Here we go, my beer can burger story.
Starting with the stuffings-
Besides the veggies add cubes of cheese, and ground chili pepper.
Divided 1 lb ground beef into 3 balls.
Making the burger bowls.
Bowl is done.
Stuffed.
All dressed up.
On the grill.
Done.
Plated with lettuce and spinach from my garden.
Up close.
Cut in half.
Tip : tooth pick the bacon.
I have, and it works great. I did that on the rotisserie chicken cook that I did recently. I made a mix of salt, baking powder, pepper and poultry seasoning, and sprinkled it on like a rub to cover the skin. It was great.
Most of the time for the heat deflector i do what dennis suggested of just put in the lower rack and huge sheet of foil over that. Then i can pretty much control where you want any gaps and how close to the edges you want it.