Rating: - Not a great deal
To me, a trivet or rack indicates it would have little "legs" on this to raise it off the bottom of the pan. This is just a flat piece of iron with holes in it, so doesn't really allow any space to keep the meat or other food from sitting in its own grease. So I don't really see the point of it. If it wasn't so heavy to mail back, I would have returned it.
Rating: - Extra Grill Grate
I own 3 of these trivets, and have as yet to use it for the intended purpose. My favorite application has been to use it as a warming tray attached to my Lodge Sportsman Grill. With $2.50 worth of parts from my local hardware store I was able to make an add on warming tray that I can adjust the distance to the grill surface and rotate it to any position over the cooking grate.
I also use one of these over a flowerpot with coals inside or a #10 tin can with coals inside when I need a quick temporary "throwaway" grill. That way I still have a good quality cast iron cooking surface. ... Read More
Rating: - Great multi purpose kitchen helper
I use this product everyday sometimes as a trivet and sometimes in the bottom of a pan to drain fat while baking meat.
Rating: - just what I hoped for
Bought these for my solar cooker--2 fit perfectly, allowing airflow underneath pots and adding thermal mass. Perfect! Arrived quickly, too!
Rating: - Great bacon and sandwich press!
Thanks must be given to reviewer Barefoot Okie in FL for the great ideas for using this trivet. I found it also makes a good bacon press...in fact you can use this puppy for just about anything that needs some weight attached to it! Not to mention, it makes a great rack for cooking meat loaf on...only the fat falls thru...I've used other meat racks and on loose meat loaf mixes, found a lot of the mix had fallen through the wires. That doesn't happen with this trivet...works great in the dutch oven!
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