This type of pick up 3/8 off the bottom of the pan, never had an issue. Put your straw in your drink and hold it 1/8 off the bottom, then move it up to 3/8. big difference,
FWIW, the pictures were posted for reference. They were not posted to drive a point or opinion. Then too, the open area at the screen I'm sure is large enough by design to continually feed the 1/2" ID of the tube off the bottom of a stock pan / pickup combination.
Do as you like with your straw.
