Soup Pot Thingy

[j8h9]

I am having a difficult time finding a piece of cooking equipment my mother had for years and years. It was placed under a soup pot directly on the burner. It was made of steel, about an inch thick and was hollow with venting holes. The purpose was to dissipate heat; to allow the soup to brew with a minimum of heat.

My stove at home on the lowest burner setting will cause my soup to boil. This piece of equipment prevents that.

Someone MUST know what this thing is called. I want one for xmas. Thank you.

[Suzanne]

It's a Flame Tamer. Not that thick as you remember, but otherwise accurate. They are also made of asbestos -- that's the kind I had until it started to shred. Now I have a metal one, with a wooden handle.

Now that I think of it, the thick kind was the bottom of a stove-top potato baker. Just as you describe, and with a dome-shaped cover. I suppose it could have been used that way, too, without the cover.

[phatch]

Also called heat diffusers. You can get cast iron ones and aluminum stacked ones too.

[Breton Beats]

Look in places that sell open flame gas stoves. When we bought a gas stove with our house it came with it.