Dave Schwartz
TVWBB Fan
Chris Allingham has indicated that smoking without the water pan is something that can be done.
Quote from Chris: "I've cooked pork butt with an empty, foil-lined water pan using the Minion Method and maintained 225-250*F. You can do the same without the pan. You just need to agressively manage the vents, managing temp on the way up instead of letting it get so high that you have a hard time bringing it down."
With that in mind, I'd like to try this with a 7lb pork butt. Any thoughts about initially starting without the water pan to pick up some of the charcoal taste and then maybe halfway through the smoke, adding the water pan to continue with low and slow?
Quote from Chris: "I've cooked pork butt with an empty, foil-lined water pan using the Minion Method and maintained 225-250*F. You can do the same without the pan. You just need to agressively manage the vents, managing temp on the way up instead of letting it get so high that you have a hard time bringing it down."
With that in mind, I'd like to try this with a 7lb pork butt. Any thoughts about initially starting without the water pan to pick up some of the charcoal taste and then maybe halfway through the smoke, adding the water pan to continue with low and slow?