Size of Disposable Aluminum Trays

Pinkfacemark

What size do you guys buy and where do you find the best price?

The ones from Amazon are a 30 pack for 14 x 10 x 4 inches. 

http://www.amazon.com/Catering-Essentials-Half-Steam-Table/dp/B001UBHJI4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1442952591&sr=8-3&keywords=aluminum+tray

RRP

Howdi again from Dunlap!
I don't use enough that I bother buying in quantity, but here's the point I want to make. I buy the shallow 2.5" kind so that I can place it on 3 standing copper piece each 1" long resting on my PS and then grate on PS legs. That way there is still air flow(smoke) under the grate, while also keeping the grease from burning, yet catches the grease with still plenty of capacity. 

Pinkfacemark

Thanks @RRP .  It will take me a long time to get thru that many, but whenever I buy them when I need them, they are always $3/ea.  Figured I would stock up. 

Plutonium

Something similar to that is $7 at Costco. I don't recall the exact sizes, but mine are similar but more shallow.

SmokeyPitt

Sam's, Costco, BJ's all have a 30 pack of the 1/2 steam table pans for $6-$7. 

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/bakers-chefs-aluminum-foil-steam-table-pans-half-size-30-ct/200080.ip?iid=Category

They are probably a little taller than needed on the egg as a drip pan, but it is easy enough to squish them down a bit.  I use these more frequently for cooking and serving than as a drip pan.  Most of the time for a drip pan I just use aluminum foil and make a pan.  I use the foil pans for bigger jobs like multiple butts/briskets.    

lousubcap

I buy disposable ones from the local grocer (Kroger) and like @RRP use ones short enough to give clearance below the cooking grate when sitting on the now extinct BGE green feet on the platesetter.  I will line the pan with foil and toss the foil after a cook so I get plenty of run-time before changing them out.  Many ways to get there.

Pinkfacemark

Good to know that I can get them at Sam's or Costco.  I will have to look next time I go. 

Ladeback69

SmokeyPitt said:

Sam's, Costco, BJ's all have a 30 pack of the 1/2 steam table pans for $6-$7. 

http://www.samsclub.com/sams/bakers-chefs-aluminum-foil-steam-table-pans-half-size-30-ct/200080.ip?iid=Category

They are probably a little taller than needed on the egg as a drip pan, but it is easy enough to squish them down a bit.  I use these more frequently for cooking and serving than as a drip pan.  Most of the time for a drip pan I just use aluminum foil and make a pan.  I use the foil pans for bigger jobs like multiple butts/briskets.    

I bought a bunch at Sam's like @SmokinPitt said.  I to use them for surviving then drop trays after a couple uses.  On my XL with a spacer on the PS I have to push them down a little to get them to fit.

SGH

Pinkfacemark said:

Good to know that I can get them at Sam's 

Sams has the Bakers Choice brand. They are much cheaper and built just as sturdy as some of the bigger name brands. I try to catch them when they have them marked down and buy a buggy full of them. For the money, they are hard to beat.

DMW

SGH said:

Pinkfacemark said:

Good to know that I can get them at Sam's 

Sams has the Bakers Choice brand. They are much cheaper and built just as sturdy as some of the bigger name brands. I try to catch them when they have them marked down and buy a buggy full of them. For the money, they are hard to beat.

You need to explain what a buggy is to those north of the Mason Dixon. Up around here, we think of this when we hear buggy.


FWIW, I know what you mean.

theyolksonyou

@dmw that's a horse and buggy, a buggy is something to buy groceries in or grill on. 

SGH

DMW said

You need to explain what a buggy is to those north of the Mason Dixon. Up around here, we think of this when we hear buggy.

FWIW, I know what you mean.

Except for a very few, i gave up on those north of the Mason/Dixon line many years ago

DMW

SGH said:

DMW said

You need to explain what a buggy is to those north of the Mason Dixon. Up around here, we think of this when we hear buggy.

FWIW, I know what you mean.

Except for a very few, i gave up on those north of the Mason/Dixon line many years ago

I hope I made the cut.

SGH

DMW said:

SGH said:

DMW said

You need to explain what a buggy is to those north of the Mason Dixon. Up around here, we think of this when we hear buggy.

FWIW, I know what you mean.

Except for a very few, i gave up on those north of the Mason/Dixon line many years ago

I hope I made the cut.

You know that you are one of the chosen few brother D.

theyolksonyou

@dmw I was fixin' to go to the store. If you'll carry  me down there, I'll show you a buggy. 

DMW

theyolksonyou said:

@dmw I was fixin' to go to the store. If you'll carry  me down there, I'll show you a buggy. 

OK, I got all that except "carry". Does that mean provide a ride in a car, or literally pick you up and hoist you over my shoulder and hoof it down to the store?

theyolksonyou

DMW said:

theyolksonyou said:

@dmw I was fixin' to go to the store. If you'll carry  me down there, I'll show you a buggy. 

OK, I got all that except "carry". Does that mean provide a ride in a car, or literally pick you up and hoist you over my shoulder and hoof it down to the store?

The more convenient option, typically we use a vehicle. 

Pinkfacemark

SGH said:

Pinkfacemark said:

Good to know that I can get them at Sam's 

Sams has the Bakers Choice brand. They are much cheaper and built just as sturdy as some of the bigger name brands. I try to catch them when they have them marked down and buy a buggy full of them. For the money, they are hard to beat.

The Bakers Choice frozen chicken is the worst product I have ever purchased.  

jonessteave

Tin trays wholesale 
I'm tired of the flimsy, clear plastic trays. I had one crack on me the other day... that was a mess, since the plant is inside! :S

So I found some baking trays for loaves of banana bread and the like... aluminum I believe. Same stuff disposable pie trays are made of. They fit perfect; I can get two pots per tray. They are nice and deep too. My only question regards metal leaching... will the aluminum eventually release enough metal to poison the plants? If I go ahead with this, I'll have flytraps, sarrs, and droseras in the pans.