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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.

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Why do some cooking pots has a wooden handle?

because it helps when your cooking something because the heat takes more time to travel up the wooden handle


What is the common name for such wooden or plastic coverings you mean for cooking spoon and pots?

lids.


Handle of cooking pot is which material?

Cooking pots are not made of just one material when it comes to the handle. Some are made of steel, while others are made of cast iron.


Why do many cooking pots or pans have wooden handles?

Because wood is a poor conductor of heat and therefore does not get too hot to touch when the pan is being used.


How does granite respond to cooking pots that are too hot being put on it?

Granite is a form of 'igneous' rock... The name 'igneous' is taken from the Latin 'ignis', for 'fire', because igneous rock is formed from magma and volcanic activity.In short, while granite could be too hot for your cooking pots to handle, your cooking pots won't ever get too hot for granite to handle... They'd melt first! :-)


What elements are in cooking pot?

Cooking pots are made of many different elements.


Why do you have to use wooden spoon for pots and pans?

Wood is a poor conductor of electricity and if you are cooking hot food, you would not get burnt by holding the spoon.


What metals use for cooking pots?

Steel, Copper and Aluminium pots


What is the function of footwear in cooking?

Proper footwear while cooking will prevent your feet from being crushed by heavy objects (large pots/pans) and or being scalded by not liquids. If you are doing short order cooking a good tennis shoe will suffice if working on wooden slats. One can sprinkle ordinary table salt on the wooden slats to decrease slippage.


What tools did Romans use?

They would have used wooden and iron utensils {spoons, knives}. Cooking pots would have been made of metal of some sort.


What cooking utencils did the Erie Indians use?

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Did the Iroquois use pots for cooking?

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