Grease/Fat Disposal Ideas

[mrteddyprincess]

I'm coming off of a three brisket cook from Sunday, and a one brisket plus ribs cook yesterday. Here's my waste from those cooks.

It occurred to me while I was throwing all this grease and used up pans away in a contractor's bag, that I ought to walk over to the fence and ask my BBQ loving neighbor how he disposes of such stuff. I don't have a BBQ cooking neighbor.

That's why I'm posting here.

I'm pretty much committed to sticking to the idea of smoking on my Lang offset using pans to catch the drippings, so if you're a let it drip in the cooker type smoker, no problem, that's cool, I just probably won't change my mind about that big idea.

Basically, my fix is to pour all the grease into one pan, stack the pans up, and slide them into a heavy duty bag and put it in the trash. I just wanted to open up the possibility of exchanging different ideas about disposal.

Thanks in advance, Neighbor who loves to BBQ.

Brian

[02ebz06]

Haven't done it myself, but I've heard that people freeze it (not the foil - Haha) and then thaw and pour over future briskets.

[texastweeter]

Skim it and save for cooking. Steaks, fried eggs, carbonara, sautéed veg, so forth.

[WayneT]

You’re method is sound.

[Panhead John]

If it’s big enough for you, I use an empty coffee can with a lid. I’m not one of those high faluten coffee drinkers, so I usually have some around.

[WillTravelForFood]

"What's a coffee can?"

-Signed, The Keurig Company

[Spinaker]

Hey, they even double as an urn. #ourmostmodestlypricedreceptical

[Steve R.]

I try to have an empty gallon milk jug with a cap handy when I know I'm going to need it. Otherwise, I do what you're already doing.

[CandySueQ]

This is what I do!

[Spinaker]

Yep this is what I do to. I also save all the paper towels I use through out the cooking process to throw in the pans at the end. Just to help soak up some of the grease. (Sawdust from the shop also works very well) Try to put as much stuff in the pans to soak the grease up so it not free flowing if possible. Then put it in a HD Hefty bag.

In the cold months, I let it freeze or solidify outside. Then throw them away. They are hard as a rock and don’t leak.

[Oak Smoke]

Spinaker has the method I use now. Until I tore down the brick fire pit out back it would have gone in there when we had a fire this fall. It’ll burn right up. I’m not talking about a nice factory made fire pit. Ours was a brick circle about 4 feet in diameter and we are in a rural setting.

[CaptainMike]

I quit using those pans and now make my own out of HD foil. Way less expensive and after the grease solidifies I just wad 'em up and toss 'em in the trash, easy-peasy.

[mrteddyprincess]

Could you show us a pic if you get a chance? I'm intrigued.

[CaptainMike]

You bet, I'm smoking some bacon a little later today and I'll share some pics.

[Alan Brice]

Pour off the clear/clean into commercial salsa jars n cap n fridge. The rest goes into the fire pit with no bottom.
Just have a time keeping the pooch out of it. A lil grease on some newspaper makes a fine firestarter.

[Oak Smoke]

+1

[gboss]

1. Filter WAF to remove any food scraps or solid particles.
2. Heat WAF to remove any water content
3. Perform titration to determine how much catalyst is needed.
4. Prepare sodium methoxide.
5. Heat WAF, mix in the sodium methoxide while stirring.
6. Allow to settle, remove the glycerine.
7. Wash and dry.
8. Check quality.
9. Use Biodiesel.

Works for Waste Animal Fat or Waste Vegetable Oil.

[mrteddyprincess]

Dang it, I just converted to an electric lawnmower, or I'd totally get a biodiesel one :-)

[gboss]

mrteddyprincess good excuse to buy a diesel generator?

[Alan Brice]

So he can run his electric lawnmower?

[JoeSousa]

I just pour it into my outdoor trash can. There is usually enough stuff in there like charcoal bags, paper towels, paper plates, ashes, etc. to soak it all up before it solidifies on the bottom of the can. It is just a junky old metal can so if stuff does solidify on the bottom I scrape it out with a shovel every now and then.

Or you can just chuck it into the neighbors yard.

[tstalafuse]

I am a bad human being. I put my cooking grease that I don't use during the cook into a trash bag and send it to the land fill because it has too many flavors from the rub. However, I do strain bacon grease for later use.

[tmaan235]

strain bacon grease and lose all the flavor crystals?
Blasphemy!

[tstalafuse]

tmaan235 We usually cook eggs right after the bacon is done so it is best to get any egg parts out. That and I said I was bad human being.

[CaptainMike]

Hey Brian, per your request this is what I do. I use the 18" heavy duty foil, pull out the appropriate length, and then double fold each edge, forming the corners as I go. I did a rough time count and it took me less than 25 seconds to make a nice, cheap grease tray. Again, wait until the grease solidifies then wad or fold up and throw away.





Yeah, I guess I should have made it a little bigger, but it'll catch most of the grease.

[CaptainMike]

You are the man Bob K

[realdocBBQ]

Wow Bob K that's some expensive foil! I dunno how much heavier that is than the regular stuff I use, but dang. Mine is the Kirkland-branded stuff from Costco, made by Reynolds also, labeled HD Foodservice foils. It's $38.99 for 500 feet. The on you linked is $200 for 500 feet. I dunno, how much 'heavier duty' it is, but I don't know about paying 5x as much for it... Of course, the one I use is 18" instead of 24", as well. But still... I dunno if I could really handle 24" foil worth a damn. lol

[Bob K]

realdocBBQ - you’re right, I really can’t justify it but I love the stuff. It’s close to twice the thickness of the Sam’s or Costco "heavy duty" roll I used to buy. I used to use 2 layers a lot, especially with bones involved, but not with this stuff. You could build a jet with it (ok, ok… 😀). I did just look it up and I bought the box 4/15/21 for $130, so the price has gone way up. But I still have a half roll or so and I use it a lot. Only $50/year, haha

[Purc]

Used cooking oil and grease, that's why I gave up on frying a turkey. A small city in TN tried to make their own Biodiesel, they hired an expert, bought equipment, put up collection barrels, and ruined several city own diesel trucks with their homebrew. The city run program lasted maybe 1 year.

[mrteddyprincess]

Let's ask gboss if he ever worked for a small city in TN... :-)

[gboss]

What city was it?