diff --git a/components/sud.py b/components/sud.py
index 993a314..968036a 100644
--- a/components/sud.py
+++ b/components/sud.py
@@ -59,17 +59,8 @@ def _build_step(number, defaults, raw_step):
 EMPTY_SUD = {
 	'Name': '',
 	'Description': '',
-	# pot_mass/pot_material are the physical kettle's own properties, not
-	# really per-recipe (every sude/*.json so far uses this exact pot) -
-	# defaulting to 0/None here used to make derive_plant_params() come out
-	# with a zero-mass plant (a ZeroDivisionError in Pot.process() waiting
-	# to happen) for as long as no Sud had ever been loaded yet. Matching
-	# the real kettle here instead lets server/brewpi.py seed the Pot with
-	# a physically sane default at startup, so its simulation actually
-	# runs - and a real Sud's own doc still overrides these the moment one
-	# is loaded (see SudTask.apply_plant_params()).
-	'pot_mass': 5.96,
-	'pot_material': "Edelstahl 18/10",
+	'pot_mass': 0,
+	'pot_material': None,
 	# Pot energy loss coefficient [W/(kg*K)] and transport propagation
 	# delay [s] - see derive_plant_params(). Defaults match the generic
 	# values brewpi.py used to hardcode for every brew alike.
diff --git a/server/brewpi.py b/server/brewpi.py
index 949581f..2a70a26 100755
--- a/server/brewpi.py
+++ b/server/brewpi.py
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	sensor_task = TempSensorTask(sensor, DT_TASK, dispatcher.msgio_get("Sensor"))
 	taskmgr.add(sensor_task)
 
-	# Pot - seeded with the not-yet-loaded sud's own (now physically sane,
-	# see Sud.EMPTY_SUD) plant params right away, same as ambient below, so
-	# a simulated Pot already runs - manual heater power/Sud disabled or
-	# not - instead of sitting inert until a real Sud loads (PotReal just
-	# ignores this - see there). A real Sud's own doc still overrides
-	# these the moment one is loaded (see tasks/sud.py's SudTask.
-	# apply_plant_params()).
+	# Pot - deliberately left without plant params (M/C/L/Td) here: a
+	# Sud's own doc is the only source for those now (see tasks/sud.py's
+	# SudTask.apply_plant_params(), called immediately on Load), so the
+	# simulated Pot stays inert (Pot.is_configured() is False, PotTask
+	# skips process() - see there) until one actually is loaded (PotReal
+	# just ignores this - see there). Ambient is independent of any Sud
+	# (a global setting, changeable live via the System channel - see
+	# on_system_recv() below), so it's set right away regardless.
 	pot.set_ambient_temperature(theta_amb)
-	pot.set_plant_params(sud.derive_plant_params(sud.grain_mass, sud.water_mass))
 	taskmgr.add(PotTask(pot, DT_TASK, dispatcher.msgio_get("Pot")))
 
 	heater.set_on_changed("power_eff", ChangedFloat(pot.set_power, prec=0).set)