Cannabis Capsules â?? A step-by-step guide.

[MVP]

... ive read the whole thread 3 or 4 times now, and ive tried the recipe twice... and i cant seem to get it. ive taken up to 3 pills in a sitting of my first two runs with nothing more than a little buzz.

I have to think that in your situation the herb is not being simmered/cooked/whatever you like to call it at a high enough temperature. In my post about 1/2 dozen above this I outlined a quick easy summary, recommending one cooks the oil on High.

Why you might ask? Because crock pots are notoriously difficult to control the cooking temperature :wtf: and even when cooked on High are designed to stay below 200 F or so.

The batch I made were sampled by my GF (I can't as I have a hair test to pass soon) and she said they were as good and strong as the brownies I make... which means a really nice, long lasting buzz.

This is a great recipe that works, so experiment and it will end up working for you. Look at the post above just yours and read what they experienced - similar but eventually successful.

BTW, I am just stepping in for Flame to get you a quick answer and encouragement. Now go start that new experiment...

MVP :jointsmile:

[tjcioffe]

haha ok cool MVP... i was hesitant to use my kief stash at first but i am currently warming up the crock as we speak. Im gonna use a gram of kief to see if I cant just get this to work. I love this recipe because it only uses a gram and a half at a time, while masterwu's gd recipe uses an eighth (and ive tried that 3 times with not so great success either, lol)

I will let you know how it goes (crossing my fingers)...

PS - do you think the kief would be better done on Low or High for this run?

thanks
-tc

[MVP]

Well candidly, I take educated risks. And here is how I see it: Since the first couple of runs were on Low and didn't get the job done, I would cook it on High. But that is just me. Besides, I like the word High quite a bit better than the word Low.

MVP :jointsmile:

[Weedhound]

Lol, I agree with MVP....the issue could be your crockpot. Lately I've been doing mine the "old fashioned" way and gotten better results. I use a candy thermometer to moniter temp and have found that if I keep the temp between 200 - 300F for about 20 mins (and I'll try letting it go longer as well but you have to stand there and watch it constantly) and have gotten much better results than with the crockpot. I honestly think it's my cheapy crockpot as MVP suggested.

[Flameon]

Tried again yesterday with some good but a little old weed on high and used a remote probe thermometer to constantly monitor the temp and make sure it didn't go above 285. this worked perfectly and i took them this morning and have been stoned all day.

Now i'm confident to try it with some good fresh strong bud and really see the potential.

thanks guys. :thumbsup: :smokin:

Hi Drinkmilk - Glad to hear you cracked it, nice job and keep up the good work :thumbsup:

tjcioffe - I'm in agreement with MVP and Weedhound, although your question has given me something to think about.
I tend to switch between two crock pots depending on what I'm making and have been fortunate not to come across any difference between the two in terms of results. I don't however, have a separate thermometer to accurately test the temperatures of each (something I think I'll now have to get hold of).

One of the reasons for originally advising the use of the 'low heat' setting was to avoid confusing people who may have read about cooking weed with a 'high heat' in other threads and be tempted to 'overcook' their weed by other methods and potentially reduce their available THC content.

The fact is, as far as using 'crock pots' goes there should only be a marginal difference between 'low' and 'high' settings (roughly about 10 to 20 degrees centigrade), so if in doubt - I would go with 'high' setting.
N.B. Typically, the heating element heats the contents to a steady temperature in the 175â??200°F (80â??95°C) range - 'low' is generally 80 to 90, and 'high' is about 90 to 100°C.

A couple of technical points that might be worth considering are:

1.) Could the container your using for the oil be resistant (ish) to heat and slowing down the time it takes for the oil to reach optimum temperature i.e around 90/100 degrees?

2.) Also, normally, in a crock pot liquid (H2O) is present which helps to evenly distribute the heat, it may be that some crock pots have 'hot' or 'cold' spots depending on where the heating element is placed which may also slow down the oil reaching the correct temperature.

3.) The lack of a liquid with a 100 degrees C boiling point being present (i.e. water) also means that it is possible that some crock pots may run quite 'hot' (I'd be curious to know what the highest temperatures are that people have recorded).

p.s. As mentioned earlier in the thread, an oven is Ok too if your not confident about your Crock pot's performance.

Hope this (rather long and dull) explanation helps some

Cheers
flame :jointsmile:

[tjcioffe]

holy mother of god. tried the kief on high for 2 hours the other night. the first one i took had me feeling relaxed for a few hours. i took the second the next day and it knocked me on my ass for like 4 hours. i was just sitting there in a daze for awhile, and all of a sudden i looked up and it was 3 hours later.

so, success. thanks for all the help guys =)

[Weedhound]

LOL! I love it.

[MVP]

Glad to help ya out tjcioffe - another testimonial from a satisfied customer! :stoned:

Those damn crockpots can be so tempermental, I'm glad you hung in there and found out what these things are all about!

[tjcioffe]

yeah im gonna try a run with bud maybe tonight, havent had a chance to do another one since the kief capsules... i think im gonna try playing with the temperature, the high for 2 hours seemed awfully hot and made the room pretty stinky by the time it was done... maybe ill warm up on high for 30-45 mins, then put in the bud, do 30 mins on high, switch it down to low 30 mins, then stir and put back to high for 30 and then low for the final 30. sound ok to you guys?

and one more thing... i have a decent amount of duff that has been piling up ever since i got my volcano... any insight on whether or not the recipe could be changed to use duff instead of bud? (i realize youd have to use more duff then bud, but any idea how much more?)

thanks again guys... this board has done wonders for my pot/science hobby =P

[MVP]

tjcioffe - I think your idea of High/Low/High/Low sounds like a good experiment. Regarding the duff..... dunno never used it myself. Heard from others it works in brownies. Maybe Flame will know when he checks in... I'd suggest you give him some rep and ask him to post an answer in this thread.