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<blockquote data-quote="Doc Manhattan" data-source="post: 164094" data-attributes="member: 341"><p>I don't think that a microwave would do the job of drying tobacco very efficiently. Not to bore you with the science of microwave cookery, but the gist of it is:</p><p></p><p>A. It's bound to alter the tobacco in other ways, like boiling off essential oils or caramelizing sugars.</p><p>B. As you liberate water vapor, the tobacco will be sitting inside a hot, steam-filled box.</p><p></p><p>I don't dry my tobacco any way other than exposure to air--and not even that, usually. But I'd go with a low, slow dry heat, which is the opposite of a microwave. (Put a piece of bread in slow oven, and another in a microwave, and see which dries first.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Doc Manhattan, post: 164094, member: 341"] I don't think that a microwave would do the job of drying tobacco very efficiently. Not to bore you with the science of microwave cookery, but the gist of it is: A. It's bound to alter the tobacco in other ways, like boiling off essential oils or caramelizing sugars. B. As you liberate water vapor, the tobacco will be sitting inside a hot, steam-filled box. I don't dry my tobacco any way other than exposure to air--and not even that, usually. But I'd go with a low, slow dry heat, which is the opposite of a microwave. (Put a piece of bread in slow oven, and another in a microwave, and see which dries first.) [/QUOTE]
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