moisture...

Yep,that is pretty much the principle of the traditional bullet smokers.

The water pan works as a heat sink and the water steaming out of it tends to help hold the chamber nearer the BP of water-212�,as well as keeping moisture in the cooking chamber.

Jimmy Maxey water smokers are well represented with top teams on the MIM and they use a large water pan system.

There idea is to try to maintain a consistent 225� with moisture.

Some are rumored to not only use apple juice,but maybe some peach cider in the pans.

Some folks have been known to use cans of juice,etc. in their CS s,but I personally haven't seen it to be worth my trouble.

I have not heard of tomato juice ,but you might be onto a whole new method.

In any water pans I've used in the past, Water was about the last thing I used. Apple Juice was a staple, was well as other stuff.

Hey coffeebluff, do I sense some early morning BBQ'n here? As in Bloody Mary's? Now That might be an interesting approach. Try it with Motts clamato, maybe a Bloody Maria? Get out your bartenders guide!
Serious now, has anyone used wine?

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has anyone used wine?

It's a natural. And I think in your sauce-soaked Weber books for kettle cookers, you'll see wine, beer and......."other stuff" as SmokinOkie puts it.
Wads of aromatic herbs to add something to the steam and smoke. Orange peal for the birds.

But here's the thing, the more you drink during this sophisticated process of treating your meat with mysterious mists and gases, the less you can tell the outcome.

Bummer, but that's rule #238 in BBQ: a drunk palate is a dead palate.

So, give your judge a nice shot of moonshine before you serve her your champion plate of briskett.

I have used wine in my electric smoker when making turkeys & it does give the meat a unique flavor.....

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But here's the thing, the more you drink during this sophisticated process of treating your meat with mysterious mists and gases, the less you can tell the outcome.

So what's your point i2?

why dont we all just inject with jack daniels and get it over with? a little for the butt, taste some. a little for the ribs, opps, need another bottle......hiccup....

what do you think the "other stuff" was that I was referring to.