Pro-Q Excel Water Pan

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Pro-Q Excel Water Pan

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Can anyone offer any advice or experience on using sand/clay pots in the water pan on a Pro-Q Excel please instead of water. Does it improve temperature stability, temperature range, etc.?

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cledus wrote:Can anyone offer any advice or experience on using sand/clay pots in the water pan on a Pro-Q Excel please instead of water. Does it improve temperature stability, temperature range, etc.?

Thanks.
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Thanks for the reply. I was trying to use the search function early this morning on my phone, and kept getting a blank screen saying "Information" with nothing on it. Having used it on the PC today, very impressed with it. There is some really useful stuff on here.

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Re: Clay saucer Q
I was struggling with keeping the temps up in my proQ excel, inexperience maybe, but replacing the water for a clay saucer just worked for me. I also find I can get the "bowl" out and use the remaining hot coals for grilling sausages and burgers, very fiddly job with it full of hot water.
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More importantly neither sand or clay disc need topping up partway through a cook :D
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