Thanks for the advice. I agree - decarbing properly is the single most important step. I've seen people debate the effectiveness of it - but the science is there. If you do not decarb - but you make oil using a slow cooker - and use that oil to bake with - you will still get some effect (which is why some people dont think its important). Decarbed properly you might reach 15% THC or higher - if you dont decarb it but you cook with it after making the oil - there will be activation during the cooking process - but if you look at the average brownie mix - you are only going to get a total of 30-35 minutes of temperatures over 250F which would make for a weak concoction as well as a bad tasting concoction ( you want to get rid of as much moisture in your material as possible).
I recommend the stove method in my instructions simply because its the most efficient. I've used the Mason Jar in boiling water method - if you use the wrong jar (which I did) they can crack/break. It also takes significantly longer because its a lower temperature. I only recommend the jar methods to people who cant afford to have "any smell".
Magic Butter is a device that makes Cannabis infused oils - they have advice on decarbing that is similar to mine: https://magicalbutter.com/recipe/decarboxylation - its gonna stink and its gonna take a while - but its essential!
Thanks for your method!
I own a small cannabis cooking supply company, which is called Stir the Pot Cooking Supplies. I sell Magical Butter Machines and regularly use that appliance to make my infusions and topical liniments.
For anyone who might read this thread: it is absolutely imperative to decarb your cannabis before you cook with it if you want to activate the most medicine that you can.
A baking recipe "NEVER" gets evenly heated all the way through, for the correct amount of activation time and will not produce a strong edible. You ultimately are wasting your cannabis if you don't take the time to decarb properly.
Also, different cannabiniods take different decarb temperatures. CBD activates at 265-295 degrees F and it takes an hour. THC activates at 230-250 degrees F. When I use my pressure cooker to decarb, the internal pressure inside the pot stabilizes at 250 degrees F. Each model of pressure cooker will list, the average internal temperature that it can achieve when it's up to its operating temperature. This info can be found on the internet, if you research the make and model of your pressure cooker. Just so I'm clear, pressure cooking cannabis to decarb it is a completely different procedure than simply boiling cannabis in a glass mason jar. ;)
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A pressure cooker at 250F or a closed mason jar in an oven at 250F are no different. I use a cookie sheet because I start with frozen trim but its the same thing - 250F in the oven. As I stated " decarbing properly is the single most important step". Its weed not rocket science..
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Unfortunately, it is not that straight forward and I wish it were that easy.
Oven temperatures differ from oven to oven and type of oven to type of oven. A gas or propane oven doesn't not heat evenly or consistently so temperatures can fluctuate. Electric ovens do better at maintaining temperature, but still have limitations. I have tested many ovens (gas, propane, electric, toaster) with stand-alone temperature probes.
Also, water boils at 212 degrees F at sea level, so if someone were to just boil a mason jar, in boiling water on a stove top in a open pot, they will never achieve the proper decarb temperature. A pressure cooker when sealed an up to temperature, uses the internal pressure created from the boiling water inside to exceed 212 degrees F and boosts the temperature consistently and holds the internal temperature at 250 degrees F. It makes the decarb process more even and at the end of the day activates more medicine from the plant material.
I work with and help really sick people who need to pull as much medicine out of their plant material as they can. This is why I have studied the decarb process, to this level.
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