PhatBeezie Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 When I smoke shisha like AW-VINILLA, NAK-ORG, AW-COLA .... the smoke is way to harsh and I cannot seem to figure out why , and I have tried different combo's of foil and coals so I know it is not heat managment. I dont get it ? its not becuase of the brand Im pretty sure becuase AW-Cherry wasnt harsh. Does anyone else have problems with certain flavors out of a qt ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Kram and i were smokin my QT last night and the night before. On night one we did a bowl of Fumari Watermelon. It was OUT of this world! THick clouds for 2 hours or therabouts. We used finger coals, broke them into smaller chunks and had 4 small pieces around the std mya bowl. Last night we did the same combo of coals, and foil but with a nakhla sweet melon and nakhla mango. Was incredibly harsh. We then swapped it for a chunk of jap coals, same bowl of sweet melon, and it lost all harshness, and smoked much better then earlier. Btw what the hell does "Nak-ORG" mean? Orange? Benny. Heat technique is everything, but the qt smokes all shishas well. From fumari, to alwaha, al fakher, al qemah and nakhla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 Nakhla Orange yes lol , but does it matter what type of coals you use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 it seemed to. I couldnt get the nakh to smoke right on finger coals.... i admittedly didnt try a large chunk, but several smaller ones didnt work. However with Jap coals or my Zoghal Ghaleb coals, it works flawlessly, as with star self-lighters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I have been using the golden quicklights and I have always had sucess on breaking it in half after I light it and placing two 1/2 chunks on the bowl and it has never failed, except with my qt on those flavors I listed, I would experiment more but I dont have money to buy more shisha or coals and Im down to just vinilla and orange , but I use my bigger hookah for those, and only one roll of coals ( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 use yyour Bigger hookah's bowl on the QT if you can. Different bowls have diff heat dynamics. Mya bowls dont take alot to get very hot, so maybe consider less coal? Most typical bowls are clay, and thick. Mya bowls are thin porcelaine. Good luck in your shisha quest, i had the same initial problems. Also make sure u leave a gap between the foil and shisha on the mya bowl, and try using 2 layers of foil, it may help Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 I think that I have tried the clay bowl on my qt but I dont remember if I did it with the shisha that was giving me problems. I have a large clay one Ill try next if I get the chance, but I am selling my qt for 50 bucks with no hose this week . I am getting my money back for it since I never use it but when I get another job I will buy more hookahs and expand my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I don't think it really has much to do with the type of hookah you are using, I think it has to do with the the way you pack your bowl, heat managment, coal, and what kind of tobacco you use... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthEastSmoker Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I'm with Erica on this one.. it's dependant on how you set it up.. With my QT, if I'm smoking AW, I use the standard generic clay bowl, and cram the tobacco in pretty tight, with a good amount of heat.. If i'm smoking AA or AF, it's lightly sprinkled into the QT bowl, with less heat... Both then give the same smoke thickness and quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbomberto Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 get a phunnel and all worries are gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scheetz Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 try some quicklights, I am a big fan of 3kings. I never get bad taste from them if done right. Its just the heat management like people have said. Try less coals. Also, OJ means orange just for future reference. ORG is original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPR234 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I kept getting harshness from my QT as well, I use a single whole 33mm 3kings at a time, which cooked the hell out of it. Using a double layer of foil helped me out a TON because breaking coals is difficult to get right and messy. Try a double layer of foil and let us know how it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhatBeezie Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 I think Ill try double foil and also use my clay bowl , thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASUSEAN1 Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 make sure the tobacco isnt old, and dried up. Also leave some space between the tobacco and foil so it doesnt burn up so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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