. That's just the minimum I set aside for smoking, even my smallest pipes. Sometimes my smaller pipes will smoke for a lot longer than my larger ones. YMMV

Variables...

 

[crashthegrey]

Some of these guys need to sign up for a slow smoke.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

My problem with the slow smoking contests is that they usually use 1Q. And, I'm sure these two hour smokers relight their pipes occasionally.

 

[madox07]

Well ... I guess you folks are the only ones that understand what I mean when I would say "I hardly have time for smoking now days". A friend of mine the other day asked me about my pipe habit, and I told him just that. He was very puzzled, him being a solely cigarette smoking, "how come you do not have time to smoke". Because it takes at least an hour for me to properly enjoy a pipe ... I keep around a few smaller bowls for a smoke on the go, but it's just not the same.

 

[jpmcwjr]

With a group 4 chamber, a folded flake, breath smoking and a couple of relights, it's very possible. I've never seen anyone smoke a pipe without a relight or two.

Then you haven't been in or viewed a slow smoking contest!
I have found I've completed a few bowls without relights, not on purpose; just happened. But under an hour.
I'd still like to see anyone make a bowl last two hours, though re-lights throw it into the grey zone.

 

[virginialover]

I realized that, for some reason, I pace myself better with Latakia and Burley/Kentucky mixtures, usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours. I smoke Virginias much faster in general 30 to 45 minutes.

 

[cigrmaster]

I always have at least a couple of re lights when smoking. I am always either reading a book or looking at the computer and my pipe will go out because I space. A folded and stuffed or cube cut flake or plug lasts me much longer than any other cut of tobacco. If I want a 3 hour smoke I will load up one of my group 6 or ODA sized pipes with flake or plug.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Then you haven't been in or viewed a slow smoking contest!

Why would someone compete in something that is supposed to be relaxing? :crazy:

 

[pappymac]

I agree that there are too many variables for timing a daily smoke. However, at the most recent long smoke competition I took part in - everyone smoked their own pipe and was given 2 grams of Red Cake - my smoke lasted 59 minutes. This was with a two match light with tamping allowed. My record is 1 hr., 27 minutes and change.
Sitting around the house this weekend, I decided to see if I could better the most recent time. I weighed and loaded 2 grams of Red Rapparee into the same pipe I smoked for the competition. Used two matches and smoked it for 1 hr. 15 minutes and 37 seconds.

 

[james72]

I must be doing it wrong, but a medium-sized bowl lasts me about 30 to 45 minutes.

 

[crashthegrey]

Cosmic, the northeast one at the Kaywoodie holiday party always uses an English blend. No aromatics at all. Much more pleasant. And yes, I believe they relight quite a bit.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Crash, a slow smoking contest allows them to relight as many times as needed? Really? That sort of defeats the idea.
James72, the only time I ever smoked my pipe in 30 minutes, I ended up burning the heck out of my tongue and mouth.

 

[crashthegrey]

Sorry for the confusion. The two hour smokers here probably relight. There are zero relights in a slow smoke. I was just saying the tobacco is better at the one that I attend. Slow smokes are a lot of fun, but I would like to see more people who smoke for hours a pipe do these. I think they spend a lot of time unlit without realizing it.

 

[workman]

Dense flakes such as Samuel Gawith flakes or Peterson's Irish Flake take forever to smoke. PPP maybe even longer. The slowest burning tobacco in my rotation is 1792 flake. I smoke it in a dedicated pipe, a Stanwell 63 shape. It is a dublin freehand shape and I guess it is a size 5, but these sizes are variable, so I'm not sure. I rarely finish a bowl of 1792 in less than 3 hours. Lots of relights, though.

My pipe for englishes is a diplomat, maybe a size 3, and a bowl of Nightcap lasts 1 to 1,5 hours. It's not like I try to drag my smokes out or anything. It's just the tobaccos I like the most are like this. And they can't be smoked faster, cause it turns them harsh, destroys the tongue and in the long run probably the pipe too.