What Is Your Slowest Smoking Tobacco?

[TheWhale13]

The slowest smoking tobacco that I've ever smoked was a bowl of Saint James Flake, which rubbed out lasted more than 80 minutes, while my ordinary rubbed out bowls usually last less than an hour. I'm looking for more delicious slow smoking tobaccos, so: What is your slowest smoking tobacco?

 

[visualmemory]

Isn't that the more compressed tobacco the longer it smokes? Have you tried some plugs or twists? I like my tobacco just like my... excuse me. I like my tobacco chunky not rubbed out and it smokes quite long...

 

[TheWhale13]

Isn't that the more compressed tobacco the longer it smokes? Have you tried some plugs or twists? I like my tobacco just like my... excuse me. I like my tobacco chunky not rubbed out and it smokes quite long...

I've never tried a plug or twist. Maybe there is something with how compressed it is, but some tobaccos just burn faster or slower. Even my fold and stuffs don't last as long as the Saint James Flake did.

 

[NomadOrb]

Any true flake, using the fold and stuff, lasts at least an hour, often more.

 

[visualmemory]

I found it easier to stuff bowl with folded flake than with ready rubbed. Even If you push it very hard there are always enough air pockets to keep it lit.

 

[ray47]

McClelland 5100 Red Cake.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

Burley is known for burning slow and cool, I guess because of lower sugar content (?) I rarely smoke flakes or plugs but if I was looking for a slow burner I’d experiment with uncased or lightly cased burley flakes. I get fairly long smokes even out of burley ribbon cut

 

[ThermionicScott]

I've never tried a plug or twist. Maybe there is something with how compressed it is, but some tobaccos just burn faster or slower. Even my fold and stuffs don't last as long as the Saint James Flake did.

All those relights add to the wall time, amirite?

 

[mso489]

Ironically, I discovered this when I was trying to catch a quick smoke during an intermission at a Bluegrass concert, smoking PS Luxury Navy Flake in an extra small MM cob. Suddenly I discovered the bowl was going to go for about an hour. I snuffed it and finished it later.

In general, I don't pay much attention to how long a bowl lasts. I like to go into a sort of timeless zone smoking a pipe where nothing happens quickly and nothing happens slowly, the eternal present. Maybe not quite that mystical, but yes.

 

[visualmemory]

I've got no experience with cube cut but maybe that smokes slow. If you look at it this way it's like burning a whole bunch of mini plugs

 

[TheWhale13]

All those relights add to the wall time, amirite?

Very true

Ironically, I discovered this when I was trying to catch a quick smoke during an intermission at a Bluegrass concert, smoking PS Luxury Navy Flake in an extra small MM cob. Suddenly I discovered the bowl was going to go for about an hour. I snuffed it and finished it later.

In general, I don't pay much attention to how long a bowl lasts. I like to go into a sort of timeless zone smoking a pipe where nothing happens quickly and nothing happens slowly, the eternal present. Maybe not quite that mystical, but yes.

What a wonderful feeling that would be. I really should not worry about this, but there is something special about being able to nurse a bowl over a really long period.

 

[prairiedruid]

GLP Triple Play is a great slow smoke.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

I don't know if variance in blends matter as much as how you're drying and packing your bowls.

 

[verporchting]

1792 Flake - I’ve been trying to keep it lit since 1987 with varying degrees of combustion; I hope to finish the bowl before I retire.

 

[romaso]

Stokkebye Cube Cut, though it smokes faster if you can get it lit...

 

[bullet08]

80 min isn't all that long. Good time, I'm sure. But you can drag it out. How long I smoke depends on how I feel and how the tobacco is prepared. Flakes fold and stuffed usually last longer than ribbon cut. Shag cut usually burns up pretty fast compared to others. Plug, rope and twist, you'll have to slice which in turn sort of like flakes/coins. Cakes can be crumbled and they do last good length for me. Rolled cakes are more like coins. Stack, fold and stuff.

 

[tmcg81]

Fold and stuff some MacBaren HH Burley Flake and I'm looking at an hour and a half of smoke. Minimum. And I suspect I smoke faster than most.

 

[kcghost]

I'd say the black twist. Seems like it lasted better than two hours in size 4 bowl.

 

[Grangerous]

I don't know if variance in blends matter as much as how you're drying and packing your bowls.

THIS

 

[vosBghos]

1792 Flake - I’ve been trying to keep it lit since 1987 with varying degrees of combustion; I hope to finish the bowl before I retire.

True though , and Warhorse bar I wonder if it's the Tonquin...bowls of both last what seem like whole afternoons