Using Aluminum Pan for drippings

[Central PA Cowboy]

Hello all,

I normally use a disposable aluminum lasagna pan to catch my drippings when I smoke. Would you replace it each time or use it a few times before disposing of it? Reason I ask is that there are drippings from the last brisket I did and would like to use the same disposable pan before throwing it out.

Thanks!

 

[buckaholic84]

I would replace it.....the cost of a aluminum pan is much cheaper then ruining some meat....I wouldn't take the chance unless it was cleaned thoroughly

 

[bdskelly]

They get ta stinken..... spend a buck on a new one. Lol b

 

[GaryHibbert]

I just wash them out and reuse them. I like the lasagna pans to, but don't have lasagna often enough to just use them once and throw them out. A quick scrub and then into the dishwasher is all it takes to return it to new.
Gary

 

[SmokinAl]

Yep, I (Judy) wash mine out too, unless they are really bad, then she throws them away.
Al

 

[bbqbrett]

I used to do that and wash them out but got tired of them because they were kind of flimsy. Finally just invested in a teflon coated baking pan and it is durable and easy to clean.

 

[ironhorse07]

I wash them out and reuse them. But, hold the reused ones up to the light and check for holes (learnt that the hard way).

 

[ravenclan]

i went to the local restaurant supply house and bought different size aluminum pans, since different meats, different sizes to put under them. easy to clean and no more "wasting" money on the throw away pans.

 

[zippy12]

I use my wife's cake pans covered in aluminum foil

 

[ravenclan]

I use my wife's cake pans covered in aluminum foil

My wife would kill me !

 

[SmokinAl]

My wife would kill me !

I agree, I have my pans that go in the smokers & I have my own outdoor sink to wash them in.
There is no way I would ever be allowed to use one of her pans in the smoker, no matter how much foil I put on it.
She may let me use it in an emergency, but I'd be out the next day at the store replacing it with an exact duplicate.
Al

 

[browneyesvictim]

Disposable. I often reuse them like others. They are even cheaper at the dollar store for a stack of them. I bought a SS chafing pan at the local restaurant supply, but went back to disposable. Now a Teflon pan might be a nice trick!

 

[gmc2003]

Disposable here. I hate cleaning off smoke gunk.

Chris.

 

[motolife313]

I use nice pans that I just scrap out when they get too full for my liking.

 

[Traeger.Rage.BBQ]

Disposable here. I hate cleaning off smoke gunk.

Chris.

This is me most of the time. I have so many alternate smoke generators that are intentionally in close proximity to the pan that it is near impossible to get it back to reusable. If I bring them inside they stick to anything I set them on.

Pat

 

[cmayna]

When I do my Ling cod, I always make sure it's a new pan for the juice that falls out of the Ling during it's smoke, has a taste that is so unreal. If it was a previously used pan, I would not take the chance.

 

[Smoke23]

Disposable pans here.

 

[ristau5741]

Here I use a metal bowl (from an old smoker, one of those fire bowls), covered with wide aluminum foil. I have the bowl 2/3 filled with sand (use that as a heat sink) placed underneath the cooking area, depression in the middle of the bowl collects all the drippings. (One day I expect to get a hole in the foil and have my bowl of sand ruined, but that hasn't happened yet). Also, I use lava rocks in a bowl for my other smoker, which also works pretty good.

 

[Bearcarver]

I just put a new one in if I'm going to catch drips to be consumed.

However if I'm putting a foil pan in my MES for the sole purpose of helping my empty water pan to protect the bottom of my Smoker, I'll just use an old unwashed pan.

Bear

 

[Rings Я Us]

Sunday pan. What a mess! Burnt on fat and brown sugar.. rub and Apple juice.

Most I spend is 50¢ for one..