Info On Fire-curing

[vilbertob]

I'm Sorry but I di not know where ask this question.... If you tell me I Will change thread.... Can you tell me if in the Forum there Is a section where I could read about Fire curing some leaves... If I wolud Fire-cure some Bright Virginia leaves how could I do that?
And.....Sorry if I write some stupid answer.... It could be easily possible....

 

[deluxestogie]

Latakia is fire-cured using different firing woods than traditional fire-curing, but the technique is pretty much the same. For "Kentucky" fire-cured, for example, oak and other hardwood slabs and sawdust are used. So my home-made chamber for making Latakia would be the same (unless you intend to use and entire shed).

Making Latakia at Home

Making Latakia at Home PART 1 (of 3) Background I have fire-cured various tobaccos in a trash can smoker (placed on top of a Brinkman smoker), using an assortment of woods: hickory, oak, maple, apple, etc. Each tobacco variety combined with each of the woods that I tried produced some...

fairtradetobacco.com

The requirement is simply a smoker (like you might use for smoking fish or ham) where the tobacco leaves can be exposed to the smoke without burning.

Simple fire-curing takes about 3 weeks of firing, though you can adjust the duration to the extent of smokiness you prefer. I would begin with fully color-cured leaf.

I used to have a full thread on that in the howtogrowtobacco.com forum (now dead, though an archival copy is still viewable), but I can't locate that thread in the archive.

Bob

 

[vilbertob]

Thank you Bob. Your answer Is already complete for me. That forum It Is not viewable for those who have not an account and I have not!!
I Will try to make a Little homemade smoker Chamber in my home balcony..... to fire-cure some Bright Virginia Leaves....

 

[deluxestogie]

One more spot to find a set of threads on Fire-curing:

Fire cured

Several techniques used at various stages of green, semi-color cured and fully cured leaf using hardwood fires to cure and or flavor whole leaf.

fairtradetobacco.com

Bob

 

[Radagast]

Quick side question for any experienced members:
Between the Latakia and KDF products with which you're familiar, what are the differences in flavour/nicotine etc. in your opinion?

 

[Charly]

If you have never, you should try to smoke both to compare.
I am not an expert in fire curing (I have never fire cured any leaf), but I can say :
- the flavor is not the same (more "incense" for latakia, more "camp fire" for dark fire)
- the nicotine is not the same (very light for latakia, strong for dark fire)

 

[Beren]

My experience has always been that Latakia is smokey tasting that is more like burning hardwoods, just tastes like rich smoke, while dark fired has a burning fall leaves kinda taste making it harsher.