What is the best way to even a burn once it's burning uneven? Had this problem last night. Just curious
Jon
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I usualy let it go and it ends up correcting, if it is real bad I add a little flame to the long side and try to blow/stoke the ash and then do a flameless perge.
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If it canoes like a wet doob of homegrown, there's not much you can do besides touching up with some flame. If it's a minor uneven burn, smoke slowly with the "long" side down. That might sound counter-intuitive, as one would think that heat rises so you should have that part up, but that's not the case.
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:-)
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I usually am pretty quick with the lighter to correct an uneven burn. I know some people like to wait and let it "correct itself", but my OCD kicks in and I just even it up myself if I notice the burn getting funky.
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Exactly, put the unburned side down and it should even out a bit.
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Same here
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I just light the side that isnt burning
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Always smoke facing southeast. :-)
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I thought you always smoked facing Mila! :-)
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I used to be like that.. Well I am at times still... Crazy

Seems to work most of the time as well... Get little info i got when I started smoking..
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A little patience and the burn usually corrects itself for me; if it gets really bad than I touch up with a torch but this is pretty rare.
:-)
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Usually I'm to impatient to let it correct itself and just hit with a torch, but flipping it over well help like others have mentioned.
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Throw the cigar away and get another.
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Alcohol helps...lots of alcohol.
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I used to have a lot of burn issues. My fix was to put a lot of time and effort into lighting the cigar properly the first time, and most of my burn issues went away.
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There is that too, which may be the most important step.

It is certainly the FIRST one. :-)
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:-):-):-)
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I had a comment, too on lighting it right the first time. There is no substitute. But you specifically asked about what
to do AFTER it was already burning wrong. Lighter.
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I used to light cigars just by touching them to flame, and drawing in. Not unlike a cigarette... In some scenarios I still do this. I've found that this type of lighting method almost always creates an uneven burn.

I take my time and make sure I've got an even burn on my cigar now, before ever drawing in any smoke. Takes quite a bit more time but I think it's worth the effort. It helps me "slow down" a bit too.
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