To trivet or not to trivet that is the question,lol i have use for one now.And yes the hot meals will be coming more often now,lol Very nice solid workings you did here.My friends scrap hard wood barrel get unloaded often.It's getting tough to find were t put it all now at home,so i had to buy garbage cans to keep them sorted in,walnut,cedar,oak,poplar,pine,mahogany etc. He buys trailers full out of state cheap.He loves me taking it all that way he doesn't have to lug it to the street!