When I first got my place, I had a hand me down BBQ given to me.
I was able to keep it running pretty good, and it still cooks just fine. But my issue is that the bbq burner box/grease tray has developed a "hole"
Its a Black and Decker BBQ, and believe it or not the base tray is NOT metal, and some other cardboardy feeling material? I dont even know what its made of, but basically its not metal like shown below
The entire bbq works just fine, but its just this bottom part seems to now have a hole. So far I been using aluminum foil to just sort of cover the hole for the season, then when winter hits I just clean it all out.
Does anyone know what this base tray or whatever is called? And can it even be replaced?
Since it works just fine, I feel bad just throwing it out and having it end up in a land fill.
If it cant be replaced, I may just have to chuck it to the curb.
a lot of BBQ parts are interchangable, or a similar one but slightly different one from another brand may very well fit. you should take it out, and clean off the grease, then bring it into a BBQ shop and find a compariable one, make sure the hole in the bottom is as close to your old hole as close as possible. the new ones now are a thin metal or alloy type of material but def not carboard
If you want to do it cheap..suggest instead of the regular household aluminum foil, get yourself a foil oven liner or even big foil sheet pan of some sort. Oven liner or sheet pans are thick aluminum and should last a lot longer than the stuff coming off a roll. Cover almost the entire grease tray with it and cut the hole.
You don't have a pic of the actual thing you want replaced? What are the dimensions of the part - even though it's a Black and Decker, it can have different names. That pic looks similar to my Vermont Castings drip tray.
Eg. maybe this $30 for a Cuisinart grease tray fits the bill [11 1/2" x 17"]
gr8dlr wrote: ↑
You don't have a pic of the actual thing you want replaced?
lamin wrote: ↑
Might be better to put up an actual picture of the drip pan from top and bottom to give a better idea of how tray fits.
Yes, provide a photo of the actual tray.
I can imagine something I've seen in other applications which is a "cardboardy feeling material".
It is heat resistant, smooth, and resembles a resin impregnated paper.
It may be a phenolic.
I believe I've seen it in toasters, for example.
I'd look at something like a piece of aluminum flashing (from Home Depot, etc.)
I'd pop rivet (or machine screw) it to the tray as a patch.
Without actual photos, I'm just speculating it would work in your situation.
