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They can be made of wood, thermoset plastic, or other insulating materials to prevent burning the user's hand.
However some pan handles are made of hollow metal tubes. These pans can be used in the oven without damaging their handles (as would happen with a wood or plastic handle). While their handles do conduct heat and are hotter to the touch in normal use than insulating handles, the air filled hole down the center permits airflow that carries off heat and usually keeps the part of the handle the user holds cool enough to prevent burns.
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Wood or plastic doesn't transfer heat as well as metal. If the handles were metal, you could not pick the pan up.
What are wood handles made out of?
wood...?
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The wood wont conduct the heat from the hot metal pan
What are handles made out of?
wood...?
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What propetry of elements led to the use of plastic or wood handles on many metal cooking utensils?
Heat from the pan would quickly heat up metal handles, and a cloth would be needed to prevent burning your hand when lifting the pan off the stove. Therefore, plastic or wood handle are used as both are poor conductors of heat.
