Is this an aging accelerator?

[larryccf]

Just came across this on "tobacco and machines's " web http://www.tobaccoandmachines.com/index.php?s=produkt&id=135

it apparently maintains a 131 degree (F) temp. Is that the temp you guys use to cure the tobacco?

 

[deluxestogie]

Re: ?? Is this an aging accelerator?

That looks like an overpriced sou vide food cooker. It would work, but would not be capable of accommodating whole leaf or tied hands, without compacting it.

I use this: http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads...oskeletal-Wood-Tobacco-Kiln-Flue-cure-chamber, (total cost ~$180) and run it at a max of 125ºF. Some folks stay below that temp.

Bob

 

[larryccf]

Re: ?? Is this an aging accelerator?

so then that's for curing tobacco? - i had assumed, not sure why though, that curing involved much higher temps

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Re: ?? Is this an aging accelerator?

It is not for curing. It is for kilning (aka fermenting).

 

[larryccf]

Re: ?? Is this an aging accelerator?

Is this then, a "maturing" accelarator? what's the effect of kilning the lemon virginia WLT sells?

 

[Jitterbugdude]

Re: ?? Is this an aging accelerator?

When you take green leaf and hang it up to dry it is called curing. If you take cured leaf and heat to about 120F with high humidity it is called kilning. The kiln process just speeds up the natural aging process of already cured leaf. You don't need to kiln leaf. You can just let it naturally age for a year or two. With a kiln you can speed up the process considerably (4 weeks is typical).

WLT's Lemon and other flue cured varieties do not require any kilning as they are already heat treated way above what a kiln would provide. Flue cured is aged before it is sold. If you were growing your own and flue curing, there might be an advantage to using a kiln.

 

[larryccf]

thanks