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JoeW

Lifer
Apr 1, 2024
1,340
12,166
Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA
Most days, 0-2. If time and circumstances permitted, I'd have 2 per day. Rarely I have 3 in a day, but I usually end up thinking that 2 would have been enough.

So far in 2025, I've averaged 0.68 bowls per day; however, I often have more than one bowl per session, for an average of 1.67 per session.
 

irishearl

Lifer
Aug 2, 2016
2,528
4,754
Kansas
The thing is... When do you guys have the time to smoke so many bowls?

Take me a minimum 30/40min to get through a bowl and that's feeling a little rushed. I can't imagine having the time for more than 1-2 bowls a day.

(I'm usually doing it when trolling the forums)
I'm retired. So, it's 12-16 bowls per day depending on the pipe. Also, it's only my magnums that take me upwards of 30 minutes to finish a bowl.
 

Gerald Boone

Starting to Get Obsessed
Nov 30, 2024
266
495
I'm like a lot of the people here that say how many bowls they smoke depends on the day. I basically smoke whenever I can and that changes a lot. On average I would say 8 bowls a day. I didn't start smoking until I was 62 years of age so I don't try to cut back at all. My tongue will occasionally make me quit for a while; yeah the tongue screams ya gotta listen.
 

Grimlineman

Might Stick Around
Nov 14, 2023
81
158
Georgia
A bowl a day maybe two on some days with a few days break every now and then. I smoke slow i guess takes me about an hour to finish a medium sized pipe and I like to just sit and relax when a smoke and dont have hours upon hours in my day to sit with my pipe.
 

bersekero

Can't Leave
Nov 29, 2023
365
791
Greece
Question for heavy smokers — say 6+ bowls a day. Do you still notice the flavor and aroma properly, or not really? When I smoke a lot, everything starts tasting almost the same after a point, and I can only pick up small differences.
 
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Sparcdude

Starting to Get Obsessed
Feb 9, 2023
114
445
New Hampshire
Question for heavy smokers — say 6+ bowls a day. Do you still notice the flavor and aroma properly, or not really? When I smoke a lot, everything starts tasting almost the same after a point, and I can only pick up small differences.
While my pallet isn’t the greatest, the tastes and aromas are discernible to me. I usually have something to drink during and between smokes. Could be water, scotch, or beer depending on my mood.

I think that “cleansing” your pallet between bowls helps. What beverages work is left as an exercise to the student!
 
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MartyA

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jan 5, 2024
163
552
75
Iowa
I like to go outside once a day with a dusty old book and two churchwarden pipes... One larger, one small.
In the cold of winter, I go without.
 

Sigmund

Lifer
Sep 17, 2023
4,375
45,627
France
Ive been playing more music lately so Ive been smoking less
It was two or three a day.
Lately its been one.

Today might be a two bowl day. I’m feeling lazy
 

Hillcrest

Lifer
Dec 3, 2021
4,872
27,634
Connecticut, USA
When do you guys have the time to smoke so many bowls?
Just an example: Early in the morning with coffee before the day begins, while driving between activities, at any outdoor activity where I can, late afternoon work breaks, early evening before or after dinner. You don't HAVE TO sit and smoke for 40 minutes straight (which is nice if you have the time), you can smoke for a few minutes and come back to the pipe when able. It should complement your needs not you complementing smoking. Just 2 cents. Do what's best for you.