There seems to be a lot of opinions on what to put in the water pan?? I've read sand, gravel, water, apple juice and leaving it empty!? Whats your thoughts??
There seems to be a lot of opinions on what to put in the water pan?? I've read sand, gravel, water, apple juice and leaving it empty!? Whats your thoughts??
I leave mine empty but foiled over to act as an additional grease catcher. I used sand once because that one time I spilled damp, greasy sand inside my smoker. The 30 minutes I spent cleaning it out taught me my lesson.
There seems to be a lot of opinions on what to put in the water pan?? I've read sand, gravel, water, apple juice and leaving it empty!? Whats your thoughts??
I put playground sand in it and covered it with foil. Like you, I read many different things about the water pan. There are information out there that filling it with sand will help with regulating the temperature. But I am only going by what I have read. As I get more experienced in smoking, I may take out the sand and see if the temperatures are different.
There seems to be a lot of opinions on what to put in the water pan?? I've read sand, gravel, water, apple juice and leaving it empty!? Whats your thoughts??
Another thing, if you are using or will use the A-Maze-N Prducts pellet smoker, I believe they advise not using any liquids in the water pan. Their reasoning is that it would hamper the pellets burning.
There seems to be a lot of opinions on what to put in the water pan?? I've read sand, gravel, water, apple juice and leaving it empty!? Whats your thoughts??
With my experience in my MES 30 Gen 1 smoking with the water pan filled with playground sand and with it empty and foiled over, I saw no difference in heat regulation or variances. In fact, with it empty I'll quite often see a few degrees difference between the controller display and my ET-733 or the temps will be the same. For me, the less I have to do when smoking the more fun it is and the better the finished product.
I put playground sand in it and covered it with foil. Like you, I read many different things about the water pan. There are information out there that filling it with sand will help with regulating the temperature. But I am only going by what I have read. As I get more experienced in smoking, I may take out the sand and see if the temperatures are different.