SimmerMat Heat Diffuser - Flame Diffuser Stove Cover Ring - Fire Diffuser for Any Type of Electric or Gas Stove - Dishwasher Safe Stove Top Cover - Steel Plates for Simmering and Slow Cooking - 3 Pack

This works! My stovetop simmer is a boiling simmer which I can't control on my Whirlpool stove. So I needed something & this works great!

No more burnt spaghetti sauce on the bottom of my pots. Use as directed.

I purchased the Simmermat Heat Diffuser because I have found on both of my gas stoves (I have two homes) that simmering at a low enough temperature is a challenge. My hubby likes to make huge pots of chili; I mean we are talking gallons and gallons at one time, and I like to make soups. These dishes require long simmer times, and hot spots are not a good thing. We have heavy bottom stainless cookware, so the quality of the cookware is not the problem. I found this heat diffuser and decided to see if it could eliminate hot spots and allow the dish to simmer for hours without burning. What a difference the Simmermat made! Dishes now require less babysitting as they simmer. No hot spots. Simply place the mat on the burner, and put the pot on top. Turn on the stove, and you’re all set. The Simmermat easily wipes clean, and stores in a drawer or on a shelf. Highly recommend.

The product works good on our gas stove and achieves the desired simmer. The dimensions are listed as 10" x 10" x .5", but the one we received is 8.5" from the corner of its octagon shape to the opposite corner. If you measure from the center of the side to the center of the opposite side it is 8". The material is probably 1/16" (picture shows side by side with a nickel) but if you lay it on a flat surface and measure to the top of the dimples it could be .5" (picture shows ruler on top of dimples). This is misleading, especially since none of the pictures clearly show the edge thickness. But it works and I plan to buy a second one.

going to rivet both of them together and see if that works

The media could not be loaded. I love my glass stop stove for quick heating but have had a problem with food burning, sticking and scorching when simmering on the stoves lowest setting. As a family that enjoys stews, soups, sauces and braised foods this has been an ongoing problem. I even purchased an induction burner hoping for a lower temperature (no luck).This $25 gadget does exactly what it says.This morning I put on a big pan of spaghetti sauce and placed the simmer plate on the stove as directed. After 30 minutes I nervously went in for a stir expecting scorched sticking food (as usually happens without constant stirring) but NO, sauce was gently rolling with no sticking at all.Three hours of simmering (stirring every 30 minutes) with no issues and robust flavors with full body.Very happy with purchase. Highly recommended.

This thing is great for simmering a pot of tomatoes down to thick tomato sauce or a step further to paste.

On electric burner

It allows me to cook well with a glass top stove, it has been really hard to keep sauces from burning because the glass heats really hot and is slow to cool again. This gadget is a miracle worker!

El Difusor de calor me permite usar sartenes y cacerolas de mayor tamaño al quemador de la parrilla de Vitrocerámica. Tarda en calentar, pero una vez que empiezan a hervir los alimentos, se puede bajar la temperatura al mínimo y continúan hirviendo, lo cual permite un buen ahorro de energía. No se queman, no se pegan y no se resecan.

excellent product , had one left to us from an old aunt and forgot to take when we moved, missed it terribly but this new modern version simmers beautifully

Does not work on induction stove.

I bought this simmer ring because I have trouble when trying to simmer a stew or soup, I saw this product and thought I would give a go. I am amazed at the difference it makes, and while I'm not sure that my stew simmered that much slower, it certainly seems to distribute the flame of gas more evenly, and I don't have the stew sticking to bottom of the pot like before. I have used it on my gas cooktop and also the wood stove, works great on both. Do read the instructions because it needs to placed on different sides depending on the surface you are cooking with. I do not hesitate in recommending this product. Definitely 5 stars :)