I use a foil pan all the time. I used to wrap with foil but the last roll I got from Sams even though it said heavy duty was much thinner than the previous roll of the same stuff. I was having to double wrap and it still was tearing or getting holes so I went to the foil pans. I cook mostly brisket flats so depending on how big they are I put them in the same hotel size pan. Works great.