Foil on the Water pan?


 
Van, the reason we foil the outside of the water pan is because of clean up - a foiled pan will not need to be cleaned everytime, just change foil every couple of cooks. Have fun with your cook, don't panick when the butt hits the stall zone.
 
Well, I got to clean the top side after a cook anyway so...No foil for me
Thanks
Dave O said:
Van, the reason we foil the outside of the water pan is because of clean up - a foiled pan will not need to be cleaned everytime, just change foil every couple of cooks. Have fun with your cook, don't panick when the butt hits the stall zone.
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I think you'll find that the bottom of the pan is a lot tougher to clean than the inside. A little bit of soap inside the pan cleans it up nicely. The stuff that forms over the charcoal is tough to get off the bottom of the pan. Enjoy your cook!
 
Are you sure they don't mean foiling the inside bottom of the pan? The only reason to foil is for easier clean up. I foil the inside but not the outside. Note that I do not use water so without foil, clean up would be very hard.
 
I did an entire video on this subject. Excuse the lighting...


I always foil the outside no matter what. I only foil the inside when NOT using water. On occasion, I get water UNDER the foil and it expands up and over into the hot coals below...not good, so I stopped doing that. But lots of people DO foil with water, too.

Regards,
Chris
 
I got the Butt in the cooker at 5:30 am. Man did it look nice. stay tuned for the play by play action:wsm:
 
The butt is off the WSM and wrapped in foil.
I did peal off a piece to give to my wife. She said OMG!!:eek:
One thing I thing I need is a better meat thermometer like the tharmapen.
 
Well, The BB was a complete success. Well, there was none left over to take home from out chruch's pot luck lunch. Fortunately I saved some ,,,Nyuck Nyuck Nyuck:p
 
Used foil in the pan only. No water for a picnic shoulder a few weeks ago. Came out great. Temp held rock steady at 225. But I was also using a Pitmaster IQ.
 
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