Heat Master Flame Tamer, 8"

I had this a long time ago and loved it - needed a new one - works just as well as I remembered. Keeps food cooking at even temperature - especially sauce which I like to look for long time. A little pricier than I remember - but what isn't - glad i purchased it - use it all the time

it works perfectly

The media could not be loaded. This is exactly what we needed to calm down our gas RV stovetop burners. The lowest setting wasn't low enough to simmer anything. After trying the flame tamer- life is good! I can now slow cook and simmer on my gas stove.

I have always struggled with how to keep food from burning on the bottom of a pot whenever thing were simmering for long periods. I never used high heat & kept the heat at the lowest setting once simmering. Saw this & decided to give it a try. I currently have a gas stove so I can only speak to this. It worked great. It allowed food to simmer without burning. I still give the food a stir periodically but it did exactly what I hoped it would. The reason it is 4 stars instead of 5 is because the surface is flat & slippery. You must hold onto the pot when stirring or it could easily slip off. This could be potentially dangerous for spills & burns if someone did not use caution when handling the pot. I wish the surface could be textured somehow to prevent pots from easily sliding.

I had one of these several years ago when I had an electric cooktop. I am using this on my gas cooktop.I usually just put a gas grate on top of another to diffuse but sometimes I need all of my burners. This item works best when I need my burners.

I use this on my Weber grill side burner, which is very hot. Does a great job of distributing the heat and keeps food from burning.

This is the second one of these I have ordered. It works well on my gas stove. It does elevate the pan and can slide if one is not careful and stirring vigorously, but I use it to make rice and most simmering recipes so this is not a problem. I have been very satisfied with the heat distribution. There is no handle sticking out to block other burners or get bumped. It is lightweight and moves easily from burner to burner. I have had no issues with it burning through over the past two years. I like it!

I just received my diffuser. I also have an original flame tricolator tamer, which is aging, so I thought I would get this as a backup. There was some confusion about the quality differences between the original and this knock-off.First, I haven't actually used the new one yet. I just arrived 5 minutes ago.However, it is lighter. The old one weighs 422 grams. The new one 330 grams.The old one had 6 perforations in the side. The new one has 4.That said, the new one seems pretty well built. I'll follow up after I've used it.I've enclosed a picture of the old one next to the new one. I also included the paper insert, which mentions not using it on a ceramic stove. (note - I don't know why but Amazon keeps rotating the picture so it displays incorrectly!)