Page index
- Where grease goes in a pellet grill
Follow the fat from the cooking rack to the drip tray, grease channel and bucket, and see where it pools when something goes wrong.
- What the drip tray and heat deflector do
Where the drip tray and the heat deflector plate sit in a pellet grill, how makers say to clean them, and what to check when grease builds up.
- Grease buckets and liners: what they are for
What a pellet grill's grease bucket and its liner do, what two makers say about lining and emptying it, and why your own manual decides.
- Why grease fires start on a pellet grill
Flames in the cook chamber or smoke from the tray? See the causes makers and fire bodies give for grease fires, and what to check first.
- What to do in a grease fire
What a pellet grill maker and a fire service say to do, and not do, when grease catches fire, and why the advice differs between sources.
- How grease builds up over time
Where old grease collects in a pellet grill, what signs show a build-up, and how often two makers say to clean the drip tray and grease path.
- Foil on drip trays: what makers say
Can you cover a pellet grill's drip tray with foil? What a grill maker's cleaning guide and Weber's warning say, and why your manual decides.
- Disposing of used grease safely
How official sources say to dispose of cooled cooking grease, why it shouldn't go down the drain, and what they don't say about soaked liners.