Loquitur Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 What is the difference in the cook between using the heavy ceramic heat deflector that comes with the KK and a lightweight pizza pan? Ever since I saw LarryR do it on one of his KK videos, I've been using a foil wrapped pizza pan for the heat deflector and I haven't noticed anything troublesome in my cooks from it. I definitely prefer it because its so lightweight and easy to handle plus the grill heats up so much faster. Am I missing something? What do you like to use as a heat deflector? Susan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony b Posted August 16, 2013 Report Share Posted August 16, 2013 Re: Heat Deflectors Most of the time, I just use the drip pan that came with the KK, especially on shorter cooks. Not that I don't use the heat deflector, just only on longer cooks where the extra heat-up time isn't an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syzygies Posted August 17, 2013 Report Share Posted August 17, 2013 Re: Heat Deflectors I've always used a 16" unglazed terra cotta plant saucer from Home Depot, lined with foil if there will be any drips. I could imagine lighter, but so far the weight hasn't bothered me. It is possible for even unglazed terra cotta to turn out to contain lead, though I doubt it through major channels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
