For those of you who have external grease buckets


 
LMichaels

LMichaels

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So for those of you who have some of the more "old style" pellet grills and want a way to close up that grease bucket. I saw this and it looks pretty nice

 
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I use a SS 4cup steam inset which fits the drip bucket perfectly. Simple to take out & clean after cook; no grease to attract four-foot gourmets. Not a fan of disp trays. Just my $0.02
 

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Pretty neat device if you have a need for it!

Never had a problem with the grease bucket on the Traeger. It sits under a Grillzebo and is kept covered so overflow due to rain/snow not a problem. Even though we live in an ag heavy area, with wet desert all around us, we never see any wildlife in the yard except for birds and the occasional mouse. No pets anymore either.
 
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In my old gmg I found a pickle jar worked perfectly in the bucket. Later I found some
disposable inserts and went with them.
The pickle jar was never a problem, just put the lid back on it and into the garbage.
 
I am just so happy neither of my pellet grills don't have those buckets hanging off the side. I looked long and hard for that feature.
 
I stuck an empty tomato sauce can in the bucket with a piece of folded foil as a chute. Works fine. I could care less about the appearance or appeal of a little bucket hanging off of a grill as long as the food it cooks tastes great.
 
Yes, I also am glad I don't have a bucket.
On another issue, I hate to admit it, but I probably had my searwood and hour or two before
I realized it doesn't have a chimney. Hmmm
 
Chuck C said:
Yes, I also am glad I don't have a bucket.
On another issue, I hate to admit it, but I probably had my searwood and hour or two before
I realized it doesn't have a chimney. Hmmm
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Yes chimney and bucket were the 2 things I searched long and hard to avoid. Hate them both.
 
LMichaels said:
Yes chimney and bucket were the 2 things I searched long and hard to avoid. Hate them both.
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I understand that some like the clean look of no chimney and bucket drain valve. Yes, some might attribute them to old style ways. But they also provide some function. And the major reason some manufacturers have moved away from them is cost savings. It’s so much cheaper to stamp vents into the back of a sheet metal grill compared to actually welding a stack onto a grill. Not to mention the grill has to be made of material strong enough to hold a stack/vent. Same holds true for a drain valve and bucket.
My pellet smoker has both a top stack and drain valve. Now, you don’t have to hang a bucket as you can keep the valve closed. But the right side of my grill is divided as a drip section and also a water reservoir to add moisture if you like to cook that way. Having these features, in my opinion, is a benefit. From a manufacturer point, they add more cost in manufacturing, parts and possibly add to packaging costs. But it also makes my clean up super easy as only the smaller, right side, of my grill gets the drippings.
So short version, I respect what you like in your grills, but don’t dismiss how they help and work in a different, properly designed grill, made to utilize a stack and drain valve.
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Darian Hofer said:
I understand that some like the clean look of no chimney and bucket drain valve. Yes, some might attribute them to old style ways. But they also provide some function. And the major reason some manufacturers have moved away from them is cost savings. It’s so much cheaper to stamp vents into the back of a sheet metal grill compared to actually welding a stack onto a grill. Not to mention the grill has to be made of material strong enough to hold a stack/vent. Same holds true for a drain valve and bucket.
My pellet smoker has both a top stack and drain valve. Now, you don’t have to hang a bucket as you can keep the valve closed. But the right side of my grill is divided as a drip section and also a water reservoir to add moisture if you like to cook that way. Having these features, in my opinion, is a benefit. From a manufacturer point, they add more cost in manufacturing, parts and possibly add to packaging costs. But it also makes my clean up super easy as only the smaller, right side, of my grill gets the drippings.
So short version, I respect what you like in your grills, but don’t dismiss how they help and work in a different, properly designed grill, made to utilize a stack and drain valve.
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That's a serious pellet grill right there. Whate are the grates like?
 
Jay D in Jersey said:
That's a serious pellet grill right there. Whate are the grates like?
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The standard grates are expanded metal style like you might find in an offset smoker.
I bought a couple pieces of raw angle iron to make frames that hold standard stainless round bar grates. Haven’t found time to fabricate the rack yet.
Pitts and Spitts also makes a set of flat stainless CMC grates.
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Darian Hofer said:
I understand that some like the clean look of no chimney and bucket drain valve. Yes, some might attribute them to old style ways. But they also provide some function. And the major reason some manufacturers have moved away from them is cost savings. It’s so much cheaper to stamp vents into the back of a sheet metal grill compared to actually welding a stack onto a grill. Not to mention the grill has to be made of material strong enough to hold a stack/vent. Same holds true for a drain valve and bucket.
My pellet smoker has both a top stack and drain valve. Now, you don’t have to hang a bucket as you can keep the valve closed. But the right side of my grill is divided as a drip section and also a water reservoir to add moisture if you like to cook that way. Having these features, in my opinion, is a benefit. From a manufacturer point, they add more cost in manufacturing, parts and possibly add to packaging costs. But it also makes my clean up super easy as only the smaller, right side, of my grill gets the drippings.
So short version, I respect what you like in your grills, but don’t dismiss how they help and work in a different, properly designed grill, made to utilize a stack and drain valve.
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A small stack like this I would not mind all that much. Though I fail to see how a stack vs well designed back vents make the grill A, Cheaper to make as it seems only many of the higher priced ones use the back vents vs stacks and B, how they make a grill "function better" than back vents. But again here I am sure each type has it's fans. IDK if one "functions" better than another. I simply like the aesthetics and making things easier to manage the cover and such.
Same with the bucket. The grease chamber on the grill you attached is a pretty serious affair. Not sure how that makes it function better or not. My main gripe with those buckets is again aesthetics and convenience. All I can see with the bucket is dumping grease all over my deck because the cover caught on it :D
 
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