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I have a new BFG and saw the RT Teflon Drip Tray shields. WOW, I thought this was worth a try.
My first cook I decided to do 30 pounds of chicken leg quarters (10 pound bags for < $6 at Walmart is within my "burn and learn" budget). I spread the cook over every corner, then mid back and front on every level. Proved the the BFG heat distribution and temp management. No hot spots at 325 and 30 pounds of chicken came in stayed with 10 degrees of each other for the entire cook. Very good chicken too. Thin skin with a nice bite.
Great grease management. I love the twin drip trays in the "high V" configuration. The cast iron deflector along with the angled drip trays prevented undue effects of direct heat from the trays. The Teflon shields worked perfectly. Drip trays were spotless. If I had the income to just "discard" the used ones after each cook and go with a new set. They work that well.
I decided to take the Teflon shields folded over and use my wife's laundry sink to clean them with hot soapy water. Bad choice. Heavy smoke and burnt grease aroma filled the air and I ended up spending 30 minutes cleaning out her laundry sink before she declared it was usable for laundry presoaks and other assorted wife cleaning secret stuff.
I hate to just throw them out on the lawn and hit them with a high pressure garden hose. The dog goes straight for the cleaned bits and then tracks the oily black residue back onto the kitchen floors or worse, a couch.
Is anybody using these, or should I just go to the foil and forget it. Note: I have been through the no foil scrape the tray routine and prefer the foil on my other pellet grills. I was just looking for easy.
Anybody found a good way to manage the cleanup of the Teflon sheilds?
Thanks in advance.
v/r r
My first cook I decided to do 30 pounds of chicken leg quarters (10 pound bags for < $6 at Walmart is within my "burn and learn" budget). I spread the cook over every corner, then mid back and front on every level. Proved the the BFG heat distribution and temp management. No hot spots at 325 and 30 pounds of chicken came in stayed with 10 degrees of each other for the entire cook. Very good chicken too. Thin skin with a nice bite.
Great grease management. I love the twin drip trays in the "high V" configuration. The cast iron deflector along with the angled drip trays prevented undue effects of direct heat from the trays. The Teflon shields worked perfectly. Drip trays were spotless. If I had the income to just "discard" the used ones after each cook and go with a new set. They work that well.
I decided to take the Teflon shields folded over and use my wife's laundry sink to clean them with hot soapy water. Bad choice. Heavy smoke and burnt grease aroma filled the air and I ended up spending 30 minutes cleaning out her laundry sink before she declared it was usable for laundry presoaks and other assorted wife cleaning secret stuff.
I hate to just throw them out on the lawn and hit them with a high pressure garden hose. The dog goes straight for the cleaned bits and then tracks the oily black residue back onto the kitchen floors or worse, a couch.
Is anybody using these, or should I just go to the foil and forget it. Note: I have been through the no foil scrape the tray routine and prefer the foil on my other pellet grills. I was just looking for easy.
Anybody found a good way to manage the cleanup of the Teflon sheilds?
Thanks in advance.
v/r r
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