Using grill mats in pellet grills

[Jade]

The BK Smoke XL Pro should be delivered and setup within a day or so, but one question I keep getting asked by my family is whether you can use copper grill mats in a pellet grill? I bought my mother a set of 2 mats last year which she currently uses on the Napoleon Ultra Chef that we've had for years. I'm wondering if a copper grill mat would effect the air flow inside the cooking chamber because the air blows up from under the grates if I'm not mistaken.

[Donw]

I use grill mats in my Yoder for certain foods and haven’t had any issues.

[Texas Larry]

I also use Frogmats on my Yoder. they work well. You probably shouldn’t cover the entire surface. The Frogmats allow some airflow through them.

[ofelles]

+2

[Uncle Bob]

If you use the mesh style mats, sometimes referred to as "frog mats", airflow shouldn't be disrupted if mats have any effect at all.

[Troutman]

I don't use the copper mats but the teflon coated one called PhatMats (very similar to Frogmats). I actually swear by them for seafood and skewers or really anything that tends to stick on a grill grate. Nothing, I mean nothing sticks to these things. Another plus I've noticed is the fine mesh disperses the heat which in effect helps with even cooking. I know some folks don't like the idea of cooking on "plastic" but I swear by them for my more delicate foods.

And to your question, no problem cooking on a pellet grill with them, or any grill or smoker for that matter. The only precaution is they can't be over open flames, for obvious reasons.

[Dadof3Illinois]

What he said............these things are awesome.

[Jade]

Thanks everyone. I figured you could use them. I'm not sure what mine are called because they were purchased from a coupon site up here called WagJag. I think they were like $26 CAD and I got them for $16 CAD for a set of 2. They seem to be easy to clean so maybe they are similar to FrogMats.