All you can do is test it out and try it… I put a ball valve drain in the bottom of my cabinet but I have yet to use it… most of my dripping land in a pan below the meat or on the 1/8” plate I have over top the diffusersI hope it works great! Right now I have a one pc drip pan on the pellet side. I will see how that works first. If the doesn't work well I may remove it and put tuning plates in place of it. I can put foil over the plate if I want to run the pellet grill only. That is my thought today.