Making weed edibles at home is a lot of fun. You enjoy a delicious tasting treat while reaping all the potential benefits cannabis offers. There are certain factors to consider when cooking with marijuana, though, like at what temperature does THC degrade?
Before you break out the buds you grew from those Girls Scout Cookies weed seeds, know the rules. When cooking with cannabis, you want to enjoy the effects, so you have to get it right.
Ready to become the Martha Stewart of your household?
We share the ideal baking edibles temperature, how butter and oils differ, and some top cooking with weed tips.
The Ideal Cannabis Cooking Temperature for Edibles
There are many dishes to make with cannabis products like CBD oil, THC oil, HHC oil, and many more. Brownies and cookies are a baker’s favorite, but savory low-sugar meals work too if you’re concerned about edible weed and diabetes. So, what’s the ideal temperature to whip up a delicious canna meal?
First, you need to know that decarboxylation and cooking with weed are different. If you’ve made cannabutter or oil, you’ll have decarbed marijuana. Most connoisseurs agree that 230–250°F is ideal for this process.
What temp does THC degrade at? We know it evaporates above 292°F—that means it starts to break down long before. For that reason, many cooks believe the decarb temperature is what to use when baking too. It’s not.
You can make edibles at higher temperatures without affecting their quality as long as the product doesn’t overheat. What do we mean?
Let’s compare it to roasting a chicken. If you cook the bird at 350°F for an hour, the perfectly done meat never gets hotter than 165°F.
So, does heat affect edibles? When you bake a treat with weed inside, you shouldn’t face any issues with the temperature. If you hope to broil, fry, or grill over direct heat, then you need to keep the temp as low as possible.
What About Cannabutter and Oils?
Do you already have some weed-infused butter or oil and want to add it to a dish? Make sure you add it inside the food. If you use either option to fry or saute, they’ll likely get too hot, making the THC evaporate.
Say you want to batter some fish and fry it; adding the oil inside the coating is better than cooking with it. Lather a layer on your meat with salt and pepper, cover in batter, and lower it into the pan.
What’s the ideal baking with cannabutter temperature? As long as it’s inside your edible, it doesn’t matter.
Tips for Making Cannabis Edibles
Are you ready to expand your knowledge of how to cook with herbs? Follow our tips to ensure your weed edibles are the best in town. The guide below relates to any dish, so pick your favorite food, and add an extra kick!
THC or CBD
Before you start baking, frying, or grilling, know the difference between these cannabinoids. THC is what makes you feel ‘high’ when consuming weed. CBD has no psychoactive effects but still helps you relax and enjoy other potential marijuana benefits.
Before buying cannabis, browse the various strains available and read about how they make you feel. Check the cannabinoid percentages and find one that suits the experience you desire.
Measure Your Dosage
Use an exact dosage to avoid munching on a batch of cookies and falling asleep before you enjoy the effects. If you rely on your estimations, adding more than you need is an easy mistake. Cannabis goes a long way in edible form, so keep doses small.
An edible dosage calculator is ideal to do the number crunching. You need the following data to start:
- How much cannabis you use
- The percentage of THC and CBD in the strain
- How much oil or butter you use (If applicable)
Input this information into the calculator to see how many milligrams of each cannabinoid your treats contain per tablespoon. To find the exact mg per serving, enter the number of tablespoons your recipe requires, and you get the final number.
Be Dosage Smart
You know what temp to cook weed edibles at and are looking forward to getting “baked” from your culinary delights. Go steady. Tipping in a ton of cannabis sounds fun, but edible’s effects are more intense than when inhaling.
The sensations also take longer to kick in. Smoking hits you after 10–15 minutes, but edibles take up to 2 hours. The effects last longer too, so if you over-consume, the possible unpleasant symptoms hang around for up to 12 hours.
If you’re new to edibles, start with a dose of 1–2.5mg. If, after the two hours, you only feel a slight buzz, try a little more.
Store Them Correctly
Keep your edibles fresh by storing them like you would your other food. To make sure everyone in your home is safe, remember to:
- Put them out of reach of children and pets—consider a lock box for your special treats.
- Label them to avoid someone eating something they don’t want to.
- Keep them in a sealed container, especially if they have a strong marijuana scent.
The Science Behind CBD Pure
CBD Pure uses cold-press hemp seed oil as the carrier matrix because its flavor profile complements the full-spectrum oil. It is also packed with healthy omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, is virtually flavorless, and is shelf-stable.
Top Cannabis Edibles
You know the correct baking with cannabutter temp and are armed with cooking tips—now it’s time to get creative. To give you a headstart, here are some of our favorite foods to pair with cannabis:
- Pizza
- Brownies
- Cookies
- Lollipops
- Rice Krispy Treats
Put On Your Apron and Get Cooking
At what temperature does THC degrade? Sometime before it reaches 292°F, but that doesn’t hinder your edible baking. As long as you put the marijuana, oil, or butter inside the dish, it won’t reach excessive temps.
What are you waiting for? Pick your favorite strain, gather the other ingredients, and whip up a storm in the kitchen. Want to take things even further? Grow your own weed and enjoy edibles straight from your herb garden.
Kyle Kushman
Kyle Kushman is an American writer, educator, activist and award-winning cannabis cultivator and breeder specializing in veganic cultivation. He is a representative of Homegrown Cannabis CO company, has been a contributor for over 20 years, and has taught courses in advanced horticulture at Oaksterdam University in Oakland, California and across the United States. Kushman also hosts a cannabis podcast called “The Grow Show with Kyle Kushman”.
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