WSM manual / foiling the pan
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Dave Russell
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Well, yeah...if someone was half drunk and did a half-*** job of foiling. Whatever.
timothy
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I remember a post from Mike Durso who was an engineer that helped in the design on the newer WSM's. He said something like Weber ran all there tests on just water in the bowl no foil.
So it seems they are just towing the company line.
Nothing wrong with that, but I think we all know better.
Tim
So it seems they are just towing the company line.
Nothing wrong with that, but I think we all know better.
Tim
On their own online schematic, Weber calls it a water pan.Originally posted by Dave Wr.:
...I just called the service department and they said this refers to the "water bowl"! I asked her 3 times are you sure - she said yup - the water bowl/pan...
Call it whatever you like...water pan, water bowl, water thingie, water whatchamacallit, etc.
Regards,
Chris
I foiled my 22.5 waterpan yesterday with 2 sheets of foil, the wide aluminum foil won't cover it in one sheet. I suspect water was boiling up behind the alum foil and was leaking over the sides of the water pan onto the charcoal. It also left quite a burned mess on the bottom of my water pan. I was previously very careful to crimp the foil tight against the pan
Dave Russell
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It's not worth the trouble to foil the bottom of the water pan. Hey, it's like the rest of the smoker. It's gonna get some smoke and grime on it. If using water in the pan, just spray some Pam in it before filling for easier clean up.