kkegans
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Apr 10, 2016
- Location
- Keller, TX
I thought each rack would hold a pan on the mini, and two on the standard that must be for the 4.
Well if I cook ribs for 20 to 30 people I would need the sides to match. I was going with the mini, and people said I would run into trouble if I wanted to cook mac n cheese or beans, and some app plus the meat in one cook. So I started looking at the standard.
So if you have 7 racks you can only do half size pans I take it full size with 4 standard at 6.750".
A full size pan is 12" by 20", yet there are also 1/2, 1/3, 1/6 & 1/9th pan sizes. These sizes are divisions of the full size pan, example a 1/2 pan would be 12"x10", a 1/4 size pan 6"x10", etc.
Depths of these Pans vary: 2", 4" & 6". The aluminum disposable pans are a bit smaller and 1/2" less in depth, since they were made to drop into the standard hotel or steam table pans.
Based on the available depth of disposable aluminum pans being 1-1/2", 3-1/2" and 5-1/2", you can see the issue of using rack spacing of approximately 3.25" in the full 7 rack layout. There would be very little air circulation space with pans over 1-1/2" in depth.
Note: The above dimensions are interior dimensions, and rounded for simplicity.