Yes, you can chew the cob and it hits you after 2-3 hours and the effects last for several hour. Its a much different type of effect from smoking it.....I imagine similar to the edible vs smoked effects. The fact it can effect you indicates to me that a decarbing takes place at that lower temp, otherwise you wouldn't feel anything.Thanks Van! I hadn't seen any lab test on cobs so I had no idea that it would decarb at those temps! Most people use the chart publicized on the skunkpharmresearch.com website:
Or this one on the NIH website:
There are other studies done (I can't locate the pdf I'm looking for at the moment though) but they all reach similar conclusions.
I figure that since the goal of decarbing weed is to move on to the next stage of the process (as opposed to cobbing which is an end in and of itself), I think that 240º is a good temperature to stick with. In an ideal world it would probably be 230ºF (110ºC) and only for 30 minutes, but I try to account for the vagaries of the oven, the dampness of the buds, and the insulating properties of aluminum foil.
I remember reading in one of SweetSue's thread where someone postulated that a low temperature for a long time might be ineffective because of the minimum temp that is needed to remove the carbon atom from the chain. Not every catalyst is a catalyst at all concentrations.
Do the cob results mean that cobs do not need to be heated and therefore can produce the same effects as smoking but without any heat (like eating it would be the same as traditionally-made edibles)?
I'd love to see the cob test results!
I believe that there is talk in making oil from cobs but not sure if anyone has progressed to that point yet. i definitely want to give it a try at some point.
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. Beard trimming went well and he looks much less like Santa now!
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The big lakes up here govern the weather more than people not from the area think. The weather here is strongly influenced by the jet stream which is in turn influnced by the temps in the Pacific. I get it. 
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