How do you put a drip tray in a pellet smoker?

[Biaviian]

I recently got a Camp Chef woodwind smoker and while it has two levels of racks the you can't use any type of a drip or water pan under the lower rack. What do people use or do?

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[Richtee]

Hmm send some pix. Prolly figger something out....

[jwbtulsa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHd5o83-Fw

simple google search but interest opinion in his video, tons of pan options to find one that fits

[Biaviian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geHd5o83-Fw

simple google search but interest opinion in his video, tons of pan options to find one that fits

I'm not sure what you are saying but that video doesn't help. Thanks though.

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[Mark R]

I don't have that unit, butt I have a GMG.
1. You do not need or want a water pan!!
2. I just put a pan directly under what I'm smoking on a grate. The grate resting on the pan. I'll see if I can find a pic.

[Biaviian]

This is what I am talking about. If I put meat on the lower rack I can't put a pan under it. It would be on the diffuser. 05-Camp-Chef-SmokePro-SG-Gear-Diary-006-650x488.jpeg

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[Mark R]

Like so,

[Mark R]

Maybe a short sided pan, like a baking pan. If not there is prolly a place for the grease to run off to, cleaning sucks though.

[Biaviian]

Yes but that takes up a lot of room. I'm used to smokers with more than two racks
For this having one out of two racks taken by pans hurts.

Do you ever put meat on the lower rack and let the juices drip onto the diffuser?

Like so,

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[Richtee]

Ahhh..I see said the blind man. Hmm. Well... you don’t wanna block the diffuser. Someone was not thinking when they designed that one I’m a-feared.

[Biaviian]

So if it was you, would you put meat on the lower rack and just let everything drip?

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[Mark R]

Yes but that takes up a lot of room. I'm used to smokers with more than two racks
For this having one out of two racks taken by pans hurts.

Do you ever put meat on the lower rack and let the juices drip onto the diffuser?

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Mine has a pan with raised holes in it. The grease, drippings run down a channel to a drain in the end of the smoker with a lil bucket to catch outside. A pain to clean so I use the pan.

https://greenmountaingrills.com/prod...et-grill-wifi/

[Biaviian]

Mine has a pan with raised holes in it. The grease, drippings run down a channel to a drain in the end of the smoker with a lil bucket to catch outside. A pain to clean so I use the pan.

https://greenmountaingrills.com/prod...et-grill-wifi/

Mine has something similar but I am afraid of the cleanup. I thought of covering it with foil, keeping the contour and openness. That seems like a PITA but not as much as cleaning it.

[Mark R]

Try something like a small cookie sheet.

[tadowdaddy]

Those drip channels in these smokers typically work very well, but I'm all for what Mark does here. Makes clean-up a breeze. Can always find pans like that at your local dollar store, since all they are for is to catch grease.