It defenatly does work, your just real dumb. When you pack regular bowls do you break it into pices and then pile it that high? no, you dont; because it is obsurd and does not work. Why would you do that with a whole nug? split it in half so it doesnt stick out any more then a cm above the bowl. If you can pull air through the bowl with the nug in it the entire unbroken nug will smoke.