Yesterday I put on three racks of ribs for a few people coming over for dinner.

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Those look really good man! 
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  I'd say you had some happy friends 
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I have to ask.  How did you do it?  I know a lot use the 3-2-1 method, but with my semi newly acquired 18.5 WSM I'm learning that most (if not all) things don't need that special treatment I used to have to do with my now departed offset.  I don't even peek to mop them until 45 mins from finishing to cover them in a sweet style BBQ sauce so it caramelizes a bit. 
 
These were done @ 225 for 5 1/2 hours. They were not wrapped in foil at all. 

They were done on my WSM 22'5 smoker with a full water pan. I have wrapped 

and not wrapped depending on how I happen to feel that day. These were also 

spritzed several times with apple juice. 
 
Nice!  I have stopped using water after getting a pitmaster iq controller.  I only use the pan to catch drippings now (w foil) and rumor has it thats optional too.  But I like an easy clean up and I don't want the drippings to mess with the minion method and the clean smoke flavor.  Nice work!
 
So admittedly I'm new to using my WSM but I would think that keeping the temp down and humidity up a water pan would be 

necessary.

I know that in my lang I would never run it with out my water pan.  
 
 
So admittedly I'm new to using my WSM but I would think that keeping the temp down and humidity up a water pan would be 

necessary.

I know that in my lang I would never run it with out my water pan.  
I thought so too.  Turns out everything is juicy and moist without it and I don't use nearly as much charcoal since I'm not boiling off water.  Give it a try, or do what some others do - fill it with sand and cover with foil. 
 
I don't know my daddy a long time ago told me 'Don't fix it if it ain't broken" and he was right about a lot of things and I think that 

I am just going to keep using a water pan in all my smokers. 
 
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