Bane marie decarboxylation

So I make oil from trim and lowers qwet method.
That gets turned to gummies and they are very good .

But I've moved and my oven doesn't work properly.

I have a few batches I want to decarb and one method I'm considering is the bane marie.

Looking at the chart it takes an hour at 94 degrees c but what I'm concerned about is is this going to be as effective as the oven .
I may be misunderstanding the chart but it seems its a lot less effective.??

@Fadedawg , I know your an expert in this field.


Also anyone else with a definitive answer.



I'm just not sure if I am misunderstanding the left side data because it looks like the result at that temp would be inferior to that of the higher temp and shorter decarb time

Shorter and faster is better, because the same heat that is decarboxylating is also converting THC to CBN, et al.

I use 121C/250F and watch the bubbles to tell when it's done, approximately 30 minutes.

Fadedawg said:

Shorter and faster is better, because the same heat that is decarboxylating is also converting THC to CBN, et al.

I use 121C/250F and watch the bubbles to tell when it's done, approximately 30 minutes.

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As produced by the cannabis plant, the cannabinoids are produced in carboxylic acid form, which means that there is a carboxyl group (COOH) attached. Note […]

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Yeah that's pretty much what I always did before.

I have a friend who decarbs for his edibles with the bane marie and a positive is the lack of smell , I was considering borrowing it so I can get everything decarbed.

Guess I will just have to bite the bullet and get a new oven. It's not like I won't need it for normal stuff.

Thanks for your response.

To decarb, sans a bain-marie, just get a boiling bag, turkey baster bag, a small mason jar, put your nugs in the mason jar, the jar in the bag, seal it, drop that into a large pot with water, at a measured temp that fadedawg suggests, of 250° F, keep it at that temp for what he says, 30 minutes, and decarb should be optimum as he says. The thing about watching for bubbles i have not done. And since I only tried this one time, and it failed, but then i didn't do what fadedawg says to do, either for temp or duration, or process for that matter, we could be talking about two different things. That is why I raise this issue again, because i am talking about decarbing the dry nug, which is NOT in situ, as fadedawg says, but is by itself, not in either oil nor alcohol solution. I just might try it in an oil solution maybe. I have some nice avacado cooking oil that should work. Tho recommendations always opt for MCT or coconut oil, right fadedawg? I'm pretty sure in situ would be a better way to decarb, tho some bit messier, it just makes logical sense. I have one of those digital meat thermometers and they instantly read out temps, so i felt very confident of my temp control when I decarbed. Again i want to emphasize, that I only tried decarbing one time in my life and it failed. My resulting product was a no-high tincture. I am no starting to learn however, that tinctures might not produce a very good high.

coreywebster said:

I have a friend who decarbs for his edibles with the bane marie and a positive is the lack of smell , I was considering borrowing it so I can get everything decarbed.

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