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Drip pan for XLBGE?

CSH
CSH Posts: 11
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I'm brand new to BGE and just got an XL. For long, slow cooks, what do you recommend for a drip pan? I've seen a deep dish pizza pan used for a smaller kamado, but haven't seen one big enough for an XL. Is it recommended to add spacers between the platesetter and the drip pan to allow some airflow? Are foil balls sufficient, or is there a better solution? Thanks for your help!
BGE XL, Visions Grill, Multiple Webers, ABS Pit Boss
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    edited June 2015
    I use a large disposable aluminum pan over foil balls on my XL. If it's too tall for the grate to set, just mash it down. 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    Spacers as pretty important IMO. I use copper plumbing tees but the rolled up foil balls work too.

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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    Ceramic grill store has round drip pans that are sized for the XL with maybe a 3/4" lip.  I use that most of the time, but if it's a cook that's going to generate lots of drippings, I'll either use a large foil pan like described by @SmokingPiney or use two of the half-size foil pans side by side.
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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    I'm done buying foil pans. I'm buying a BGE square drip-pan that is dishwasher safe for my Large. I'll be ahead of the game with my 5th butt or rib cook.
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    I hear you @THEBuckeye, but we use them frequently enough for food that we buy in bulk at Sam's and when done with food, I rinse out and put in another pile to use as a drip pan, so they're all second use, sometimes more if not to decroded after a cook.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • byrne092
    byrne092 Posts: 746
    Another thing you can do is wrap an old cookie sheet in tin foil. The drip pan from CGS is nice though, nice lip so the drippings dont overflow.
    XL, Medium BGE & Blackstone I XAR-Woo2 & Rig-BO I Flameboss 500

    St. Louis, MO
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  • Ladeback69
    Ladeback69 Posts: 4,484
    I have done like @SmokingPiney, said or just wrap the plate setter in foil and go for it.  I usually do a hot cook after a low & slow so it will burn off the fat in the lump.  I don't get to many drippings from ribs though that I have found in my XL.  Spacer is a must if you are using a drip pan.
    XL, WSM, Coleman Road Trip Gas Grill

    Kansas City, Mo.
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  • CSH
    CSH Posts: 11
    Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm looking forward to my first slow burn on the XL.
    BGE XL, Visions Grill, Multiple Webers, ABS Pit Boss
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  • SmokingPiney
    SmokingPiney Posts: 2,319
    @CSH   Have fun. I'm prepping wings right now for mine. 
    Living the good life smoking and joking
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  • RAC
    RAC Posts: 1,688
    Welcome aboard!

    Ricky

    Boerne, TX

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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,540
    Baking pan wrapped in tin foil.  I used BGE feet as spacers between the plate setter and pan
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • marroquin
    marroquin Posts: 6
    Why do you put a spacer between the plate setter and the drip pan?
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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    marroquin said:
    Why do you put a spacer between the plate setter and the drip pan?
    You don't wait the drippings to boil/burn. Will give you some nasty smoke.
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    Well, "spa-Peggy" is kind of like spaghetti. I'm not sure what Peggy does different, if anything. But it's the one dish she's kind of made her own.
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,174
    marroquin said:
    Why do you put a spacer between the plate setter and the drip pan?
    If you don't the drippings burn making bad smoke and giving a bad flavor.
    Flint, Michigan
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    I use a large round disposable aluminum serving tray, the edge is about 1.5cm high, and I place it on Aluminum foil balls. Works great, used it for everything, holds all the drippings, and if needed to save, bends nicely to pour.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
    Here is what I use.  http://www.amazon.com/Camco-20800-Aluminum-Heater-Fitting/dp/B000IJX0EQ

    I used JB Weld to seal up the drain hole.  I've been using it over a year and have never had a problem.


    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


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  • CSH
    CSH Posts: 11
    dldawes1, that's a great idea. Thanks! I just went to my local Lowes and they had the 20" pan on clearance for $1.20. It may be a hair small for my XL, but not much.
    BGE XL, Visions Grill, Multiple Webers, ABS Pit Boss
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  • CanadianAnvil
    CanadianAnvil Posts: 226
    I use a lipped baking sheet I steal from the wife's oven. I set it on the 3 little green feet that came with my xl. 
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  • dldawes1
    dldawes1 Posts: 2,208
    @ $1.20...you could buy them and make 2000% profit !!!!  Sell the finished product at $24 each !!!!

    Mine is 20" diameter and it is perfect for my XL.

    Glad you found something that will work for you.

    Have a great 4th weekend.

    Donnie Dawes - RNNL8 BBQ - Carrollton, KY  

    TWIN XLBGEs, 1-Beautiful wife, 1 XS Yorkie

    I'm keeping serious from now on...no more joking around from me...Meatheads !! 


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