Water Pan In Pit Boss Pellet Smoker

In this video you will see my new pit boss 5 series vertical pellet smoker.

Water pan in pit boss pellet smoker. What a water pan does is prevent evaporative cooling by providing a moister environment and as such reducing evaporative cooling on the meat. You see a quick unboxing priming initial burn off and my first smoke. Now you can set the pit boss to the smoke setting which is 150 degrees but i just set it to 250 degrees and have found that it takes about an hour per pound. There s no need to feel intimidated.

I ll go over the basics of using both a pellet grill and a pellet smoker in this article. Make sure you you add water to your water pan in the smoker. It adds a subtle flavor nothing more but there are some exceptions to the rule as well such as the use of orange. This helps regulate the temperature and humidity inside of the smoker.

Pit boss pellet smokers and grills are simple to use and maintain. Always try and keep this at least three quarters full. Having water in the smoker will help to keep your meat from drying out. It s going to dry out some anyway but this helps.

Then i add the water to the water pan during the startup process. Finally i do sometimes fill the water pan with other things but generally when i m cooking indirectly but not smoking such as fruit juice. I usually microwave 3 cups or so of water till it s at least very warm or hot. Though i ll reference the copperhead series 3 smoker and the austin xl horizontal pellet grill both made by pit boss the procedures for starting and using nearly any pellet smoker grill are.