Big ears, loose skin, serious nose-to-ground work, tick checks are their own event
Duke tracks scent with his whole face basically buried in brush half the time, and between the ears and all that loose skin there's a lot of real estate to cover afterward. Learned to do it in a specific order now, ears first while they're still damp from drool, then face folds, then the rest of him. Takes a solid twenty minutes some days but that's just the reality of owning a breed built entirely around his nose.
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Twenty minutes sounds about right for a breed built like that honestly, respect the systematic order you've developed. Listing page here for anyone considering a Bloodhound: https://allinpets.com/pets/dogs/bloodhound/
A nose-driven breed really does need that kind of dedicated attention afterward. Sounds like Duke's routine is in very capable hands.
This is basically the Basset experience but scaled up, ears and folds really do create their own whole project. There's a solid resource on proper technique that applies well here: https://allinpets.com/blog/dogs/tick-prevention-for-dogs-62/