What's your favourite 3rd of the bowl?

[seamusjft]

If you split the bowl into 3 as its smoked, what's your favourite third?

Mine in the last 3rd. I like the kind of musky flavour. So much so I sip sip sip away to the end. Possibly a tobacco hand thing also, I've not sampled enough to know, but I also like the cigar type bitterness the final part of the pipe gives.

 

[crpntr1]

The middle third

 

[ghost]

Middle, that's when all is good for me.

 

[metarzan]

Usually middle, last, first but sometimes middle, first, last, but definitely middle 3rd FTW.

 

[undermidnight]

Yup.. middle 3rd is best for me. The first can be bad depending on the tobacco and/or my charring flame technique. The last tends to be good to.
Jason

 

[kris]

Honestly, it depends on what I'm smoking...and in which pipe.

 

[philip]

I prefer to divide my bowls into two parts.
If I'm clenching, I like the inside better. If I'm holding the pipe in my hand, I like the outside.

 

[pipeshark]

+1 to kris. I find some blends explode with taste in the middle, while others have a great start and go down from there. Rarely have I experienced a blend that would qualify as better in the last third. Based on my experience though I find that how, what, and in which pipe I smoke determines much of my experience. That is actually what I love most about this hobby.

 

[foggymountain]

The best part is a little below the top, down about 65% of the way.

 

[shawn]

Middle third.

 

[plet]

Middle third! Steady burn, best taste.

 

[instymp]

middle

 

[markw4mms]

It depends on the blend and the pipe, but most of the time it's the middle.

 

[guitarguy86]

Start of the middle.

 

[lasttango]

depends on which pipe and tob... but generally the middle...