Drip Pan or Aluminum Foil

MelSharples · January 2015

Newbie to the forum and the Egg world (LBGE purchased 1/17 from Mother Ship). I am wondering what the consensus is on covering the PS with foil or using a drip pan. I have done long smokes in a barrel smoker using a drip pan but don't really see the point of doing it on the egg as long as the PS is protected. Would love to hear your thoughts.

Brought the egg home Saturday afternoon and ate our first attempt (Beer Can Chicken) on Saturday night...

theyolksonyou · January 2015

I cover the PS with foil, but use an elevated drip pan. If you start getting burning grease on your PS it could stink up your food. So it PS some metal objects of your choice, then drip pan. I also line my pan with foil for easy clean up.

Chubbs · January 2015

Short cooks using PS (chicken) I use foil over PS. For longer cooks I use foil pan and then trash it afterwards.

stemc33 · January 2015

Don't worry about covering the PS, it'll burn clean. I use a drip pan to prevent juice/fat from scorching. Elevate the drip pan slightly with a spacer of some sort. This also prevents scorching of your drippings. Here's a pic of my PS after cooking at 400-500° with no smoke. You see the ends are black, but the PS will clean up good.

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

I wrap the PS with foil. Occasionally on a L&S I'll use an elevated pan lined with foil. If the fkeep saves the pan good I'll reuse it otherwise I'll just toss it.

Botch · January 2015

I foil for ribs, use a drip pan for butts and briskets (more fat). As @stemc33 mentioned, you can do a clean burn every so often to clean the grease that slips through.

plumbfir01 · January 2015

Aluminum Foil has been proven to release chemicals and micro particles in the superheated spaces. I used to wrap my butts now i don't anymore.. really don't use foil unless its post grilling.

plumbfir01 · January 2015

further detailed and stolen from another source.

Aluminum begins to give off Aluminum hydrate and related compounds at 293 degrees or hotter. On the stove top or in the oven these temps are easily reached. Take a look at your old aluminum utensils and notice the pitting that occurs. That is caused by the molecular degradation of aluminum during the heating process when it exceeds 290 degrees. It takes a long time to result in the pitting, but it does not take that much in your body to create damage. Remember, Aluminum content in the brain was the first reliable test to predict Alzheimer's.

stemc33 · January 2015

@plumbfir01‌, so I take it the Tin Man wasn't your favorite character in the Wizard of Oz.

When I was a kid, I worked in a blacksmith shop and would burn my soda cans with the trim from the hot parts. It was a monotonous job, so I would toss the cans in the bin and count to see how long each one would take to burn. I'm sure I've got brain damage because I could smell them when they burned. I wasn't the smartest kid, but now it looks like I won't be the smartest old man either.

After putting out TMI. A guy should be good if he's cooking at 275° and wraps his butt to finish it. He'll never hit the 293° threshold. If foil was that dangerous, there'd be huge bright labels instructing not to use it when cooking foods.

Hungry Joe · January 2015

If I'm cooking something that drips a lot of grease or juice I cover the plate setter in aluminum foil and I line my drip pans with aluminum foil for easier clean up.

Always create an air space between your plate setter and drip pan to keep the drippings from burning.

NPHuskerFL · January 2015

@plumbfir01‌ I use aluminum foil in all my...now what were we talking about?
Too soon #-o

Botch · January 2015

plumbfir01 said:

further detailed and stolen from another source.

Aluminum begins to give off Aluminum hydrate and related compounds at 293 degrees or hotter. On the stove top or in the oven these temps are easily reached. Take a look at your old aluminum utensils and notice the pitting that occurs. That is caused by the molecular degradation of aluminum during the heating process when it exceeds 290 degrees. It takes a long time to result in the pitting, but it does not take that much in your body to create damage. Remember, Aluminum content in the brain was the first reliable test to predict Alzheimer's.

"I did not know that." [/Carson]

plumbfir01 · January 2015

hey.... I'm just putting the info out there. I could care less if it kills anybody that thinks I'm wrong. I just personally sway towards the side of caution. Not to mention, if you are at 275-290 at the dome, wouldn't you be a tad bit higher at the flame and on the PS covered in AF?

plumbfir01 · January 2015

I used to use it on ps but during the turbos it would flake apart and get everywhere so that was eye opening and i started doing my own research.

MelSharples · January 2015

Thanks for all the help and info guys! Not sure I can get through the rest of my life without aluminum foil!

SmokeyPitt · January 2015

First of all...your avatar is awesome and you can kiss my grits.

I usually use foil to make a drip pan. If I am cooking a big hunk o meat i use an aluminum drip pan, but for most things a home made foil drip pan works. In addition the plate setter is too small so you can use foil to make a bigger indirect area. I get the big ass roll of foil from costco, tear off a sheet and roll it up then make a drip pan bigger than the plate setter.

Visual:

Tjcoley · January 2015

Does FTC cause Alzheimer's?

DMW · January 2015

Tjcoley said:
Does FTC cause Alzheimer's?

I can't remember.

Tjcoley · January 2015

Does FTC cause Alzheimer's?

Durangler · January 2015

You can walk down the street & get hit by a bus also, if I remember correctly. :-B

Hungry Joe · January 2015

Durangler said:

You can walk down the street & get hit by a bus also, if I remember correctly. :-B

I bet if you had a tin foil hat 98% of the busses would avoid going near you.

Salmonegg · January 2015

plumbfir01 said:
Remember, Aluminum content in the brain was the first reliable test to predict Alzheimer's.

Do you have a source for that? The Alzheimer's Association says later studies have failed to establish an aluminum link. http://m.alz.org/myths.asp (see #4)

Though, who knows? Maybe they saw the evidence and have since forgotten.

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