I am a pipe and cigar smoker. I have been enjoying sitting on the patio and smoking a pipe while grilling or smoking meats. Are there any others out there who enjoy these things while cooking?
Oh typically coffee or an alcoholic beverage is included.
I use to smoke a pipe many, many years ago. Recently, I have started again, though only periodically. I have one briar pipe that is close to 50 years old. Got it in Germany when I was in the Army. I generally like to sit in my lawn chair, late in the day or after we eat, and smoke. Helps to relax and ponder.
JonnyB
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My dad smoked a pipe back in the 70's and 80's before he gave up tobacco. I have recently picked it up as a way to reconnect and relax on the patio when the urge strikes me. Puts me in a different state of mind I guess, and reminds me of my dad and of my younger years. Its perfect for those all-night smokes, when I decide to use my stick burner.
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Cigar guy here, usually while playing golf or sitting on the patio with a Basil Hayden (or 2). I know ecowper is a cigar guy while cooking - haven't heard from him in a while! Turned me on to a couple of nice stogies which I usually get from CigarBid.com.
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Favorite wine = whatever is currently in the wine rack
Favorite beer = Sam Adams Boston Lager or Shiner Bock
Favorite whisky = Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 16 year old single malt
Best Cookbooks - Meathead's "The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Chris Lilly's "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book", Aaron Franklin's "Franklin BBQ"
Cookbooks to check out - Raichlen's "Brisket Chronicles" and anything by Adam Perry Lang.
Current fanboy cookbook - "Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant"
I really enjoy those long cooks that I start early in the wee hours. Once I have the smoker up and running, it's coffee and cigar for me at 4 AM with nobody bugging me for this, that, or the other thing.
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I smoked a pipe for a few years back in the late 80's early 90's. I used to enjoy a cigar until one afternoon, after a day of sporting clays, a buddy gave me a Cuban and a glass of scotch back at the clubhouse. Little did I know, I was reaching the end of the incubation period for swine flu. For the next several days I puked my guts out and I tasted like that Cuban cigar in the worst possible way. Haven't touched one since. Just bad luck, I guess. But I do deeply enjoy Copenhagen snuff. Where I grew up it was common for young boys to start dipping snuff in elementary school, and that is exactly what I did.
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I smoked cigars a few decades ago, before the trend lemmings jumped aboard and made them unaffordable. I still keep a few around for special occasions. To this day my favorites are the Fuente Don Carlos Double Robusto and the La Gloria Cubana Wavell Maduro.
I've been smoking cigars since about 1985, give or take. The prices have gone up. From what I can tell it's a combination of a lot of things, but primarily supply and demand, regulation, and higher quality and wages.
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Been more of a cigar collector over the years than a smoker. Don’t get me wrong I love me a good smoke a couple times a week but I might be able to never buy another cigar and not be able to smoke everything I have in storage…..Hey wait…..that sounds sort of like me and my smokers…LOL
I enjoy mild cigars on the back deck, after a long hike, or playing golf. But it has to be mild. Been queasy too often, and I figured out I go straight to the person working and ask what I should get. I never go freeballin’ on a cigar. Too risky.
Retired, living in Western Mass. Enjoy music, cooking and my family.
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My uncle as was my F.I.L. pipes smokers. The pipe I smoked from was not like theirs. I used to smoke cigarettes many years ago. I went to.cigars. I stopped 10 years ago. Enjoyed it but decided it wasn't for me anymore. No regrets. Wine, beer and occasional nip of Bourbon along with good "Q" for me is just fine. Sharing with family and friends, I'm happy.
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