So you don't burn yourself - wood doesn't conduct heat as easily as metal.
So it doesn't get hot and burn your hand off. If it does get warm, though, a towel can help hold it, as well.
Because metal handles could burn your hands.
Wooden handles on cooking pots do not get as hot as non-wooden handles, making them easier and safer to pick up and move them around.
Because wood is a poor conductor of heat and therefore does not get too hot to touch when the pan is being used.
An flint knife!
your buying some expensive pot
Wood handles are used for pots and pans because they will not burn your hand while cooking. Wood handles on pots and pans can often be replaced as needed so a complete replacement is not necessary.
Wooden handles do not get hot and burn your hand.
So that you can handle them without getting burned
because it helps when your cooking something because the heat takes more time to travel up the wooden handle
Heating the metal tool expands them. After fitting the wooden handles the tools are allowed to cool and, as they do so, they contract so that they grip the handles tightly.
Pots and pans are a great toy for children provided they are light weight and well constructed. You don't want handles that come apart or screws coming loose. Pick a cabinet in the kitchen out of the way from where you need to prepare your meals and fill it with pots, pans, wooden spoons, plastic bowls, etc so they can be near and use the imagination.
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Well I have seen people stir chili or stews in crock pots and pots but that's it