I recently acquired a 6-pack of Blazy Susan Grateful Dead pre-rolled cones.

The cones are 2 ¼” long excluding tip. With the tip included they are about 3 ¼”. The cones are vegan, GMO free, chlorine free and feature Grateful Dead-themed tips. Each empty pre-roll comes with its own little round smusher stick to aid in an even pack.

In order to fill one of these things properly, break your weed down to a fine mash. You can use your fingers or a grinder, but I usually use a grinder with these types of cones.

It takes about a gram of flower to fill one of these pre-rolls. You don’t have to fill it all of the way, especially if it’s intended for only one single smoker. I usually fill it all of the way regardless of how many smokers will be partaking in the piff.

To fill the cone with broken-up weed, you can fold a piece of paper, put your pot in the crease, and pour it into the cone bit by bit, using the smusher stick in between pours. Some brands of cones, such as RAW, even come with little custom pouring tools in addition to the smusher sticks.

If you don’t have or want to use a pouring pal, pinch some pot with your thumb and middle finger. Place the pinch into the cone. Use the smusher stick to evenly pack the plant product.

Pinch and repeat. Never pinch or pour more than once without using the smusher stick to pack the pot. This will ensure your joint is stuffed sufficiently in order to burn evenly and maintain its shape.

When you’re finished the joint should look something like this. You can twist or pinch the remaining paper at the top if you plan on saving the jib for later. In this example I lit the thing as it was right then and there.

The joint burned slowly and evenly. I barely tasted the paper at all. I was smoking on some London Pound Cake 29% THC Hybrid from Kynd. It had sweet notes that reminded me of icing along with some earthier, nuttier flavors that gave me the impression of sponge cake.

Usually I prefer unbleached hemp papers, so I’m not sure I’d buy these again. Many readily-available brands such as RAW make unbleached, organic hemp pre-rolled cones. I recommend the 20 pack from RAW since it comes with both smusher sticks and pouring pals. Element makes organic rice cones, and you can get a 240 pack of Papa Jim’s unbleached cones for $20 on Amazon.

On a side note, rice paper for joints is a special style of thin translucent paper made from organic Earth-based materials. It is not made from the same type of rice that you eat.