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Fire Curing Tobacco
Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky all use fire to cure their tobacco. In fire curing, farmers hang tobacco over a low-temperature fire. This way, the tobacco slowly dries. Fire-cured tobacco is usually dark brown, and is used for pipe and chewing tobacco. Usually, farmers use a barn to fire cure their tobacco. They use small fires to heat the tobacco and bathe it in smoke. Fire curing uses far lower temperatures than flue curing. The process takes up to a month.
Center for Integrating Research and Learning at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
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