So, I love the flavor of my cigar NETs, but there was something lacking which I wanted to try to get - a bit more of that smoky flavor I love in burning cigars, hopefully enough to offset the sweetness you get from glycerin and PG. So I decided to try something I hadn’t seen before - toasting the stuff. I shredded a cigar that made a great NET, pulled out my old toaster oven, put the tobacco on some aluminum foil, and gave it a mild toast cycle.
I’ll report back on how it comes out, but I have a warning if anyone else finds this idea interesting - it will smell up your house. Quick. I didn’t burn anything, didn’t even toast it a huge amount, but the smell spread quickly and everywhere. Fortunately I had the foresight to do this outside of the kitchen, so I was (largely) able to contain the smell, and I’m airing out the room as I type this (and have been doing so for a couple of hours). But, if anyone else has the same idea, do it out on the porch. Even using the garage would stink things up. Now I see how Big tobacco was able to sell some people on “Heat not burn” products - even far short of those temperatures the smell just pours off of the stuff. No smoke whatsoever, but tons of heated tobacco scent.
I’ll report back on how it comes out, but I have a warning if anyone else finds this idea interesting - it will smell up your house. Quick. I didn’t burn anything, didn’t even toast it a huge amount, but the smell spread quickly and everywhere. Fortunately I had the foresight to do this outside of the kitchen, so I was (largely) able to contain the smell, and I’m airing out the room as I type this (and have been doing so for a couple of hours). But, if anyone else has the same idea, do it out on the porch. Even using the garage would stink things up. Now I see how Big tobacco was able to sell some people on “Heat not burn” products - even far short of those temperatures the smell just pours off of the stuff. No smoke whatsoever, but tons of heated tobacco scent.
