Burning issue

beatnic

I've noticed different burn patterns. Somehave mounds of ember yet some are concave. just had one where the filler was 1/2 inch deeper than the wrapper Does anyone have any good scientic explaination. Is it construction, different moisture? Different leafs? How should a proper burn look?

The Sniper

The3Stogies

Noticed that too, some I have to smoke a little quicker to get an even burn. Does the size of the ash, or when you ash, have any effect?

bigharpoon

It also has to do with what part of the plant the wrapper and binder are made of. Ligero leaves burn much slower and are usually in the center of the filler bunch, that's why you usually get a cone shaped burn because the center ligero leaves are burning slower. The lower primings burn much easier and evenly. If the wrapper is ligero, or a higher priming, that will burn slower too. Fuller bodied cigars with lots of ligero are much harder to get to burn correctly and need lots of extra fermentation and aging.

docbp87

bigharpoon:

It also has to do with what part of the plant the wrapper and binder are made of. Ligero leaves burn much slower and are usually in the center of the filler bunch, that's why you usually get a cone shaped burn because the center ligero leaves are burning slower. The lower primings burn much easier and evenly. If the wrapper is ligero, or a higher priming, that will burn slower too. Fuller bodied cigars with lots of ligero are much harder to get to burn correctly and need lots of extra fermentation and aging.

Kind of true. If your cigars are stored properly, and you are smoking them at the proper pace, then the "cone" isn't going to happen. Cigars are blended with seco and viso in large part for combustion, so unless you are smoking a cigar that is all ligero (which in my opinion is one of the problems with gimmicky crap like Cain and the punisher and whatever else) the burn isn't going to be an issue of blend.

beatnic

kuzi16

beatnic

Thanks for the input guys.

madurofan

beatnic

Tunneling. Thats what it was doing and i did see a hot spot on the side. I wasnt smong fast but did have to draw hard to get it burning. Live and learn. Still like the stick.

docbp87

madurofan

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dwayne3307