Wood Stove Cavendish.

[Levi Gross]

A simple method for making cavendish on top of your wood burning stove.
1. Place your desired tobacco in your jar.
(mine was a blend of many different types)
2. Add water and seal your jar.
3. Let it cook.
The amount of time depends on how hot the stove is and your desired taste. Mine went for about 12 hours until the misses got the stove to hot. Results will vary based on user experience. Here’s a before and after shot.
This turned out to be a pretty good idea for me, considering it came upon me in the middle of the night. LOL.

 

[deluxestogie]

Added to the Index of Key Forum Threads.

Bob

 

[Radagast]

A simple method for making cavendish on top of your wood burning stove.
1. Place your desired tobacco in your jar.
(mine was a blend of many different types)
2. Add water and seal your jar.
3. Let it cook.
The amount of time depends on how hot the stove is and your desired taste. Mine went for about 12 hours until the misses got the stove to hot. Results will vary based on user experience. Here’s a before and after shot.
This turned out to be a pretty good idea for me, considering it came upon me in the middle of the night. LOL.

Cool, I'm glad the jar didn't crack for you. I tried something similar with a fermentation vessel on a glass top stove once. It cracked. Huge mess.

 

[Levi Gross]

It worked well. The surface area of the stove top and amount of heat coming off around the jar eased my worries. As a precaution, one could set a metal coffee can or other similar metal container over the jar to create a stable atmosphere around the vessel. I usually run my wood stove Between 300 - 400°F

 

[Levi Gross]

 

[Radagast]

That purpleish colour of metal that's been so hot so many times..

 

[deluxestogie]

Wow! A large coffee can made of metal! That's a rare item these days.

Bob

 

[Levi Gross]

Indeed Gentlemen Indeed.

 

[Levi Gross]

 

[Radagast]

I bet that anvil sinks a good bit of heat..

 

[3437]

Were the leaves cured & aged when you started it?

Or it must be done that way.You can't use just a colour cured leaf (without it being aged)?

 

[Levi Gross]

Were the leaves cured & aged when you started it?

Or it must be done that way.You can't use just a colour cured leaf (without it being aged)?

Yes, all of the tobacco that was used had at least a year if not longer of age. With the exception of the Flue Cured Virginia from WLT. I’m not sure what crop year it was but it did not seem to have an overly raw aspect to it.
You can use anything you like as long as it’s not green etc. The process is fairly forgiving. Remember though with very few exceptions that bad tobacco can hardly ever be made good.