Someone else will most certainly be able to confirm or correct me here, but I believe some of the models have some sort of drip tray. My folks have been using a traeger for years (I think they have the texas elite now, they passed the old one along to my sis). I've only seen and used the new one (elite) once, but I remember there being a large tray, that my folks had wrapped in foil, to catch the drippings. I was grilling and didn't pay too much attention to it at the time. Other than that, and the possible inaccessibility to other kinds of wood pellets, Traegers seem to be great overall smokers/grills. They are definitely 'set it and forget it' smokers. From what I know of them, you don't have to worry about the temp spikes like you would with charcoal, wood, and even gas. Though, I don't know much about the smoke penetration and the taste the smoke from the wood pellets gives. Hope this helps. Hopefully someone else can fill in the gaps.
