Good morning my friend, hope you are having a nice weekend.
You're not heating it anywhere near long enough. SweetSue has an InstantPot Thread where she details her method. Basically (2) 1h 50min cycles on high pressure with a long 8 hour cool down in between sessions.
Are you decarbing on a baking sheet? If so, can it be done is mason jars to eliminate odor.Good morning my friend, hope you are having a nice weekend.
I decarb in the oven 40 minutes at 240 f.
Then warm the pot and butter to 190 f in a crock pot or regular pot with a lid.
Don't go over 190f.
4 hrs minimum 8 is better 12 is what I prefer.
Hope that helps.
Take care.
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Bill284
I use a 3" deep brownie pan.
In case of what?
If it broke it would ruin all the pot.
That's why choice of glass is important. Using canning jars should eliminate that risk, similar to using Pyrex. They're made to handle heat extremes.If it broke it would ruin all the pot.
Just don't trust glass.
Morning Azi.
How are you doing today?
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Bill284
Good thanks Azi.
I like the glass canning jars because of the stealth issue. They can go loosely covered with the lid not tightened all the way in the oven or in an Instant Pot, or crock pot and the smell doesn't fill your space. That's an important factor for me. The lid can then float up if necesary to let some pressure out but there's not a constant hole open to the outside air. Once the pressure is relieved, the lid settles back down with the outer ring holding the line-up in place. It's like they were made for our application!Good thanks Azi.
I've dropped and broken enough stuff to know not to trust my dexterity.
Good old tin never breaks.
But done correctly your right as usual.
Take care.
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Bill284
I was going to mention what @Azimuth brought up. Any quality canning jar is manufactured to handle heat and frequent use when handled under normal circumstances. The wife and I have been canning since we were married and I figure there is a chance that some of our garden produce we canned this weekend went into at least one jar that is 50 plus years old.
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Unfortunately with my ballerina like dexterity there wouldn't be any 50 year old ones left.I was going to mention what @Azimuth brought up. Any quality canning jar is manufactured to handle heat and frequent use when handled under normal circumstances. The wife and I have been canning since we were married and I figure there is a chance that some of our garden produce we canned this weekend went into at least one jar that is 50 plus years old.
We are talking true canning jars and not any ol' jar which was used to hold some sauce or other food until it was bought. That glass is not necessarily tempered the way the canning jars are and those jars are pretty much a one time high temp use during the initial jarring process at the food processor only.
I understand your concern about the broken glass. Me, I figure that there is a better chance that I will be in an auto accident the next time I go to the supermarket than there is that a jar would break in the oven
And, I do put the weed in a square cake baking pan when I am 'decarbing' cause it is more convenient than going into the basement to get a jar from the root cellar
Ya, I am familiar with the same sort of dexterity with contributions from my wrists and elbows. And for whatever reason the glass jars do seem to want to jump out of our hands more often than plastic jars or metal cans
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Thanks Smoke,Ya, I am familiar with the same sort of dexterity with contributions from my wrists and elbows. And for whatever reason the glass jars do seem to want to jump out of our hands more often than plastic jars or metal cans
After going through the decarb step I put the weed into jars of coconut oil and leave those in the oven for hours and hours. My big worry is not breaking any of the jars. It is knocking one of more of them over. Since they do not have the lids on I would end up with a pint or more of the melted salve on the bottom of the oven or on the floor.
What I end up doing most of the time might also work for you. I put the jar in a cooking pot while in the oven. An oven mitt comes in handy when getting ready to take the jar out to reduce the chance of any kind of disaster.
I don’t see where she says 2 cycles. Did I miss it?
Decarb is at 170 to 180 F for two to three hours. Not sure if it is right or wrong but when the smell of the weed heating up disappears I figure it has been in the oven long enough for that step.
