Smoking dry all of a sudden, WTH?

[Branzig]

For me its only briars, cobs smoke fine

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Yep, in my experience, you have to try pretty hard to get a cob to smoke wet. You'll fry your tongue/mouth making a cob smoke wet.

I've found the biggest factor in bowl moisture is stop smoking so danged fast, Bruck!

^ This.

I'd say a good chunk of it is tobacco moisture and packing, but even more of it is technique. Once you get your cadence down, a lot of the moisture issues disappear.