Whats Your Hookah Set Up Procedure?

[TheShishaDoctor]

Hey guys, I'm just a bit curious what your guys' routine for setting up a hookah session? Here' my procedure:

1) Empty out old water, and clean out phunnel.
2) Place hookah stem under running cold water.
3) Place 2 coals on the stove.
4) Add ice and water to base.
5) Pack tobacco into bowl.
6) Foil bowl. Poke holes.
7) Assemble stem, base, tray and bowl.
8) Place coals on top. Smoke away.

I do all these steps on my own if I'm smoking alone, if my roommate is with me, he'll normally do #3 and #4 (we call it "ice duty")

What do you guys normally do? Do you ever break up tasks between friends (like "ice duty"?)

[annual]

1) Empty out old water, and clean out phunnel.
2) Place hookah stem under running cold water.
3) Place 3 coals on the stove.
4) Add ice and water to base.
5) Pack tobacco into bowl.
6) Foil bowl. Poke holes.
7) Assemble stem, base, tray and bowl.
8) Place coals on top. Smoke away.
9) Grab a water.

[Scoop]

i clean my stuff after each smoke so:

start coal on stove
pack a bowl
foil it, poke holes
fill warm water in jar
assemble
get coal and smoke

[Sherwood]

1) Yell at wife to start Narghile
2) ...
3) Smoke.

[TheShishaDoctor]

1) Yell at wife to start Narghile
2) ...
3) Smoke.

Damn you just made me jealous

[FamiliarJoe]

1) Yell at wife to start Narghile
2) ...
3) Smoke.

Damn you just made me jealous

Seriously..

even though I sometimes do that to my friends as well im terrible.

[Thermo]

1. Fill base with hot water
2. Screw downstem to main stem, assemble
3. start coals
4. Pack bowl
5. Smoke

{
a. smoke
b. smoke more
c. more smoking
d. dress up like a clown and smoke more
e. take sexy-clown pictures of self smoking
f. plot to overthrow the Falklands
g. smoke more
}


6. remove last coal pieces
7. Let bowl cool
8. Empty out tray into yard when cool.
9. throw away foil and used baccy
10. go to sink and scrub bowl with brush
11. Run brishes through stem, brush out vase
12. rinse hose
13 hang hose.

[hookah hippie]

depends usually though its

put 3 coals on stove
empty out a bowl if I can't find one that is empty
choose a hookah
fill it with water and ice
refill ice tray
pack bowl
poke holes
find a hose from the wall o hoses
put bowl on hookah
put coals on bowl
if necessary grab super large windcover

[Arcane]

since i'm using CH QLs atm, it goes like this:

fill vase with water
assemble hookah
pack/foil bowl
place bowl on top
plug in hose
light 3 CH QLs
smoke

with my canarys:
fill vase with water
assemble hookah
pack/foil bowl
place bowl on top
place 3 coals on burner
plug in hose
wait a few minutes
coals on top
smoke

[mustang_steve]

I dump the vase when changing flavors or every other day, so here's the procedure not counting that.

1) remove old bowl/grommet
2) clean old bolw/grommet in sink, set in rack to dry
3) grab dry bowl and grommet
4) go to living room, pack bowl on top of chest of drawers
5) foil bowl
6) punch holes
7) place bowl/grommet on hookah
8) sit down on couch
9) set coals on the single-coil burner to my left
10) wait until started
11) place coals on bowl
12) add windcover if needed
13) enjoy!

[FamiliarJoe]

I have a feeling this thread is going to get quiet repetitive.

[liquidglass]

Personally I....


1) Empty the base and put a solution or hot water in it to clean and set it aside
2) Use vinager, lemon juice, and sometimes my gun cleaning brush
3) Then I rinse the hookah stem out
4) roll up a paper towel and put it into the stem and push it through with a dowel rod to dry it and clean a bit more (does an impressive job)
5) rinse out the base, and fill up with water
6) put coals on to light
7) assemble hookah
8) clean phunnel and pack
9) Put the coals on


That's if I'm smoking alone


If I'm with friends I have one or two I let help me and most of them consider it an honor when I do.

