Heat sheild

The drip shield is also the heat shield. It keeps the drips from coming down on the fire pot and it disperses the heat coming up from the fire pot to go up the front and back of the FEC.

Thanks for the reply ribdog, so the heat sheild is the big drip plate that sits at a angle from high on left to the drain on right? I thought there was a smaller sheild that sat above the firepot?

Doc

Holly cooker on fire Batman! Do not use this cooker until you call Cookshack on the phone ASAP. That is the drip shield. There should be a metal heat deflector below that that is in the shape of a house roof.

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Originally posted by ZBO (Larry Jacobs):
Holly cooker on fire Batman! Do not use this cooker until you call Cookshack on the phone ASAP. That is the drip shield. There should be a metal heat deflector below that that is in the shape of a house roof.

Actual, the correct answer it is depends.

Some models have the deflector, most do not.

My non-ramp, straight auger doesn't have the deflector and I actually crisp chicken up directly over the flame by removing the heat shield.

So depends on your model, but for the "non deflector" models, the heat shield is the drip pan.

My FEC100 was built in May of this year and it does have a heat shield above the fire pot.

I give up... lol gonna build charcoal fire in the bottom of it and be done lol