I just leave my meat out for 5-10 mins before smoking, really doesn't make a difference int he long run in my experience!
season that sucker and start smoking, but have fun with the water pan...I hated dealing with water pans with my old smoker, it caught all the grease and rub that fell off..total pain in the ass to clean
How much can you get pucks for? IIRC when I was looking at bradley smokers long time ago the cheapest place for pucks was from ebay.
PS: great thread
