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Subject:Westy stoves: small pots slip through grate
From:Oxroad
Date:Thu, 26 Mar 1998 03:21:57 EST

How do all you Westy owners solve that problem of smaller diameter pots
slipping through the grate where it opens for the burners on the stove top? I
can't quite figure the logic behind making this space so large. Maybe to keep
it clear of the flame? Anyway, it's annoying.

I have been using a three-legged metal stand designed for use under a dutch
oven (one of those heavy cast iron pots your grandmother uses) when cooking
over a campfire. I got it at Campmor. (And I don't have a dutch oven, just the
stand.)  It kind of hooks around the existing grate and rests on the stainless
steel surface around the burners. It works pretty well in to support a coffee
perculator or small pot at the same height as the existing grate. The problem
is it's beginning to scratch the stainless steel. We can't have that.

I have looked for some kind of grate to lie on top of the "factory" grate but
haven't found anything small enough.

I'm assuming we all have the same condition. I'm interested in any solutions.

TIA
Jeff
83.5 Westy