Dane,

Buy an 8' diffuser at Walmart, or at another shop. It is a good cook's
device to spread heat from a gas burner over the surface of a pos,
especially when cooking easily burnable foods. Diffusers usually have a
wooden handle which you can keep or discard.

On another matter, I enjoyed your site,  especially the photos of you
children.  We have grandkids.  From you site,  I discovered MIDI.  I
have MIDI on my computer, but I never knew what it was.  I'm exploring
MIDI. Delightful!.

We liked you Westy, too.  We have an '84, white, pristine shape here in
the Desert of Southern California, rust-free......

Regards,

Tom hanlon
Palm Springs, CA

Dane Tessler wrote:

> 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