It creates some nasty stuff. A lot of the white smoke you see coming out of a UDS is the grease dripping on the charcoal, burning and that smoke from the burning grease circulates around inside, condensing on the meat and sides of the drum. I put a drip pan in mine to keep the grease out of the fire, which also disperses the heat a little better. More @Wikipedia
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