Thanks...
  I ordered one just now.  Just what I needed...a real solution,
ready-made.
Don Hanson

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:

> At 02:55 AM 10/20/2009, Maggie Dew wrote:
>
>> Don Hanson wrote:  "I'd still like to find some cheap-o ready-made
>> solution to those diabolical 'Spillmeister' burner grill thingies.."
>>
>
> Funny!  I woke up this morning wondering whether the list would like
> a pointer to the "Gas Burner Reducer Trivet Ring" from Fante's
> Kitchen Wares Shop:
>
> http://fantes.com/trivets.html#reducer
>
> I bought two.  They're working well, but at five inches in diameter,
> they're barely larger than the openings in the Westy's stove grill,
> so I must position them carefully.  Before I close the stove, I put a
> paper towel, folded in quarters, over each, so they don't rattle and
> are less likely to move around while driving.  Also so they don't
> mark the underside of the drying rack.
>
> I found those after a protracted on-line search for what the Brits
> apparently call a "gas ring reducer."  Apparently everybody in the
> U.K. has a bunch of these, but they're hard to find in the U.S.  I
> just wish I could find one a little wider.
>
> The VW emblem burner grill thingies work great.  Does Frank Condelli
>> still have some of those?
>>
>
> I'm anxious to hear more!  What's the diameter?
>