Can fresh weed be used for this recipe??

Zeb I have read that you can use fresh weed but I must say I've never tried it myself.....it just plain sounds wrong to me......

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so would these directions also work for making the oil you need to make magic brownies?

I'm sorry Non but I don't honestly know because I've never tried it.

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Decarbing is just a way to get rid of carboxyl groups (because they decrease potency), which in turn dries it out because it is releasing water and CO2. It can be wet and still undergo the reaction needed for decarboxylation, because the only catalyst is high levels of heat.

Decarboxylation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I really love this guide, thanks a lot because it sure as hell gave me more direction of what to do, I'm a really visual person lol. And now I finally know how to work that capsule machine too, double

k so reading on both hounds and Flameons forums i decided to go and try this myself. Unfortunately when i bought my crock pot from hamilton beach the digital temp only goes to 180 F i really need someones input on any good digital crock pots that go above 230F so that the carboxyl groups bonds break. Any suggestions i would greatly appreciate

Wow that's a true bummer.....are you sure? That seems like an awfully low temp even for a crockpot.

Before I used a crockpot I used to cook the stuff in small saucepan and keep an eye on temps with the same candy thermometer I use in the crock pot One BIG tip....DONT walk away while it's cooking.....I've burned a good amount of very nice bud in my day doing that.

i honestly think if you buy a crockpot with low/medium/high settings you should be good.
you might also try putting the stuff in a regular oven at lower temps as well.

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Thanks for the advice W.Hound, it has been real frustrating trying to find a digital crock pot so that once i get the technique of it i can just let it sit their. this hamilton beach product was a piece of crap even their high temp( just tested reaches no more then 180)
Hound do you know of any digital crock pots that you were going to go after? which one r u using currently?
thanks and appreciate everything again

I'm using a regular crockpot (Rival Brand....I think it's a 4 quart with just high and low settings) and it works fine as long as I don't mess with things too much while it's cooking. I keep tabs on temps with a candy thermometer and have to change temps every once in awhile (high to low or whatever) but in general no real problems with it

The only digitial crockpots I saw for sale were super fancy and about $150.....and I just couldn't squeeze it past Mr Hound.

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Well I'm a bit disappointed. My wife said she had her eye on a digital crock pot, but when she decided to bring it home, I found that it really isn't digital that I can tell. However it does look like a great deal better than what we had before. More adjustments and options. Both are Rival brand.

A crock pot that doesn't go above 180? Are you sure? I though all crock pots at least got to 220.

If anyone is interested in my second attempt at making capsules, they sucked worse than the first attempt. The first batch at least gave me a pretty good body stone if I took 6 or 8 of them. The second batch does absolutely nothing. Here's what I did different:

- more oil, a little too much probably. You can see in my picture that the weed is completely submerged, where as with WH's picture you can see that there are only a couple pockets of oil.
- cooked at about 265 instead of 205.
- cooked for about 10 hr. instead 4 or so.

So, which is the problem? I really doubt that more time decreases potency. THC cannot disappear. Anyone?

I guess I need to approach this like a scientist instead of a stoner trying to get stoned. I think from now on I will measure temperature only with the laser thermometer, and do experiments. Perhaps I'll start with an oil temp of 230, then take some out after 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 hours, and see what differences there are. I will post results if I discover anything significant.

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I'm still thinking you need to kick up the temp. Try 300F for a short period of time. It's not working for vilo either.....

I used to cook it in a little saucepan with coconut oil at 325 for 15 mins and like I said I got a pretty good buzz. Worth a try with gram.........??

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So just sautee it like that and then eat it? We're thinking about trying a few more times with just a gram, so we may do this.

Yep....I would cool it and put it into capsules but you don't need to.....you can just chill it till it's hard.

Lemmie dig up that old thread.......cooks it differently than the way I do now and this was the way I used to do my capsules before I worked out Flame's recipe.

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Cannabis Capsules (coconut oil) I used this recipe for a couple months with pretty decent success. Think I detailed the first few times I did it so there may some good tips there.

Good luck.....hope you guys hit the lucky number.

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Alright, I think we'll give it another go. I hope I can convince him...or just do it while he's at work...

Thanks for finding that thread for me, Weedhound!

Ok so sorry for the time i was away became extremely busy! i want to thank W hound for input and advice.
So after doing alot more research this is what i found out.
I called rival and al clad as well as hamilton beach every one of their higher class digital crock pots go UP TOO 214 F except al clad the 150$ us dollar slow cooker which i believe he said either 230 or 240 F.
Anyways i said fuck it and i used my old slow cooker to cook the oil.
The first run i did which was for three hours and i didnt do as well as i want to he crock pot went up too 225F on high which i thought eh was not bad. this second time which i just made today pics below it went up to 285 strange but nice and saved alot of money i measured "experimentally" One teaspoon of coconut oil
with one gram of finely ground bud i placed a small aluminum lid inside crock pot in which i poured the oil then after it reached 260F which was in a minute or less i then added the bud and stirred i checked it every hour for two hours so twice and then i left it while i went to run an errand. its total time was 4 hours 30 mins so for look like the acid form of THCA has lost its carboxyl molecule and bonded nicely with the fatty acid chains. i will try them tomorrow and let u guys know.

PS unfortunately 1 gram and 1 teaspoon only got me 6 capsule
PSS yoki if you have any doubts i suggest u call the manufacture of any slow cooker u wish to purchase and double check their temp range

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Opie my bad for referring u as to yoki, was thinking of someone else lol anyways THC has a boiling point of 392 F which is when its liquid/solid form turns into vapor. Double check with wikipedia. An oil that is full in saturated fats such as coconut oil has a smoke point of 350F so u typically dont want to go past that temp or their will be no point in throwing the oil in with the bud

Let us know how it does for you ruiz

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