"Tim Wescott" wrote in message news:Kf-

Our kitchen counters are all tile. If we're holding a hot pot and
we say
"I need to put this thing down NOW!!! WTF can I put this thing?"
the
answer is always "anywhere that's flat". And I mean anywhere in the
whole kitchen, because the whole kitchen counter is tile.

Tim Wescott

In the winter I cook on the woodstove in the shop. "anywhere that's
flat" for hot pans is the milling machine table.