After having seen at least a million stoves here and another quarter million on eBay...and the half dozen or so which have moved into my mud room, it occurs to me that someplace in the world there must be a veritable mountain of top kettle rings. I've gotten so i can knock out a reasonable flame ring, but i haven't figured out how to fabricate a kettle support yet. The last several i have seen on da-bay were in Australia and not cheaply shipped. Ideas? Suggestions ? laughter and applause? hmmmmm piper
Thanks......never thought of looking for a new one. I guess my thrifty upbringing still directs my life. Ok.....not thrifty.....TIGHTWAD. A&H seems to be a good outfit, OK, back to rings: are they one size fits all? I have big stoves and smallish stoves. I suppose if I owned even one which would fit a variety then i'd get by. Thanks!! piper
They generally clip onto the support rods and will work on smaller stoves, though they may not clip firmly into place on them if the rods are a smaller diameter.
Hi Piper, Pan rings or trivets are often missing from stoves or can be rusted through. If you want a budget pan-holder, see if you can find one of these and wire it to the top of the legs: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/8262 https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/13179 Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hi Piper, if you want a pan ring/trivet for a one-pint stove you can either cut down a "dollar store" special, as seen in this thread: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/10054 Or make one up from a wire coat hanger: https://classiccampstoves.com/posts/200338 /hl//fromsearch/1/ Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hi Piper, I've only got one pan ring and I move it between stoves as required, but most of the time I don't bother - just stand the kettle on top of the legs. If you ever find the secret place where all the pan rings go, you'll find all the pens there too. Hi George, thanks for the links. They have inspired me to have a closer look next time I am in one of the pound/Lidl/Aldi stores . I tend to just head for the beer and bratties. Regards, Terry
Pan Rings can always be found at one of our sponsors - 'Base Camp'. They also can be found at 'Parafinalia' HERE.
Thanks to all. If i had thought for a moment i would have done a search and found all i needed, and save a billion electrons from having to cross the seas. I'll poke about in the shops here and see what there is. The problem was not with my old percolator, it is only with my larger stoves combined with my favorite 1 liter Finnish kettle. Nice to know that I am not the only one with the problem. If i stumble on that mountain of rings you all will be the first to share them. piper
Terry, I'd wager a fiver that many of those pan rings, being made of cast iron, got brittle over the years from being heated and cooled , and cracked or broke when moved wrong or dropped in moving or the like. Murph
Hi Piper, As a temporary solution any old cooling rack out the kitchen cupboard would work. Cheers, Graham.
Coat hanger wire is soft so it can be bent easily into (surprisingly) coat hangers. As it will lose all strength if it reaches red heat and will deform of it's own weight, it makes poor trivets and grills. However, for "S" hooks, pot bails, hot dog forks and other things which will not experience red heat it is an excellent material, especially considering it's price. For a material to bend into trivets and things that will get red hot, I use music wire, available in sizes from .005" (.127mm) up to .250" (6.35mm) diameter. It is somewhat hardened and will resist deformation at stove heats. It's also quite cheap. Gerry
You can also use broken or bent ham radio mobile 2 meter antennas. The 3/4 wave antennas are plenty long and you have to heat them up to cherry red heat to even begin to bend them. It's very doubtful they would deform when used as a top kettle ring. They come in different dimensions, get a thicker one if you can. Stan.
