Just went out to clean the #2 in preparation for use tonight and found, for the first time, that the foil came right out. My wife is cheap and rather than throwing away old foil she'll clean and re-use it if it's not really dirty. I used a couple of those pieces for the bottom of the smoker and it seems like the wrinkles and creases held most of it a little bit off the bottom and did a great job off catching the grease. Very little grease had gone underneath it either.