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Decarbing shatter: nesseceary or not?
Got myself a gram of shatter. If I was to make some edible with this. Must I decarb shatter for can I just mix it with butter ? Looked around but a lot of mixed opinions
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Yes, you should decarb it.
The process of blasting with hydrocarbons to make shatter doesn’t actually convert THC-a to THC, it simply extracts the THC-a as is.
If you want to make it into edibles, then decarb it to convert the THC-a to THC. But be careful - you may not need as much time or maybe even less heat since you’re not working with a moist plant but rather an oily extract.
Why is decarbbing concentrates so necessary? If one is to decarb at 220 for 10 min but a (made up) recipe calls for 220 for 25 min, wouldn't it decarb while cooking? Why not?
You know how when you bake chicken breasts at 350 for 30 minutes you're shooting for an internal temperature of 160? If your food is fully cooked before the internal temp is hot enough to decarb, you won't get the effect you're looking for.
I stick shatter into the butter and then heat that to decarb temp, seems to work.
yes, even extracts need to be decarbed.
Big fan of 250 for 45 min. Been making capsules and oils for years. Lots of folks have a different opinion on how it’s done but I can say I personally do it this way and it always fire.
yes, toss it in a mason jar with a wide mouth lid on it at 200'-240' for 15-30 minutes. let it sit for about 15 mins so all oils that vaporized can cool back down and settle. add in your butter/oil, put the lid back on and shake around to get all the shatter evenly dissolved and mixed up
Use a small glass in a toaster oven 225 for 45 minutes or until there are no bubbles forming whatsoever. Then add in a little bit of coconut oil to dissolve the oil and throw it into your recipe.
Since it’s only 1g of shatter, you will hardly need more than 1 tsp coconut oil. Shouldn’t be enough to effect your recipe. Mix it in and mix it well then bake it.
That's why if I wanna use a concentrate for editables pick up some pure distillate.....I only decarb shatter for making carts
If you want to get high from eating it, it must be decarbed. That said, if you are cooking it into food, baking can do it for you, if temperature is high enough and baking time is long enough. Boiling can do it too, but takes longer than you'd think.
Most things wont get nearly as hot as you need to be internally, if it did it would be so hard you couldnt eat it afterwards....
Best fool proof method to decarb shatter? Tried it before with bud .
Plan so far is in a wee glass dish with some oil/butter
Check out r/treedibles
No mixed opinions on this at all......challenge you to post one single "reputable" source that says you dont have to....(will broaden the criteria, one single link that not written by a 13 year old trying to sound cool...)
Please do this outside or in a well ventilated area...as an extraction consultant I have seen shatter with a shit load of residual butane in it.
Butane will combust if it exists in high enough quantities when it is exposed to electrical heating elements
He's talking about decarbing 1 single gram...
You could decarb it in a pressure cooker? Mason jar in a pressure cooker with the water halfway up the jar. My Pressure cooker operates at 240F under pressure. Would there a be a difference in adding the coconut oil to before decarbed or after pressurized and decarbed?
Would hot shortening at about 250 degrees decarb shatter? Or does it kill it?
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