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Norpro Tin Heat Diffuser
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Our Price: $2.61
List Price: $3.99
Your Save: $ 1.38 ( 35% )
Sales Rank: #8524 (lower is better)
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Norpro
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Brand: Norpro
EAN: 0028901001445
Manufacturer: Norpro
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Norpro Tin Heat Diffuser Features
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- Tin with wooden handle
- 8 1/4" Diameter x 13" L
- Prevents burning and scorching with no boil-overs
- Prevents porcelain and glassware from overheating and cracking
- For use on gas and electric ranges
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Norpro Tin Heat Diffuser Description
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If you're cooking a delicate sauce, or melting chocolate, it's imperitave to use really low, gentle heat. This diffuser adds a layer of protection between the burner and the bottom of the pan, yet its perforations do allow heat to get through.
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Norpro Tin Heat Diffuser customer reviews:
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Necessary item 
These little gizmos are absolutely necessary for anyone cooking on a gas stove--and VERY reasonably priced--what a deal!
Diffuser usage
I grew up with diffusers the same style as these Norpro ones. We had very old gas ranges that produced much higher BTU's than most modern ranges do. In the 80's I bought the first new range I ever had--a pilotless GE. I had often wished I could find diffusers because I like to cook a lot of things very slowly. (Eventually a client of mine was actually marketing a housewares line that included diffusers with the pan area identical to these from Norpro, but that had a stiff folding wire handle--which I very much like for space-saving storage and because I did not have to worry about scorching the wooden handle.) I purchased these Norpro diffusers through Amazon for my sister-in-law who was totally unfamiliar with any diffusers other than a thick aluminum disc. The disc was handleless and heavy, and therefore not easy to move around if it was hot. My husband was visiting her and told her about my diffusers. She uses Visions® glass cookware and had trouble setting her burners low enough that flames did not touch the glass. I searched for diffusers with the folding wire handles and found none. My sister-in-law was very happy with these, and, had I not already seen/had ones with folding handles I would probably also have been happy with them. However I personally am very, very partial to the folding handle model. When we moved to our farm it was the first time I had ever used propane and the range at the house was very, very, very "cold"--it could take the better part of an hour to bring a large home pressure canner up to pressure. Eventually we figured out that the orifice had not been changed from natural gas to propane when that stove was originally installed (DUH!). That stove was also made with very thin steel and deformed significantly from the weight of a full pressure canner. I purchased my second new range in 2001--also a GE, and the "home kitchen" model with the highest BTU's on the market, and which is also very heavily built. I now have a really, really, really HOT range, and even the smallest burner turned as low as possible is often too hot for my style of cooking. It is very, very, very rare for me to cook without a diffuser--and often if I'm using all 4 burners I am also using 4 diffusers. I would very, very highly recommend that anyone with open flame gas burners get diffusers. I do have "non-stick" sauté pans, but all of my other cookware is Revere Stainless with heavy aluminum cooking plates on the pan bottoms. Without the use of diffusers I am certain that I would be endlessly trying to get burned-on food out of pans. I don't care how attentive a cook you are; it is often impossible to get a low enough flame to cook food without scorching it into the bottom of pans. Sometimes I even use 2 diffusers at the same time on one burner. I do have 3 double-boilers (various sizes) that I purchased when I was unable to find diffusers. Using DB's really slows down the cooking process. Using a diffuser instead of a double-boiler is much, much faster and has only a very slight possibility of scorching food (whereas it is impossible to scorch food with a double-boiler). In the summer-time I utilize electric pans as much as possible. BUT in the winter I use diffusers, welcoming the extra burner heat that keeps the furnace from cycling as often. IF THESE HAD FOLDING HANDLES I WOULD RATE THEM AS 5 STARS. I am rating them lower only because of the wooden handles. NOTE: these are plated tin, and in a very short time they will probably be completely rust coated. I never wash a diffuser unless I actually spill food on one--I just ignore their appearance--just as I do the appearance of my stove burner grates--which also rust on the surface when I am pushing/pulling pans over the original baked-on enamel finish. Once they are rusted they don't seem to further deteriorate--my mother's was an antique by the time I inherited it, and even the ones I bought in the 80's with the folding handles are not deteriorated or worn thin after the initial lost of the plating.
Great item
Love it. Had been looking for this item for months. The local appliance store said such an item didn't exist.
Worked like a charm.
I used the diffusers on an electric stove under cooking tajines bought in Morocco, for the first time(after seasoning.)I was keeping my fingers crossed not knowing what to expect, and with guests arriving in a short time. The two diffusers I purchased worked like a charm. Food cooked beautifully and nothing cracked! They are well make and very well priced. I looked all over in St. Louis and didn't find such an item. So this website certainly saved the day for me. Shipping time was very fast!
Just what I needed.
I have a gas range which I like for almost all cooking except when I want to simmer or keep things hot. Even with the flame turned all the way down things would still cook or boil. The diffuser I bought allows me to simmer things without them overcooking or sticking to the pan.
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