Cooking utensils {pot, cooking}| {pan, cooking} have bottoms that stay flat, have smooth finishes, and have round corners. Sides are vertical, except for omelet and crepe pans. Handles are lightweight wood or plastic.
material
Aluminum is light and heats evenly and quickly but must be thick. Steel is hard but heats slowly and unevenly. Cast iron is heavy, heats evenly but slowly, and can season. Copper is soft and heats evenly and quickly. Copper can be only on pot bottoms. Enamelware has enamel baked onto steel. Enamelware cleans easily but can chip. Earthenware can have glaze, heats slowly, and cleans easily but chips and cracks. Glassware heats slowly and cleans easily but can chip and crack. Glass {pyroceram} does not crack even under severe temperature changes.
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