Drip pan - Disposable or regalar pan?

boomchke · July 2015

I know that some people like using one and others dont. For those of you that do, do you use a disposable metal pan? Or did you buy like an actual baking pan and you just reuse it? I was reading somewhere last night that the disposable ones are not recommended because they were too thin. Not totally clear on what the issues there could be but it got me curious.

Anyone use a more permanent solution? If so, what kind? A baking pan of some sort? Teflon coated?

TexanOfTheNorth · July 2015

I have a round pizza pan that I just cover with foil.

Not sure why a disposable would be a problem. Just make sure to have some spacers (which I do with my non-disposable pan) between the plate setter and pan.

lkapigian · July 2015

I use disposable all the time-makes no sense to move grease from one container to another then have to clean a grease from the pan--I buy cheap pans with lids- put the lid on the pan put in a trash bag then in the trash

blind99 · July 2015

Disposable, with a few small pebbles between it and the platesetter. I tried a baking pan and made my wife made, plus I hate cleaning it. Heavy duty aluminum foil makes a good drip pan too.

d16lee · July 2015

I just put disposable 11x14" I believe directly on the plate setter. No issues.

I have the BGE pan and used it a few times as a drip pan. The effort to clean it is just not worth it... And as lkapigian says, you have to transfer the grease to another container and can't just pour down the drain. So why create that step?

Double Bogey · July 2015

For me it is all about convenience. I use either a disposable pan or double up on foil and make one myself that is the size I need.

lewisj82 · July 2015

I took our old baking sheets out of the kitchen when we got new ones and just use those covered in foil with some wadded up foil underneath for spacers. Works good enough and they were just going to get thrown away anyway.

pescadorzih · July 2015

I use disposable pans that I get at a restaurant supply store. Only a couple of dollars for a dozen. If they aren't too bad I will wash and reuse.
I use an old grid from one of my bullet smokers to stand off the platesetter.

BugFreak72 · July 2015

Do you guys using disposable have problems with water evaporating faster than when you used thicker?

pescadorzih · July 2015

I don't use any water. I did in the bullet smoker, never in the egg.

revolver1 · July 2015

Disposable for sure.

Jeepster47 · July 2015

Ceramic Grill Store sells 14" diameter stainless steel drip pans that fit the plate setter on the large egg perfectly. A single coating of aluminum foil keeps the pan clean and makes disposal of the drippings easy.

stlcharcoal · July 2015

I use the aluminum disposable ones from Costco. They get all nasty, so it's easy to toss them. I always worry about ripping the aluminum foil is using a nicer pan--I don't want to have to clean them up.

Jeepster47 · July 2015

@stlcharcoal ... it's all about style ... ceramic, CI, or stainless defines the egg!

jtcBoynton · July 2015

I use a pan lined with aluminum foil. Foil makes for easy cleanup (get the extra wide foil). Permanent pan means not running out of disposable ones. I normally use a round pan that just fits in the plate setter. Sometimes use a rectangular pan if using the v-rack.

stlcharcoal · July 2015

Jeepster47 said:

@stlcharcoal ... it's all about style ... ceramic, CI, or stainless defines the egg!

Screw that.....I'm getting 24-carat gold plated ones, then I'll light it with the Benjamins. Oh wait, I'm in the charcoal business--tin plates and newspaper it is.

THEBuckeye · July 2015

I finally bought the BGE rectangular non-stick drip pan. Got tire of spending $ here and $ there for alum foil drip pans.

jaydub58 · July 2015

I use both, disposable or permanent from CGS, depending on the cook.
I just have 4 3/8 in steel nuts I toss on the stone to elevate the pan. They'll last forever.

biggreenrob · July 2015

stlcharcoal said:

I use the aluminum disposable ones from Costco. They get all nasty, so it's easy to toss them. I always worry about ripping the aluminum foil is using a nicer pan--I don't want to have to clean them up.

+1 - Costco disposable pans are convenient and cheap.

lousubcap · July 2015

+1 with disposable pans-sitting on the antique BGE feet.

ads75 · July 2015

I use a circular pizza pan, with a lip on it. Might've gotten it from Ceramic Grill Store. I cover it foil, and change the foil. The pan itself looks beat up and discolored now, but whatever, I don't use it for a cooking surface.

Roadpuke0 · July 2015

+ another on disposable

DoubleEgger · July 2015

I use hard pans. A BGE pan was a gift early on so I just use it. Most of the time, I wrap the platesetter and go without a pan when I'm doing butts or ribs. I like a little sizzle.