Thanks for the tip Dogncatluvr. I guess that's sort of what I was doing with my upside down baking pan and pots (sort of making my own burner covers). Being metal I guess they hold the heat a little too, but it would be nothing like stepping onto a hot burner. I'll have to pick some up. My sister-in-law's cat jumped on the top of her wood stove once. Glad I don't have one of them! I worry enough about my kitties as it is!!