cooking wire

[terry stewart]

hi iam looking for a set of wires that you would place on your stove top to use while cooking milk so that it wont burn anyone know where to find them or what they are called thanks terry

[snowshoehair]

http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/aa/as...ser.htm?UseH=Y

Something like this ... a stove top burner diffuser? This one isn't made of wires but I had one in the past and it works well.

[terry stewart]

no this a wire shaped like a star or cross

[calliemoonbeam]

They're called heat diffusers.

Here are a couple of wires ones, no star though:

https://www.kitchenworksinc.com/sear...iable=diffuser

Here's a star one on eBay, the only place I found one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/HEAT-DIFFUSER-FO...3286.m20.l1116

Hope this helps!

[stickinthemud]

So that's what that star thing was! Mom had one of those (not quite the same but I'm sure that's what it was) around her kitchen when I was a kid. Never saw her use it, never knew what it was for. Learn something every day!

[tinda]

I made a star thingy from a heavy wire coat hanger. Cut the hook off then bend it into a star shape with a pair of pliers. I used it for many years.

[Windy in Kansas]

I have never seen stove trivets made of wire however that just means I haven't seen one YET!

Stove trivets: http://www.woodmansforgefireplace.co...e-Trivets.html

BINGO! There is one currently on Ebay, item # 280356154942

Hey, the software gremlins are supposed to downsize urls. Sorry that it didn't work for some reason so I've deleted it and given the item number instead.

[Alice In TX/MO]

http://www.countryporch.com/home-acc...ire/trivet.asp

http://www.studentmarket.com/Cuisino...t-CNX1475.html

[suzyhomemaker09]

Originally Posted by terry stewart

hi iam looking for a set of wires that you would place on your stove top to use while cooking milk so that it wont burn anyone know where to find them or what they are called thanks terry

Are you heating your milk in such a large pot that you can't do it in a double boiler method?

[Harry Chickpea]

Those wire standoffs were primarily used when you had something like a glass coffee carafe that you were keeping warm on the stove. The idea was to prevent the uneven heating of the glass and limit breakage. They sorta worked.

A real diffuser for heat would be more along the lines of an aluminum or copper or brass plate. Maybe an old metal charger or a camp dish would work? Just be forewarned that they hold heat, and that aluminum can melt on a stovetop.

[TwoAcresAndAGoat]

I use an old cast iron frying pan that the handle broke off of as a diffuser on my gas stove.
It just raises the pot off of the flame and the cast iron spreads the heat more evenely.

[terry stewart]

well it came thanks yes iam heating that much milk soooooooooooooo sick of milk