Gallery of Homemade Tobacco Kilns

[deluxestogie]

I've been asked to post photos of my kilns. Déjà vu.

Cozy Can. This serves as either a flue-curing chamber or a kiln.

The full Cozy Can thread: http://fairtradetobacco.com/showthread.php?1094-deluxestogie-s-Trash-Can-Cozy-Flue-cure-Chamber

My first kiln, built several years ago, is the Baby Crock Pot Kiln, made from an old wooden toolbox. The details were posted on HTGT, and I won't re-post them here.

Like the Cozy Can, this also uses a 2 quart Crock Pot. The water heater thermostat is mounted in a square hole cut through the side of the toolbox, and covered with the small brown cigar box.

The full Baby Crock Pot Kiln thread: http://www.howtogrowtobacco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4116

If others who have rigged up a kiln will post a single photo of it here, together with a link to their discussion of it (hopefully in a separate thread), then this thread can serve as a catalog of kiln possibilities.

Bob

 

[johnlee1933]

Can do. Here's mine. An old freezer, gutted, with a 150 watt crock pot and Ranco temp controller (mounted in side the garage).
John

 

[Jack in NB]

Another kiln. 4 x 4 x 8 ft high. Holds the leaf from 130 - 150 plants.



There is a detailed description on the HTGT site, in the user gallery page 2, under my name.

 

[Chicken]

good thread i dea,

'' one'' can look at a lot of home-made kilns in one thread,

my kiln is built by, boarding up / framing the back side of a camper,

>it's 6 foot tall x 5 ft. wide x 6 ft long,

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//it looked like this when it was smaller, [ my first year using a kiln ]

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...i framed it all in, and used '' street sign's '' to hold in the heat and moisture, and used silicone to seal it all up.

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> this is what it currentlly looks like all framed in with a door,

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//heres a walk thru video of my kiln, / my hanging area/ and the setup of my kiln,

>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bykOo0Bduh0&feature=g-all-u

 

[Boboro]

I'll have to take a new pic. the old ones do,nt work no mo'. Mines nasty.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Here's my little experimental kiln. The tobacco goes into glass jars so there's no need for a crock pot or other water supply. This will hold 3-1/2 gallon and 3-quart jars. I plan to use it to sample new varieties. My big kiln might get mothballed as I have enough tobacco to last several years allowing me to sweat the new stuff. By the way, you can stuff at least 12 leaves into a quart jar.



Randy B

Edit: Good topic Bob!

 

[BarG]

Refridgerator kiln. 1st day of operation, today, With crock pot and water heater thermostat.

2.5 gallon ziplocks with some of each variety grown this year.

 

[Boboro]

Old upright freezer with 2'' foam on outside. Crock pot and 150 watt bulb for heat and humity Water heater thermastat and coumputer fan.