They do the job of

Cutting coals,
maintaining coals throughout
and occasionally I let them pack a bowl or clean my hookah (the two I trust that I've taught)

[Bookworm]

1) stand around uselessly deciding what flavor(s) to smoke
2) pull out the tub(s) of shisha that I want to use
3) Change water if I'm not feelin too lazy
4) Check for Justin or Scotty.
if Justin != here && Scotty != here
goto lightcoals();
else
goto packbowl();
5) (also known as packbowl(); )
pack bowl
6) punch holes
7) go outside
8) if coallight == 0
goto lightcoals();
9)SMOKE

[ryno]

Put coals on
Clean hookah-if needed
Pack bowl
foil it
poke holes
wait for coals
place coals on
smoke and enjoy

[mjdx88]

Pack bowl
Foil
test air flow
Add Water to base
Put everything together
Put coals on burner
move everything outside
smoke

[Sonthert]

When a hookah is done, I put it in the back. The next day, I clean it, rinse the bowl, empty out the water, rinse the jar and the main tube and hose port.

So, on the night,

1) Start charcoal
2) Pull tobacco
3) pack bowl
4) huck fork into sink
5) Put bowl on counter, get hookah appropriate for flavor being smoked.
6) Pull shank off of jar
7) Start water filling in jar.
8) Rinse and brush main tube while water is filling in jar.
9) Replace Shank
10) Check water level
11) Put bowl on hookah
12) Put tongs on hose port
13) Put extra coals on tray
14) Get appropriate hose.
15) pull head piece from hose
16) rinse and brush head piece
17)blow head piece dry
18)Replace headpiece
19) Check draw of hose
20) Put hose on hookah
21) Check draw of setup
22) Blow check vent
23) Charcoal should be ready by now, if not, wait until they are.
24) One by one, Flip charcoal, scrape lit end on burner to remove silver coating.
25) Place desilvered side down charcoals on bowl.
26) Test hit.
27) Maintain until bowl evens out
28) Serve

[annual]

Eric if you don't mind me asking what hoses do you use at your lounge?
One's that can be cleaned I take it.

[Sonthert]

No, a good hose doesn't need to be cleaned. A three piece leather hose with a metal cased headpiece will need periodic cleaning, but it can be removed and cleaned separately.

I was using KM plain Jane three-piece leather hoses, but I swung a deal with George and refit them all with Thamesh leather hoses...seem 15% better than KMs and they're 7% cheaper.

Some of the leather hoses I replaced date back to when Indo-European was wholesaling hookah stuff...seven years old. Still never rusted. Another advantage of smoking low-water content tobacco. Your hoses don't rust.

[beachkidcb]

When a hookah is done, I put it in the back. The next day, I clean it, rinse the bowl, empty out the water, rinse the jar and the main tube and hose port.

So, on the night,

1) Start charcoal
2) Pull tobacco
3) pack bowl
4) huck fork into sink
5) Put bowl on counter, get hookah appropriate for flavor being smoked.
6) Pull shank off of jar
7) Start water filling in jar.
8) Rinse and brush main tube while water is filling in jar.
9) Replace Shank
10) Check water level
11) Put bowl on hookah
12) Put tongs on hose port
13) Put extra coals on tray
14) Get appropriate hose.
15) pull head piece from hose
16) rinse and brush head piece
17)blow head piece dry
18)Replace headpiece
19) Check draw of hose
20) Put hose on hookah
21) Check draw of setup
22) Blow check vent
23) Charcoal should be ready by now, if not, wait until they are.
24) One by one, Flip charcoal, scrape lit end on burner to remove silver coating.
25) Place desilvered side down charcoals on bowl.
26) Test hit.
27) Maintain until bowl evens out
28) Serve

LOL i hate to see his step by step for something complicated, like foreplay....

'damn it! i missed step 17 , no wonder why shes not satisfied, but hey i got outta cuddling.'