Quote Originally Posted by Tony78 View Post
There's a thing called a retort which works better and faster than the SA treatment. It's not as safe as the SA treatment but the boiling alcohol and the vapors from the retort pull a LOT of gunk and smell out of the briar pores quickly.
As a well known klutz (for those of you who remember my crockpot misadventure on the other forum) I was afraid to try a retort, but I'm just too darn lazy for the salt and alcohol thing, and some of my early Cavicchis were getting a bit...rank, so I broke down and gave it a shot. Even with my famous mechanical disabilities, I was able to use it with no problem, and the results were excellent. Until the day when I boil everything over and set fire to the cat, I'm sold.