There are two solutions to your problem that I can think of this morning, before coffee. 1 is tie your butt with butchers string, it helps it from falling apart. Then you don't have to foil it, and great a great bark. The second is cut some bars out of the grate. That way you can hang and use the grate at the same time. An 18 inch Weber grill fits in there. If you look around the web you can find a picture of it. Basically cut the bars out of half or close to half of the grill, while leaving the outer ring intact.