"graham" > wrote in message
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>
> "Puester" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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

I put a colandar upside down on the top of the pot. Works fine