Newbie lesson learned today. Smoking 6 racks of baby backs in my #2, and was having trouble getting the smoker up to temperature. I decided the mass must have been preventing the heat from reaching the upper area of the smoker, so I went out at 3 hours & 15 minutes into the smoke to break the cardinal rule and open the door to rearrange the ribs.
When I opened the door my mini loaf pan that had about 6 oz. of apple juice in it was just about to overflow, and the drip pan under the smoker was almost at the same point. I managed to remove each and empty into a plastic bucket.
Had never entered my mind how much drippings there would be. Almost a greasy mess in my driveway. Lesson learned to keep an eye out during large smokes.
When I opened the door my mini loaf pan that had about 6 oz. of apple juice in it was just about to overflow, and the drip pan under the smoker was almost at the same point. I managed to remove each and empty into a plastic bucket.
Had never entered my mind how much drippings there would be. Almost a greasy mess in my driveway. Lesson learned to keep an eye out during large smokes.
