Thanks Denton Doc, that fire blanket sure is an interesting idea. If a person could cross breed them with a Cookies custom tarp you could wind up with a tarp you couldn't burn holes in!
Right now I'm working on a set-up (on the littlbug) where I spread four or five nuts between the two cake pans leaving an air gap of about 5/16". And my new secret weapon is stolen from my wife's kitchen; it's a stainless steel thing that holds vegetables up from the bottom of the pot while you steam them. It folds up and looks something like a flower with many petals made of pierced metal. It has three little legs that lift it about 5/8". What I'm hoping is that it will act like a fire grate and allow better burning and perhaps allow some slight separation of heat from the bottom of the pan.
Who knows? But it's fun fiddling with it.
Hey Kerry, Looking at that Fast Bucksaw, I wonder how many revisions it has gone through to refine it to where it is today. I can imagine someone sitting at the kitchen table on a long winter's evening, making drawings and considering. He sure made a great design. Where I go camping it's been pretty much picked over and all the easy fire wood is gone, so this saw will really serve me.
Best Wishes, Rob