Just as an update, I started to wipe out the ash the next day after shaking it up in the bowl to help with cake building. I was finding that it was leading to an "ash" taste while smoking the next turn. After gently wiping out the ash I noticed my bowl smelled sweet and still had cake forming. So I think this is what I will be doing from now on, smoking it to white ash, shaking it up, dumping out the excess, and let it sit a day to form cake then wipe out the ash gently. I hope this works fine
Since I've been breaking in my Wellington with VT Meat Candy, it has an amazing maple bacon scent to the bowl. I'm sure that will make any tobacco taste so much better :rofl: