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    Do y'all clean your drip pans?

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    I've been using roasting pans to catch my drippings.  They're cheap at Costco, but it seems wasteful to always toss them.  I usually use older ones that have been used a few times for other things, so they're about worn out anyway.  They're not terribly expensive at Costco, but still...

    What do y'all do for drip pans?
    NOLA
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      13x9 brownie pan lined with aluminum foil. Ez cleanup
      LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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      I do foil around my CGS drip pan. How do drippings find their way through the foil, that's the headscratcher.
      Seattle, WA
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      I found a stainless steel pan at Goodwill that fits the large BGE. It goes in the oven in the kitchen when we self-clean the oven. Most of the time I line it with foiland don't worry about it. 
      1 Large BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Minimax BGE, Original wife and 3 dogs living in the heart of BBQ country in Round Rock Texas. 

      "The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

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      For long messy cooks I use the disposable foil pans. They are dirt cheap and it saves on cleanup.
      Bud
      Large BGE
      Lawrenceville, GA
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      I have a stainless drip pan for my AR that is covered in foil when in use.
      Flint, Michigan
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      edited March 2014
      Disposable pan here. And so thrifty I line with HDAF so I can reuse it. And to top it off the disposable pans I currently use are from frozen lasagna. Thrifty...ok maybe I'm cheap. :-). Then when it becomes to black etc it gets tossed.
      LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
      Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
      Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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      edited March 2014
      CheepAzz here... $-)
      I foil the cheapo pans and re-use until their all bent up, twisted or smashed.
      They get tossed if the foil had a pinhole & leaked thru.
      I hate it when that happens!
        ~X(
      Peoria, AZ == XL BGE, Weber 22.5 Redhead, Fiesta Blue Ember Gasser
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      I never use a drip pan. If I go indirect I let the juices sizzle on the plate setter.
      A child can ask questions a wise man can't answer!!!
      Canada
      Large @ Small BGE 

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      I use disposable sometimes during a low and slow. I just keep turning the Oval stone over every few cooks to let the fire clean in. Easy peasy.
      Dunedin, FL
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      edited March 2014
      I usually just make a drip pan from foil. For bigger cuts i use a disposable pan, but usually foil alone works fine.

      Which came first the chicken or the egg?  I egged the chicken and then I ate his leg. 

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      One of these suckers with foil on it.  (Mine's not that shiny though.)

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      Packerland, Wisconsin

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      Disposable steam table pans here from Sams club...like 8 bucks for 30...if they aren't too bad I will rice out and use again but usually I toss em...I figure at 30 cents a piece I can afford to not worry about them much.
      Making the neighbors jealous in Pleasant Hill, Ia one cook at a time...
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      grege345 said:
      13x9 brownie pan lined with aluminum foil. Ez cleanup

      + 1 except I use a Walmart lasagna pan. It fits perfect on the platesetter.
      Dave - Austin, TX
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      Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic said:
      Disposable steam table pans here from Sams club...like 8 bucks for 30...if they aren't too bad I will rice out and use again but usually I toss em...I figure at 30 cents a piece I can afford to not worry about them much.
      +1 - Same here

      Houston, TX - Buddy LBGE, Don SBGE, Tiny Mini & Shiny Momma Pitts n Spitts

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      bbqlearner said:
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      +1 - Same here
      +2 - Disposable pans from Costco. SWMBO says that she has to wash enough dishes after my cooks to begin with, so any time I can use disposable items, it's much appreciated.
      Large - Mini - Blackstone 17", 28", 36"
      Cumming, GA  

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      Thanks for the input, everyone.  It's always interesting to see how many ways a technique is addressed on here.

      I think i will stick with the disposable pans for now, as they're so cheap, but I like to see all the alternative methods out there.
      NOLA
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