Opie I've never put water in.....just the bowl setup you see there. I'd try between 250-275 next and try maybe 2-3 hours total. The longest I've done is 4 hours with correct temps.

Honestly no real thoughts about heating things up in the capsules..that would be my problem as well.

I can say this definitely works but it took a lot of tweaking. Have you tried the very first recipe with the little pan? That really gave me my start. But it's pretty rare that i make some and feel NOTHING.....even if I mess up my temps somewhat.