What Do You Use for a 5-Minute Smoking Break

[stevecourtright]

Maybe because I have a touch of ADD, but I rarely smoke (in a typical sized pipe) an entire bowl of tobacco. So, when you only have time for a quick break, or sit there puffing away (I know this is contrary to the practice) thinking of other things to do, do you just fill halfway or use a small chamber pipe?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Maybe because I have a touch of ADD, but I rarely smoke (in a typical sized pipe) an entire bowl of tobacco. So, when you only have time for a quick break, or sit there puffing away (I know this is contrary to the practice) thinking of other things to do, do you just fill halfway or use a small chamber pipe?

I just smoke part of a pipe then and the rest of it later. None of mine have a chamber depth smaller than 2 inches.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

If I only have five minutes I don’t bother.
Though there are some blends that I like in small doses, because they get boring or cloying to me after a while, like Half & Half, Maltese Falcon, and a few others. I just load up a smaller pipe or only fill it partially full. I don’t keep cake in my pipe, so I don’t worry about uneven cake buildup in a partially filled pipe.

 

[mithridate]

Thirty minutes is bare minimum for me to smoke a pipe. Still, if I really needed a smoke, and had very limited time, I'd go for my MM Ozark Mini or MM Huck Finn, both of which are suitably small pipes. Still, five minutes... I still have more to learn than I imagined, and I... I have rather vivid imagination.

 

[captainsousie]

At that point, I usually choose not to smoke. If I don't have the time or inclination for a full smoke, I usually will leave it for another time.

 

[Mtlpiper]

I find old fashioned shag blends like G&H's Dark Birdseye work well in small bowls. It's suitably strong that 5 minutes is plenty, and you can resume it later when you have time...

But I also don't do 5 minute smokes often.

 

[LotusEater]

I smoke a cigarette which is a terrible idea

 

[STP]

I wouldn’t even light a pipe if I didn’t have an hour+ of time. I smoke to relax and enjoy the experience, however, I certainly understand those wanting to smoke a bowl in increments based on time restraints. If so, then how about Orlik Golden Slice, Presbyterian, or even Capstan Flake Blue?

 

[craig61a]

Fire up a nail...

 

[The Clay King]

I can't make a clay bowl of baccy last more than a few minutes...

 

[fightnhampster]

At that point, I usually choose not to smoke. If I don't have the time or inclination for a full smoke, I usually will leave it for another time.

+1

 

[mso489]

Incremental pipe smoking is about all I do except on somewhat rare occasions. I often begin a bowl one evening and finish it off the next afternoon. Often the taste and burn characteristics improve with a little extra drying. Remember that flake, coin, rope, and plug always burn longer, so you can get more incremental smokes out of those, or you can get an extended smoke out of a smaller bowl pipe. Perhaps those cuts, even once rubbed out, retain a little more moisture, and the pieces are slightly thicker.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Full bowl, any size pipe. Put it down after five minutes; pick it up an hour or a day later. No problems unless the tobacco is soggy.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I smoke a cigarette which is a terrible idea

I often do.

 

[mikebjrtx]

My five minute smoke breaks are mostly unintentional. They do happen though. I just light it back up when I get a chance. If it tastes stale and doesn't clean up in a couple puffs, I just start over.

 

[ray47]

Before I retired I'd usually light a cigarette or smoke a small cob or a Falcon with a bantam bowl loaded with 5 Brothers. Now that I'm retired I don't have that problem.

 

[timelord]

My five minute smoke breaks are mostly unintentional. They do happen though. I just light it back up when I get a chance. If it tastes stale and doesn't clean up in a couple puffs, I just start over.

This. I'll light a pipe between ordering and collecting a lunchtime takeaway from the restaurant next door; in theory this should be 15-20 minutes but occasionally they surprise me and it's less than 10. in which case; tamp down the pipe; hold the palm of my hand over the bowl to starve it of oxygen and relight it some time later that day.

 

[sandollars]

If I can't be uninterrupted for at least an hour I will not pack a bowl. Sometimes days go by before I get that hour because I prefer it to be more like 90 minutes.

Smoking a pipe to me is about relaxing and contemplation, not getting a fix.

 

[bullet08]

5 minutes? That would give me few moments to open and sniff a jar or two.

 

[F4RM3R]

5 min is pretty short, but a small cob with some fine cut tobacco would work well. I occasionally will have a 10-15 min smoke, just pack it looser in my legend/pride cob or falcon with some fine ribbon cut Kentucky or something strong.