Dave Bugg wrote:
>
> ceed wrote:
>
> > So what you are saying is that the whole "water smoker" concept is a
> > scam of sorts?
>
> Yup.. big-time, rock-n-roll, fuzzy-headed science scam.
>
> > The bullet smokers all have pans you are supposed to
> > fill with water or some other liquid to keep the meat moist. But you
> > are saying the only thing the pan does is keeping the meat from
> > getting direct heat?
>
> Yeah. The only thing they are good for is providing thermal mass and to
> deflect direct radiation from the heat source..... And IT AIN'T JUST ME
> SAYING IT. It's a science thing.
>

.... and act as a temperature fuse/limiter. If the fire is too hot, the
boiling off of water will help to bleed off the excess energy thus
holding the temperature down. A sand filled pan will just get hotter and
hotter.


-CAL