Chowder...

NO matter inside or out, you are correct...NEVER expose to open flame. NEVER.

Also, this inside of the house on the stove with the air drawing exhaust is a dangerous proposition.

I have done it....cuz I was a fool....

I would never do it again.

A refridgerator coming on, a light bulb blowing out....

anything at all can cause the flash explosion.

Yes it can be done, but it is a dangerous game.

The $25.00 spent at wal mart for the portable electric stove top so you can do outside is far better than risking life and limb.


Bluecat...

The freezer acts as a stabilizer.

It concentates the trichs so the alcohol has less surface area to have to work on.

One of the drawbacks of an alcohol hash oil make up is it can draw far more than the pure THC from the weed.

It acts as a solvent on the nutes, the chlorophyll and everything else.

Keeping the weed parts cold limits the extraction of the impurities to a degree. It just makes for a purer oil than say room temp solvent would.

Hopes that helps gang.....