Tom Cococha Coals, How Many?

[Namenone]

So i just recieved my tom cococha coals and they look quite big. nearly double the size of a Coconara, im thinking of cutting them in half as someone suggeted,

does any one have any idea of how i should cut it to put on my egyption head? which hs about a 6cm diamater.

Also i have a Jet glass phunnel and was wondering how many i should put on there?

Any ideas would be great, i will experiment too!:D

[4d1ct3d]

The cocochas you got are yellow or red label?

I've got cocochas yellow label, which are like taller coconaras. In a cube shape. If the ones you got are like these you should use 2 of them.

If you got the red label, the coals should be longer. You should break a coal in two and use the two pieces simultanously.

[Namenone]

ow can i tell which label? as in the writing?

[4d1ct3d]

yeah, does it say cococha in yellow or red?

[Namenone]

Yeah its the red label =] im doing el basha(nakhla?) in a jet glass, i cut 1 coal into 2 and placed it on either side,

good smoke however the flavour is a little weak atm. Edited June 17, 2009 by namenone1

[mohinder]

Yeah its the red label =] im doing el basha(nakhla?) in a jet glass, i cut 1 coal into 2 and placed it on either side,

good smoke however the flavour is a little weak atm.

I just use them as they are, they're bigger than cocos and john's coals but I'm not sure they give off any more heat in particular, just last longer. The bit in contact with the foil's the same, anyways.

Plus when I *do* cut them in half if takes fucking forever to do

[the_cool]

Heres my quick(ish) way of cutting the red label cocochas. Buy a small hacksaw (something like this http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?acti...;isSearch=true) and saw into the coal on one side only a few mm into the coal. Repeat on each side and then you can just snap the coal in two! The blades do get blunt quick though so stock up on spares.

[lowspeedchase]

Heres my quick(ish) way of cutting the red label cocochas. Buy a small hacksaw (something like this http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?acti...;isSearch=true) and saw into the coal on one side only a few mm into the coal. Repeat on each side and then you can just snap the coal in two! The blades do get blunt quick though so stock up on spares.

This seems like a lot of effort dude!

[Namenone]

My mum had some awesome idea! Used a hammer and screwdriver, 2 hits in the middle and it broke in half!

But with my 2 halves i found that it was burnign a bit too much maybe, so i may have to break them up further.

[gunsboy]

I read in some German forum page that you can use meat axe, small saw, or a hammer with an pointy or flat edge to break it.

[srawas89]

Instead of going straight into breaking the coals if there is a side with a smaller surface area try putting that side on the foil...if that is too much you may also want to try putting the coal on the edge in a way that only part of the coal is actually on the bowl and that a decent portion is hanging off the edge...just make sure that you have a fairly large ash tray as it may tip and fall off the bowl...thats what i do when there is too much heat before I think about breaking coals.

[sss]

As namenone1 said, screwdriver and hammer. just place the screwdriver in the middle of the block, hammer it once or twice and it normally breaks in half. i put two halfs on at one time with a windshield.

[4d1ct3d]

Instead of going straight into breaking the coals if there is a side with a smaller surface area try putting that side on the foil...if that is too much you may also want to try putting the coal on the edge in a way that only part of the coal is actually on the bowl and that a decent portion is hanging off the edge...just make sure that you have a fairly large ash tray as it may tip and fall off the bowl...thats what i do when there is too much heat before I think about breaking coals.

This is what I do, I don't place the whole coals in there right from the begiining when I'm using an egyptian. I keep them on the edges and only when they shrink to about half their initial size is when I put them in full contact with the bowl.

However, this could be seen as wasting coal :/

[gunsboy]

Instead of going straight into breaking the coals if there is a side with a smaller surface area try putting that side on the foil...if that is too much you may also want to try putting the coal on the edge in a way that only part of the coal is actually on the bowl and that a decent portion is hanging off the edge...just make sure that you have a fairly large ash tray as it may tip and fall off the bowl...thats what i do when there is too much heat before I think about breaking coals.

That's a good idea. I like .. I like ..

[the_cool]

I used to use a chisel and hammer but I got varied results, usually either one part was bigger than the other or the cut wasn't completely straight. Believe me, using a hacksaw isn't that hard or long, and you get a nice clean cut!

[pinky]

I cut them into quarters and use 3 of them.

[Majid]

Think you got the ones intended for bbq instead of hookah. Same coal but more than twice as large. A real bitch to cut but when you cut them in half they become the perfect coal size imo, slightly bigger than standard cocos but last almost 1.5 hours. I used that size before and just used two halves.

[mohinder]

One more thing - I find that if I light one and then decide I want it in half, a (careful!) bash with the tongs will usually split it cleanly in two.

It does however occasionally shower the entire room with red hot charcoal

[Click]

Sorry to thread jack.  But, does anybody know if a North American retailer has these yet? 

[antouwan]

Sorry to thread jack. But, does anybody know if a North American retailer has these yet?

unfortunately, don't believe so...I WISH the price would be nuts! but we would pay noticeably more than our european counterparts because of the cost to import them...