Four Tips Using Foil Trays in Your Yoder Smoker

BBQ Brian explains why he uses foil trays and shares four lessons, tips or rules to think about when you cook using foil. He is a veteran 15 year competition BBQ Pitmaster and teacher based in British Columbia, Canada. BBQ Brian is the owner of House of Q and has exclusively used Yoder Smokers competitively since 2014.

[@ivanp.2348]

Thank you sooo much for this. I’m new to the pellet smoker game and was literally thinking about this yesterday. Also you’re bbq sauce is amazing. Keep up the great work and hopefully will see you one day and have that beer.😁🍺

[@aitf99]

Thank you !! Always looking for solid tips !

[@aitf99]

Ok...question though....do you start out on the grates and transfer to the pan later? Thx.

[@johnomahoney7755]

Thanks

[@21MRMISCHIEF]

nice, thank you for the tips.. do you cover those with tin foil too? or just let them cook open like that the whole time??

[@House_of_Q]

Pork is simply covered over the tray beef on the other hand is wrapped in foil then in the tray.

[@21MRMISCHIEF]

@@House_of_Q thank you. I'm going to try doing trays.. I like that idea just to keep my grill cleaner too

[@shaunsalley4607]

Put a wire rack in the tray

[@House_of_Q]

That works too - I just hate cleaning them!

[@grabman66]

I'm guessing it just doesn't apply to foil trays, but could you use a heavier gauge tray? Say a stainless baking tray with a rack in bottom??

[@House_of_Q]

Absolutely however often hard to keep clean. I've used stainless steel hotel pans (chafer inserts) and those work great but again, need a bit of elbow grease to clean up.

[@ramellin]

Is that a pellet smoker?

[@calendar64]

i have always used a tray on my Kamado big joe never put the meat on the grill grates, apart from your video there is nothing else on this topic thank you.