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Originally Posted by CroFlames
That's kinda what I planned to do, but then got worried the meat would get dry because it didn't have the water pan. Will try this soon!
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A water pan is definitely optional for a pellet smoker. Most of the benefits of a traditional smoker (even heating, drip pan, better temp control) are engineered directly into a pellet smoker so the water pan doesn't help with those. You can put a foil pan of water inside to increase the humidity of the air inside the smoker if you want, that'll add the ability for the smoke to absorb into the meat and keep it moist but does slow the process a bit. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't, it doesn't seem to make that much difference, although YMMV.
See:
https://grillsimply.com/water-pan-in-pellet-smoker/