Even though, I go through a lot of pipe cleaners.... which I don't mind, they are pretty cheap, I make sure to have about three of them during each smoke.
Most of my briers gurgle. But I also am a little heavy handed with my tamping, causing my draw to close often. I like a tight draw, because It creates more taste for me personally.
Anywho.... when this happens, or when I get a gurgle, I run a pipe cleaner through..... all the way to the end of the bowl. Through the tobacco. Sometimes I have a pocket, so there is no tobacco their, but most of the time, I've tamped the tobacco down, so I'm in affect punching through the tobacco... which then opens up the draw again and also eliminates alot of the moisture. But I've been learning to dry out my tobacco a lot before smoking, so the moister problem isn't so much a factor anymore.
But the point is, is that I do go through a couple of pipe cleaners during my smoke.