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Protect patio or deck Under BGE

sjm1027
sjm1027 Posts: 154
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I noticed they sold pads for the BGE. Looked like a grease pad but as I see it there shouldn't be any grease or oil spill while your cooking if I left the BGE on a brick patio in the nest, is that correct? It has a solid bottom with a 1/2" lip under the access door. Why would anyone need that or am I missing something?

XL BGE ~ XL AR ~ XL WOO ~ 20" grate ~ 17.5" stone ~ slide guides ~ Oval grate ~ 18" drip pan ~ Thermapen MK4 ~ SmokeWare SS chimney cap ~ Weber blue tooth thermometer 
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,836
    I'm clumsy. I've spilled drip pans, etc. A mat is nice to have.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,855
    I use those automotive store oil catch drip pans under all my Q toys as the nature of the process leads to things that gravity seems to attract.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • FarmerTom
    FarmerTom Posts: 685
    edited October 2016
    Agree with all above.  It's the application of Murphy's Law when I'm grilling.  Protect your deck or patio. Sooner or later, you'll be glad you did.  

    Tommy 

    Middle of Nowhere, Northern Kentucky
       1 M, 1 XL, a BlackStone,1 old Webber, a Border Collie, a German Shepherd and 3 of her pups, and 2 Yorkies

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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
    I have an egg table. The top has grease and black spots all over it. Most probably from sparks coming off the lump when lighting. I'm always careful and try to clean up any spills but it still happens.
    Aledo, Texas
    Large BGE
    KJ Jr.

    Exodus 12:9 KJV
    Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

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  • jtcBoynton
    jtcBoynton Posts: 2,814
    Not a lot of grease from egg cooking, but some.  I have hooks on the end of my table that I hang cooking grids from - I have found some grease has dripped onto the patio for the hanging grids.  I do take meat off the cooking grid to platters next to it on the table - grease sometimes drips off the meat onto the table top and the patio during this operation.  After cooking, the drip pan needs to be removed from the egg - it isn't too hard to spill some of the grease from the drip pan during cleanup.  

    Overall, I don't get a lot of grease hitting the ground, but some will be inevitable. 
    Southeast Florida - LBGE
    In cooking, often we implement steps for which we have no explanations other than ‘that’s what everybody else does’ or ‘that’s what I have been told.’  Dare to think for yourself.
     
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  • sjm1027
    sjm1027 Posts: 154
    I don't want to learn from experience on this one. I will have to get some sort of mat as well.
    XL BGE ~ XL AR ~ XL WOO ~ 20" grate ~ 17.5" stone ~ slide guides ~ Oval grate ~ 18" drip pan ~ Thermapen MK4 ~ SmokeWare SS chimney cap ~ Weber blue tooth thermometer 
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