What is a wooden dugout for?

Dugout, tasting bowl, Lincoln Log, One-Hitter Box…whatever you call it, a Dugout is a classic carry-on bag for a One-Hitter Pipe. They have been around in some form for so long, they are practically synonymous with the one-hitter. We whipped together this handy guide to help you understand the basics of the dugout box. The short version is that dugouts are carry-on bags for pipes and herbs.
They come in all sorts of materials (i.e. Wood, leather, plastic, metal, etc. There are a few that have extra chambers, such as the SilverStick Wood Dugout, which has a lower chamber to hold extra products or filters for your pipes, and the upper is slotted for poker tools that will help clean out the single hit. There are even a couple of dugouts that also come with room for lights, such as the Leather Dugout.

1. How would you lay that thing out, and what goes where?

Do not stress, getting your dugout setup and ready to roll is fairly straight forward.
Swivel the top up (or down) to fit the one-hitter in a smaller tubing berm. Place the herbs into the larger, flat-bottomed chamber near the pipes (you can pipe them in using a folded sheet of paper if you are having problems). If you have a trough holding your cleaning tools, be sure to slip them into that as well at this point (usually the tightest slots next to the tube chamber). With a SilverStick dugout, you can even hold a second herb in the lower chamber, swiveling the chamber open and placing it in there.
You can also rack filters for your pipes into that chamber as well. Bonus Tip: You can either mill your herbs, or simply place whatever you have as-is, as the pipes usually shave a bit off the bottom of the chamber as they fill up your bowl. With ground herbs, you can pack more into the bowl and it burns slightly more evenly, but leaving it whole makes it slightly less likely that it is going to be sucking pieces up through the pipes.

2. Just pull out your pipe, and push it down into the bowl,

with your smoking piece. Push it down hard to the bottom of the chamber, rotating the pipe clockwise and counterclockwise to fully fill the bowl of the pipe.
You can actually alter how much you pack by reducing the pressure you apply on your One Hitter on your herbs, creating a bowl that is less dense and smaller. Once packed, light the One Hitter by inhaling it lightly (if you are having problems seeing whether or not it is lit, see this tip on lighting). You can blow out the ash afterwards onto a solid surface, or use a poker to knock it out, if your dugout comes with one.rd.

3. Make sure that when putting your tube back in after using that you place the end of it in the bowl

. This will force the residue-covered end up flush with the top of the trough, rather than pushing residue down to the bottom of the trough and clogging up your springs. If you have any remaining herbs left inside your bowl, placing your pipes with bowl ends facing upwards also helps preserve whatever is left for use later. After using a lot, it is probably a good idea to clean your crock pot out a little. Many dugouts are made from wood and other natural materials, so chemical cleaners are generally unsafe, but you can get the majority of the cleaning done with a cotton ball. You can simply dust away particles left inside your dugout fairly easily, and you can also dip a cotton swab into a little warm water and use it to scrub away anything stuck to it. Make sure to wipe down the bottom side of the rotating cap, if there is any ashy end to your pipes that is pressing up against it.If your trough is made from wood and looks like it needs a little love, you can shine it and coat it in a few food-safe finishes. For our dugout, we used food-grade salad bowl finish, but there are plenty of things out there to choose from, such as butcher block oil and other safer options. This will force the residue-covered end up flush with the top of the trough, rather than pushing residue down to the bottom of the trough and clogging up your springs. If you have any remaining herbs left inside your bowl, placing your pipes with bowl ends facing upwards also helps preserve whatever is left for use later. After using a lot, it is probably a good idea to clean your crock pot out a little. Many dugouts are made from wood and other natural materials, so chemical cleaners are generally unsafe, but you can get the majority of the cleaning done with a cotton ball. You can simply dust away particles left inside your dugout fairly easily, and you can also dip a cotton swab into a little warm water and use it to scrub away anything stuck to it. Make sure to wipe down the bottom side of the rotating cap, if there is any ashy end to your pipes that is pressing up against it.
Congratulations, you are the dugout maestro. Regardless, if you care about your dugout, it should last you a lifetime, and will be a dependable companion on all of your adventures in the future. If your trough is made from wood and looks like it needs a little love, you can shine it and coat it in a few food-safe finishes. For our dugout, we used food-grade salad bowl finish, but there are plenty of things out there to choose from, such as butcher block oil and other safer options.
Congratulations, you are the dugout maestro. Regardless, if you care about your dugout, it should last you a lifetime, and will be a dependable companion on all of your adventures in the future.

This will force the residue-covered end up flush with the top of the trough, rather than pushing residue down to the bottom of the trough and clogging up your springs. If you have any remaining herbs left inside your bowl, placing your pipes with bowl ends facing upwards also helps preserve whatever is left for use later. After using a lot, it is probably a good idea to clean your crock pot out a little. Many dugouts are made from wood and other natural materials, so chemical cleaners are generally unsafe, but you can get the majority of the cleaning done with a cotton ball. You can simply dust away particles left inside your dugout fairly easily, and you can also dip a cotton swab into a little warm water and use it to scrub away anything stuck to it. Make sure to wipe down the bottom side of the rotating cap, if there is any ashy end to your pipes that is pressing up against it.