Reusable Coals?

[fcbayern]

I was smoking this weekend, and I was thinking about something that could be reused instead of burning coals (yes I drive a prius).
What if you took a piece of clay brick, about the size of a hookah coal, and heated it up. Then set it on your bowl. When it cools off you can just reheat it, or have some more already hot, on standby..

The only issue I can see is the amount of heat it would take to get the clay brick hot enough. Do you guys think this could be done?
Very interested to hear your oppinions, and if anyone has tried this before..

[Canon]

it would cool too quickly to be effective.

though there are reusable coals out there, they are called coconaras. they arent intended to go out but more often then not that is the case.

[evilded777]

I dunno about the reusable part of coco's, but the important thing with them for the eco-conscious is that they are a renewable resource.

[Zinite]

I was smoking this weekend, and I was thinking about something that could be reused instead of burning coals (yes I drive a prius).
What if you took a piece of clay brick, about the size of a hookah coal, and heated it up. Then set it on your bowl. When it cools off you can just reheat it, or have some more already hot, on standby..

The only issue I can see is the amount of heat it would take to get the clay brick hot enough. Do you guys think this could be done?
Very interested to hear your oppinions, and if anyone has tried this before..

Check the DIY forum. Someone tried small stones and clay pieces. They said it tasted like rocks/dirt (surprise) and went out in a matter of minutes.

[Vladimir]

I was smoking this weekend, and I was thinking about something that could be reused instead of burning coals (yes I drive a prius).
What if you took a piece of clay brick, about the size of a hookah coal, and heated it up. Then set it on your bowl. When it cools off you can just reheat it, or have some more already hot, on standby..

The only issue I can see is the amount of heat it would take to get the clay brick hot enough. Do you guys think this could be done?
Very interested to hear your oppinions, and if anyone has tried this before..

The energy consumed to heat such an item would far outweigh the environmental benefits of reusing coals.

[Sherwood]

.. and went out in a matter of minutes.

And therein lies the rub.

The immense amount of energy you use to heat the stones is essentially wasted. The brick would actually be less environmentally friendly, AND would result in a worse smoke.

Coconut coals, like naras, are made from a renewable resource.

Heat requires the consumption of fuel at some stage. If you use a brick, you're just consuming coal at the power plant for your electric burner.

[Bye bye now have fun]

reheating a brick will actually use more energy then lighting a coal and letting it burn. also coals get hot when you inhale vs those dont

[Sonthert]

I dunno about the reusable part of coco's, but the important thing with them for the eco-conscious is that they are a renewable resource.

So are the regular trees that regular charcoals are made of.

[MechAnt]

If the coals are dense enough it could work. Many of you won't know but Smiley coconut coals were able to be dumped into water and reused.... supposedly

[jayeee07]

I'm getting sick of this "green" movement

[Bye bye now have fun]

"the only thing green is the color of their money"

[chinamon]

any charcoal is reusable as long as it is extinguished properly by no giving it any oxygen until it goes out.

[antouwan]

for cocos and johns naturals and pretty much any other coconut coal you can just douse it in water, wait a couple minutes for it to dry and then relight the sucker anytime after that. i know it isn't exactly what you were talking about, but it seems like a great way to cut back on coal consumption and an even better way to conserve energy than constantly lighting bricks....

...no hard feelings

p.s. sorry about barca Edited April 15, 2009 by antouwan

[Victim026]

If the coals are dense enough it could work. Many of you won't know but Smiley coconut coals were able to be dumped into water and reused.... supposedly

No those coals were filled with all sorts of fail when it came to that.... None of the coals in the 2-3 bags I had would relight....

[Kathrynx]

The only thing I have ever considered for this were the "lava rocks" that you can find in the bbq section of the store. Canon and I picked them up, talked about the possibilities, then saw those words..."Not for consumption, will cause cancer." Of course we know smoking isn't good for you in that aspect either, but we didn't want to put another cancerous product on our shisha to heat it. Although these could be re-used easily...

[inino]

you will burn your shisha for a few minutes, then get really bad smoke.