quote:Originally posted by doogster:
An interesting aside, the instructions for my Masterbuilt say to use the water pan even if you don't put anything in it. This is to prevent fat and such from falling on the smoke box and causing flare-ups, this may be related to the design of the smoke box as compared to the CS.
No, you're mixing designs as grease will drip on the smoker box in a CS and vaporize and add flavor.
I some parts of the Q world, grease dripping on an open fire is the ONLY definition of Q. My definition isn't that narrow