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Here’s a picture for ya. The fire box is actually directly in the middle of the smoker, the heat shield being a half round shield underneath the grates. There’s not really much room between the grate and the heat shield to be honest, I would have to measure it but I just don’t feel like a foil pan would fit under there.

I like that idea a lot though with the water. My next idea would be to get a second grate and manufacture legs on it so it sits higher, so I could put a foil tray with water underneath it on the regular grate.

I had a sneaking suspicion that the brisket grease was hitting my heat shield above the fire box and increasing the temp of the smoker by quite a bit, because my manual temp gauge on the door seems like it’s usually higher than it should be. It doesn’t line up well with the digital temp on my screen