"Puester" > wrote in message
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> David Hare-Scott wrote:
> I am
>> in rural Australia so a trip to a big store in the USA to buy some dandy
>> device is not on.
>>
>> I am thinking of making a cover out of fencing wire and metal insect mesh
>> that exactly fits the tray. What do you think?
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>
> I have never seen a splatter screen for the oven, but the US
> "dandy device" for stovetop frying is a round metal mesh screen
> with a stiffer rim of metal around the edge for stability.
>
and they are bloody useless! I have one and, in spite of the very fine
mesh, I have to put a piece of paper towel on top to stop the fat
splattering all over the stove top.
Graham