Wet coals


 
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Well it finally happned.Just like in the subject of this link link Water seeped out from pan and onto coals. I was doing an over night butt cook. When I woke up saturday morning the cooker was down to 160 and the butts where only 150 I stired the coals and opned vents more but temp wouldnt come up. So after a total of 15 hours I took em out and finished in oven. When I took the cooker apart the ash in the bottom of the cooker was soaked. All I can say is the next time I'm using sand.
However all was not lost. I had some beef curing for 30 hours in original High Mountain cure. I placed a handfull of lit coals in the bottom of a clean dry WSM. Kept cooker between 140 and 170 for entire cook by adding a few lit coals from time to time. Used some small pices of cherry and apple for smoke. After 6 hours I had some very good jerky on my hands. The grand kids almost cleaned me out of jerky but its a keeper.
 
Were you using the Weber water pan? Did you fill it to the brim with cold water? Water will expand and I have never used the factory water pans. I always use the Brinkmann Charcoal pans and have never had a problem.
 
Hey Teddy Bear. ya, I was using the brinkman charcoal pan for water. I also had it lined with aluminum foil. I guess water got under the foil and condenced along the rim then dripped down on coals. I started out using hot tap water. Eliminating the foil would fix it I guess but I've been wanting to try the sand method anyway so next time I will go with that for butts. Even though I had to finish the butts in the oven they still where great. I was also getting alot of steam out of the top vent.
 
Yup I never line with foil. A Spray of Vegolene, Pam or similar makes clean up easy. Sand will work, it just won't moderate a temp spike on a long unattended cook like water.
 
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