On Sun 06 Feb 2005 08:00:04a, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.equipment:

>
> "wacomancer" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me out here.
>>
>> I purchased my father an old Pyrex glass percolator type coffee pot for
>> Christmas. He has a gas stove, and claims a ceramic stove cover is
>> needed, as the flames will be too hot for the coffee pot, and it will
>> break.
>>
>> Has anyone else heard of this? If so, do you know where I can get one?
>>
>> I appreciate anyone's help on this.
>
> Just use it as is. Pyrex can be made flame proof. I know of at least two
> people that have been using the same Pyrex perc on a gas range for over 25
> years now.

Right. It's on electric ranges that you need some separation between the
glass pot and the heating element. It's usually a wire grid.

Wayne