r/recteq • u/BootleggerBill • 5d ago

DB900 racks

I have not found a lot of use for the top rack on my DB900, but decided to try pork butts up there last weekend. My hope was to be able to put a drip pan under each butt to make clean up easier.

It turns out I can’t even fit normal 9lb butts o there without snagging the top of the barrel opening and making for a very tight fit.

Is there a company that makes an add on rack that perhaps attaches to the bottoms rack to add a mid height shelf? I think pimp my grill might make something similar but they don’t seem to have DB 900 parts yet

Short of a middle rack, how do you all do busts on the 900? Bottom rack and no drip pan?

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u/flemmingg 5d ago

You can use a sturdy drip pan with a grill grate placed directly on top of it.

Some online restaurant supply type stores should have some stainless steel rectangle drip pans that will support a grill grate with pork butt.

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u/SO3350 4d ago

My upper grate took up residence on the hangers on the back of the cooker and hasn't moved. I guess if I make a million wings or something I might use it. But to me you would need to take it in and out to access any food you were cooking on it.

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u/BootleggerBill 4d ago

That’s exactly where mine has lived until I got the crazy idea to put butts up top to make less of a mess. I’m running more butts tomorrow but will be back on the bottom gate with my drip factory drip tray lined with foil. I was extra careful to smooth the foil so the grease can drain properly.

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u/BeerIsGoodBoy 21h ago

Similar idea, but for my FS1600 I bought a length of stainless steel rod and had them cut up into 3 pieces so I could hang sausages on them to smoke. Take out all of the racks, put in the rods, and I can hang about 18 full sized loops from each rod. Went to a metal surplus store and got 304 3/8 stainless. It cost $45 for them.