Editing Trivet

{{Short description|Object placed between a serving dish or bowl, and a dining table}}
{{For|the English Anglo-Norman chronicler|Nicholas Trivet}}
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[[File:Reconstruction of Iron Age cookery with iron trivets over a fire.jpg|thumb|Reconstruction of Iron-age European cookery, using pots suspended in trivets over an open fire]]

A '''trivet'''{{efn|Also known as a '''coaster''', '''pot coaster''' or '''hot pad''' in some regions}} {{IPAc-en|ˈ|t|r|ɪ|v|ᵻ|t}} is an object placed between a serving dish, [[Bowl (vessel)|bowl]], pot, or pan and a dining [[Table (furniture)|table]], usually to protect the table from [[heat]] damage. The word ''trivet'' refers to three feet, but the term is sometimes used in British English to refer to trivets with four feet or no feet.{{citation needed|date=November 2024}} 

''Trivet'' also refers to a [[tripod]] used to elevate pots from the coals of an open fire (the word ''trivet'' itself ultimately comes from Latin ''tripes'' meaning "tripod"). [[Metal]] trivets are often tripod-like structures with three legs to support the trivet horizontally to hold the dish or pot above the table surface. These are often included with modern non-electric [[pressure cookers]]. A trivet may often contain a receptacle for a candle that can be lit to keep food warm.

A three-legged design can reduce wobbling on uneven surfaces.

Modern trivets are made from metal, [[wood]], [[ceramic]], fabric, [[silicone]] or [[Cork (material)|cork]].

When roasting any meat in an oven, trivet racks - which typically fit into roasting pans - are often used to enable the meat joint to be held above the direct heat of the roasting pan and allow the juices of the joint to drip into the roasting pan for the subsequent making of gravy. A trivet can also be made of freshly cut carrot, celery and onion. This not only raises the meat, it has the further advantage of providing a gravy-friendly liquid when the vegetables and juices are sieved at the end of cooking.

==History==
Trivets have been in use since antiquity, and are sometimes referred to as "fire stands". In the tomb of the Chinese ruler [[Zhao Mo]] (2nd century BCE) were found several metal trivets that had been used by him during his lifetime, now stored at the [[Museum of the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King]]. Fire-stands were also uncovered at archaeological sites in [[Israel]], dating back to the Philistine time-period (''circa'' 1st millennium BCE).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Shai |first=Itzhaq  |author-link= |title=Philistia and the Philistines in the Iron Age IIA |journal=Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins|publisher=Deutscher Verein zur Erforschung Palästinas |volume=127 |issue=2 |pages=124–125|date=2011|jstor=41304095|language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Brazier]]
* [[Drink coaster]]
* [[Gridiron (cooking)]]
* [[Pot-holder]]s

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Trivet with cast iron pot.jpg|Trivet and cast iron pot
File:Sottopentola.jpg|Cork and wood trivets
File:Trivet.JPG|Metal ''trivet'', 19th century replica
File:Trivet, French.JPG|''French metal trivet'', 19th century replica
File:Maurice Ascalon, Pal-Bell Trivets.jpg|Decorative brass trivets by the industrial designer [[Maurice Ascalon]] (1913–2003), manufactured by the Pal-Bell Company circa 1940s
File:Circle trivet with three legs - DPLA - f7c7cb3389a15ad5d4372b8c75961dcb (cropped).jpg|Circle trivet with three legs
File:Heart trivet with three legs - DPLA - 93515a9c2bca39e7a0115208c7885d62 (cropped).jpg|Heart trivet with three legs
</gallery>

{{Wiktionary|trivet}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Food preparation utensils]]


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