- Joined
- Jan 11, 2011
- Location
- Lawrence...
You can run dry, meaning no water in the pan, but some folks add sand to act as a heat sink. Or you could remove the pan and diverter and run dry and direct heat.
I'm looking forward to experimenting with water vs no water. The time I borrowed a party the water can really get to a rolling boil and then steam a lot in the sealed environment. Then take my WSM, which I always now run dry because the water never really seems to steam up as much as the water pan is much further away from the coals. So I don't think it makes a difference on the WSM and am interested to see if I can tell a difference in the BW.