drip pans and grease disposal

Some smokers come with a drippan, some don't. The disposable pans will get holes in them after about the 2nd or 3rd cook. I use the broiler pan from the kitchen range, works great.

If you are on a municipal sewer system, just get your hot water running and pour the drippings down with your disposal running. If you are on a septic system, maybe you can collect it in a large bucket with a lid and take it to a collection center if you have one in your area. Biodiesel companies are collecting all kinds of grease and oil nowadays. More power to them.

I just keep old gallon size plastic bottles and pour the grease into them and then put them out in the trash can. Works for me.

And I also use the foil pan as a grease pan on my FEC100 as I lost the regular pan than went with it. Plus, when it gets too grungy, I just replace the foil pan with another.

My Wife use to run the hot water and pour the grease down the kitchen drain. One night I got up to find water allover the kitchen floor. My plumber told us that the grease had partially plugged the drain running from the kitchen all the way under the house to the city sewer line. Several hours & $$$ later with a power Roto-Rooter he had the drain clear. He said not to run anymore grease down the drain ever since we have put it in a container with the trash.

A stainless steel drip pan came with my SM50. I just line it with foil and once the grease cools I chunk the greasy foil in the garbage.

soak up the grease drippings with paper towels and old newspapers......never put grease down the drain.......especially if you are on a septic system !!!!

dan

The AmeriQue came with a drip pan. Costco has waste basket size liners, so I line the drip pan and when I'm cleaning the smoker, I remove the liner,tierap the sack and in the trash it goes. No mess no foul...

Doug

...dog food can, then into the trash...all except what I pour on the countertop, cabinets, and floor that is!

I'll have to try foil. And if YoDaddy' can explain the waste basket liner better, maybe I can try that. I'm picturing really hot stuff dripping out and melting the heck out of anything remotely plastic...or what didn't I understand?

The part I don't understand is 1 post in 5 years!

My drip pan is a 99cent Goodwill special cake pan. After cooling, I'll pour that off into three plastic grocery bags stacked inside of each other (triple lined?). Throw in the paper towel used to wipe the pan down, tie off the bag and into the garbage..

I have an Amerique with a stainless steel drip pan.What I do is place a disposable aluminum 1/2 size chaffer pan inside it to catch the grease.It's a tight fit and actually keeps the pan from sliding out when I move the smoker around. If I get a little grease, I soak it up with a paper tower and reuse the pan again. If I get alot of grease, then I throw it in the trash when it cools.I buy them in packs of 30 at Costco, so the cost is reasonable.

Weber Large drip pans fit nicely under the Smokette. I line them with HD foil in order to use them several times. When the pinholes develop, the foil and pan both go in the recycle bin.

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Originally posted by Swede44mag:
My Wife use to run the hot water and pour the grease down the kitchen drain. One night I got up to find water allover the kitchen floor. My plumber told us that the grease had partially plugged the drain running from the kitchen all the way under the house to the city sewer line. Several hours & $$$ later with a power Roto-Rooter he had the drain clear. He said not to run anymore grease down the drain ever since we have put it in a container with the trash.

Your water ain't hot enough and she didn't let it run soon enough or long enough!

You took it out of her allowance, right?

GLH, I'd suggest that Swede has it right and that water temp doesn't mean much.. yes, it will put the grease in a liquid form at the sink.. but as soon as it touches the pipes downhill, the grease will "plate out" on the pipes, at some point before it reaches the city sewer system.. It will build up,little by little until things are blocked as he mentioned, causing a Rooter Rooter guy to get richer. Been there, done that when I was involved in building maintenance. It is far safer to scrape it off and put it in the trash.. but, that's only my suggestion.

Here's something my mother taught me when I was a teenager and trying to fry the family up some chicken. Well the chicken came out just fine. Now it's time for cleanup. She saw me about to drain the cooled grease from the chicken fry down the drain and stopped me immediately.
So here is what she taught me to do. To combat the possible clogged drain due to grease buildup, put some dish washing liquid in the pot or pan or whatever the grease is in, ensure the sink's hot water faucet is up to temp, and then douse the pan with the hot water in order to break up the grease. I swish the water around a few times or I use the kitchen sprayer thingy which works best in ensuring the dish liquid is well dispersed into the grease. Then I turn on the garbage disposal with the hot water still running and slowly pour the water/soap/grease mixture down the drain. I keep the hot water running for about 30 seconds. I usually do it in two steps, since some grease is still in the pan that hasn't been broke down by the dish liquid. Works for me and no clogged drains have occurred.

All those fixes for grease down the drain sound logical, but I've been told exactly the opposite. IF one is going to put grease down the drain it has to be very cold so as to NOT be melted and then solidify. "Frozen" or in solid form, and cold water to flush will keep it moving down into the main in the street and not 'plate out.' Interesting, huh? Mine goes into the trash, in one manner of the other. I don't like the Roto-Rooter guys so much!

Your ability to share Information is a talent and very appreciated.Thanks for another Timely Post.

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