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Posted by Peter James on April 25, 2008, 2:11 pm
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On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:58:42 +0100, Roland Craven wrote
>>> bugbear wrote:
>>>> For culinary purposes, I wish to make
>>>> a heat diffuser for my gas hob.
>
> Most kitchen shops sell perforated double-skin steel ones that last about 3
> years and cost a few quid.
> They work well and for me at any rate I've got better uses for my time.
> hth
>
My perforated double-skin steel heat diffuser cost me about £4 five years ago
and is still going strong.
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Posted by newshound on April 25, 2008, 4:05 pm
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> Most kitchen shops sell perforated double-skin steel ones that last about
> 3
> years and cost a few quid.
> They work well and for me at any rate I've got better uses for my time.
> hth
> --
> Roland Craven
I was going to say the same thing. But they get rusty. Given the relatively
low price of chinese stainless (e.g. collanders) it's a shame they don't
make a stainless one.
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Posted by Steve R. on April 27, 2008, 2:35 am
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>> Most kitchen shops sell perforated double-skin steel ones that last about
>> 3
>> years and cost a few quid.
>> They work well and for me at any rate I've got better uses for my time.
>> hth
>> --
>> Roland Craven
>
> I was going to say the same thing. But they get rusty. Given the
> relatively low price of chinese stainless (e.g. collanders) it's a shame
> they don't make a stainless one.
>
Why not just bite the bullet, and buy a new set of stainless steel cookware,
with a copper plate on the bottom? A few years ago, I did just that. A
discontinued set was found at a substantial discount for a bit over 200
dollars CDN, or about 100 quid. Well worth it too! I got 40 years of daily
use out of the last ones.
Steve R.
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Posted by bugbear on April 28, 2008, 4:46 am
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> Why not just bite the bullet, and buy a new set of stainless steel cookware,
> with a copper plate on the bottom? A few years ago, I did just that. A
> discontinued set was found at a substantial discount for a bit over 200
> dollars CDN, or about 100 quid. Well worth it too! I got 40 years of daily
> use out of the last ones.
One can do even better; copper cookware (not just a base plate)
with a stainless steel lining (not the traditional, and
has-to-be-renewed tinning).
One might alternatively view this as a stainless
steel item with a head conductive cladding.
But they're "a little" pricy for me.
http://www.metrokitchen.com/mauviel/
BugBear
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Posted by Neil Ellwood on April 24, 2008, 12:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:21:18 +0100, bugbear wrote:
> For culinary purposes, I wish to make a heat diffuser for my gas hob.
>
> For low heat simmering, gas is not ideal; you need a head diffuser, or
> (very) thick soled pan to work well.
>
> My cunning plan is to make
> a copper hotplate; a rather simple
> piece of fabrication, comprising
> a copper disc (slab!) around 6-8mm thick, and around 7-8 inches
> diameter.
>
> Can anyone advise on the feasibility
> of this, and also indicate where I could the material, and any guessed
> as to cost?
>
> Of course this project is trivial
> enough that a should a copper rod of
> adequate diameter be available, a machine cut slice of stock is the
> finished item...
>
> BugBear
Why make one when there are commercial ones available at only a few
pounds.
Have a look in John Lewis, Debenhams etc.
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Neil
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>>>> For culinary purposes, I wish to make
>>>> a heat diffuser for my gas hob.