Hello all,
I had an explosion while adding water to the cooker yesterday. I was thinking about what I did and was wondering if maybe I uncovered a safety issue.
Here's the question: Is adding very hot water to a nearly dry water pan a potential safety problem?
Here's what happened yesterday.
1. Woke up in the morning and saw my water pan was nearly dry.
2. Temperature of WSM was a little lower than I wanted so made a very minor vent adjustment.
3. Went inside the house and *boiled* 1.75 liters of water.
4. Poured water into magnum sized wine bottle.
5. Added water to WSM water pan through the fuel access door.
6. Mount St Helens (Long Island Branch) Explodes!
What I'm thinking is since the water pan was extremely hot and the water was near the boiling point the water to flashed to steam which in turn caused a rapid pressure build up in the top section of the cooker. Hence the explosion.
Does any of this make sense?
I had an explosion while adding water to the cooker yesterday. I was thinking about what I did and was wondering if maybe I uncovered a safety issue.
Here's the question: Is adding very hot water to a nearly dry water pan a potential safety problem?
Here's what happened yesterday.
1. Woke up in the morning and saw my water pan was nearly dry.
2. Temperature of WSM was a little lower than I wanted so made a very minor vent adjustment.
3. Went inside the house and *boiled* 1.75 liters of water.
4. Poured water into magnum sized wine bottle.
5. Added water to WSM water pan through the fuel access door.
6. Mount St Helens (Long Island Branch) Explodes!
What I'm thinking is since the water pan was extremely hot and the water was near the boiling point the water to flashed to steam which in turn caused a rapid pressure build up in the top section of the cooker. Hence the explosion.
Does any of this make sense?