Use bigger pots!  :)
Dane Tessler
87 Westfalia
http://members.aol.com/Dane714/westfalia.html
-----Original Message-----
From: Oxroad <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 12:22 AM
Subject: Westy stoves: small pots slip through grate

>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