I’ve tried using trivets, most were too thin and did not endure.

> On 05-Apr-2019, at 13:27, David McNeely <davmcneely40@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> got mine from Condelli.  Thin sheet metal, warped from the heat of the burner, but still usable.  Better than the stove grate.  A trivet like used to put a glass pot on a stove burner should work, they're available from home supply companies, perhaps Bed, Bath, and Beyond.  Always seemed like the regular grate was poorly designed.  I guess Westphalia is at fault for that.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 8:33 AM Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca <mailto:RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca>> wrote:
> David:
> 
> I didn’t know there was such a thing.  I’ve always used a small baking rack laid over the existing stove grate.
> 
> 
> > On 04-Apr-2019, at 17:42, ddbjorkman@verizon.net <mailto:ddbjorkman@verizon.net> <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET <mailto:ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET>> wrote:
> > 
> > So...…  When is someone going to make some more of the VW inserts for the Westy stove so one can use a small pot without it tipping over in the rather large opening.
> > Dave B.
> > Love those run on sentences