> > 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.

Since I switched from water to sand in that pan, I've noticed much higher
temps in my ECB...my probe under the top rack regularly reaches 300 now,
when 250 used to be a challenge. Maybe I'm just better with fire, but I
suspect the sand has something to do with it. And, I don't have to clean out
that damn water pan anymore.

-John O