<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Antti P:
Call me stupid, but I put water in the pan. Reading dozen's of discussions it seems that I shouldn't be doing that, but I'm not sure why.. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
There's nothing wrong with putting water in the pan. But after a couple of instances of letting the pan boil dry (which resulted in temperatures climbing out of control), and reading about the various ways of cooking without water, I tried it. I made a "Piedmont Pan" out of my WSM water pan, and a Brinkmann pan I already had. I find I can control temperatures easily enough, and I don't have to worry about refilling the water pan (especially on overnight cooks). It's more a matter of convenience to me, rather than quality of the finished product (which is just as good as when I was using water).