Sometimes I've been in a hurry to make some for the next day, and not cured em. They work fine, they just don't last long. I try to always cure them, and I use the oven in the kitchen set @325 for 20 minutes. I just hang em on the rack of the oven, and turn it off when they're done, drag the rack out for couple minutes, and youre done. Definitely worth the trouble.