Plate setter etiquette

SmokingPiney

Foil and drip pan for me. 

THEBuckeye

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lousubcap

Drip pan here so areas outside the pan can look mighty fine even if not in the direct line of "fire".

stlcharcoal

Drip pan(s) on anything with a lot of fat (pork butt), or just a piece of foil on something like a brisket.  I often put water, beer, apple juice and/or cider vinegar in the drip pans to help keep the fat drippings from smoking when they hit the metal.  I hate that bitter burned grease taste, so if it's not lean, it has a drip pan w/ liquid.