Need lid for grease bucket

[voripteth]

I need a better solution for the grease bucket. The default design is wide open when it rains, grease splatters all over the place. My solution so far is to wrap aluminum foil over the top but the wind eventually blows that off. Has anyone printed out a part that goes from the spout and completely covers the top of the bucket?

I was really hoping that Recteq themselves would sell a workable solution. Heck, I'd love a disposable container so I can just toss it instead of struggling with emptying a solidified mass of lard. Whatever the solution, it has to be covered so grease doesn't splatter when it rains.

 

[charlesrshell]

I used a wide mouth Mason jar in my 590 bucket. Screw the lid on and throw it away.

 

[Beach Bum]

Yep, as Charles said, disposable glass jar is the answer. Grab an empty pasta sauce, pickle, pepper or other random one. It is the easiest way to solve the problem.

 

[SmokeOCD]

Is it that different than a Traeger bucket? There's liners, covers and a spout cap on Amazon.

 

[Jim6820]

Yep, as Charles said, disposable glass jar is the answer. Grab an empty pasta sauce, pickle, pepper or other random one. It is the easiest way to solve the problem.

Or, simply put a cover on the grill and prevent rain from filling the grease bucket. YMMV

 

[Greg Jones]

Another option is to take the grease bucket off and store it inside the grill.

 

[RPopeilFan]

I use a washed out bean/soup can. The weight tips the bucket towards the outflow of my 1250. I toss it after a cook. Always plenty of cans around my place.

 

[Motodad1776]

Keep it simple....cover the grill "this isn't a gas or charcoal grill", remove the bucket, don't let it get so full, and I can't imagine that heavy duty foil would blow off easily if applied correctly? I use the Traeger foil buckets as a liner, works like a charm and no mess in the supplied RT bucket.

Welcome to the forum, also can't say I have heard of this as being a problem before? Leaving these grills out in the elements uncovered, is just begging for potential problems.

 

[voripteth]

I used a wide mouth Mason jar in my 590 bucket. Screw the lid on and throw it away.

Keep it simple....cover the grill "this isn't a gas or charcoal grill", remove the bucket, don't let it get so full, and I can't imagine that heavy duty foil would blow off easily if applied correctly? I use the Traeger foil buckets as a liner, works like a charm and no mess in the supplied RT bucket.

Welcome to the forum, also can't say I have heard of this as being a problem before? Leaving these grills out in the elements uncovered, is just begging for potential problems.

That sounds easy but in reality that means remembering to go back to the grill after an hour when it has cooled down. By that time I've already eaten, ready for a nap and long forgotten about the grill. As for the foil solution, I think racoons or some other critter tears off the foil and is enjoying the drippings.

I shocked that no one else wants the simple, setup and forget solution of a bucket lid.

 

[Greg Jones]

I shocked that no one else wants the simple, setup and forget solution of a bucket lid.

The deal breaker for me is the ‘forgot’ part, which is exactly what I would do. I’d forget to remove the lid and 4 hours into a pork butt cook I’d wonder why my smoker has leaked fat everywhere!

 

[cutplug]

paint bucket with the lid.

 

[LarryCTN]

I shocked that no one else wants the simple, setup and forget solution of a bucket lid.

Shocked? Are you going to develop a solution to improve on the alternatives that have been suggested but don't like? Let us hear back from you when you come up with something and good luck!
Welcome to the Forum!1

 

[C. Keeper]

I shocked that no one else wants the simple, setup and forget solution of a bucket lid.

Could be a GFIC issue

 

[BNeal]

Another option is to take the grease bucket off and store it inside the grill.

That's what I do.

 

[FastEddie]

Try cutting a prototype from some tin.
Easy enough to work with, and the wind shouldn't be a problem with the weight of it.
A plastic printed one might not like the heat coming off the smoker.

Keep us posted.

I do admire you cooking in a windy rain storm though. I'm not that brave.

 

[Motodad1776]

That's what I do.

That just makes too much common sense.

 

[RattleR]

That just makes too much common sense.

Huh? What’s this sense stuff

 

[Motodad1776]

Huh? What’s this sense stuff

It's uncommon, hence why I usually refer to it as uncommon sense.

 

[voripteth]

The deal breaker for me is the ‘forgot’ part, which is exactly what I would do. I’d forget to remove the lid and 4 hours into a pork butt cook I’d wonder why my smoker has leaked fat everywhere!

The "lid" I have in mind covers the spout connection as well as the bucket. There would be nothing to remove before using the grill.

 

[voripteth]

Try cutting a prototype from some tin.
Easy enough to work with, and the wind shouldn't be a problem with the weight of it.
A plastic printed one might not like the heat coming off the smoker.

Keep us posted.

I do admire you cooking in a windy rain storm though. I'm not that brave.

Making a tin prototype is an excellent suggestion. I was just hoping that someone else had already done it. I did find a video of an interesting prototype.