Dottle

[craig]

Um, I've heard that a brass screen at the bottom of the pipe helps assure complete combustion. ;-)

I used to smoke a pipe at school - I don't remember ever having "dottle" or "gurgle" - I suspect due to the tobacco I smoked (black cherry Virginia Cavendish) and how dry I smoked it.

[WinstonSpencer]

I always have some unburnt tobacco at the bottom of a bowl. My pipe almost always gurgles about half way through a smoke. A single pipe cleaner usually fixes the gurgle. I attribute the dottle and gurgle to the specific pipe, the specific tobacco, and my technique. I'm still not quite at the point where I can smoke a pipe without constantly fucking with it.

[Roger]

I know when I smoke my pipe (without a screen LOL) I usually smoke it down until I have ash. Once in a while I catch myself off guard and take it too far finding that I inhale some hot bits of tobacco at the end. Hack! Wheeze! When it does happen i just take it real easy on the draw. If I have too much trouble with extra debris coming through the stem just empty my bowl out, reload and go! I guess I want to make sure I am using up all of my tobacco in my pipe. Have not had much trouble with gurgling yet, but the pipe cleaner to draw out moisture does work good. Roger.

[Paddy]

Um, I've heard that a brass screen at the bottom of the pipe helps assure complete combustion. ;-)

I used to smoke a pipe at school - I don't remember ever having "dottle" or "gurgle" - I suspect due to the tobacco I smoked (black cherry Virginia Cavendish) and how dry I smoked it.

I sort of have the same issue , the more expensive the tobacco the more trouble it gives me
The cheap shit smokes like a dream.