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A pot is used for boiling water, or cooking stews and soups. They typically have two small handles on each side. A pan has short, usually curved sides, and is
by zdragnar 4y ago
A pot is used for boiling water, or cooking stews and soups. They typically have two small handles on each side.
A pan has short, usually curved sides, and is suitable for simmering small amounts of liquid, searing or frying. It will almost always have a single long handle.
Woks are the exception- the look halfway in-between a pot and a pan, though the design is more geared towards the same uses you would use a pan for. Although there are two small handled varieties, the thinness of the metal makes it much less effective at stews and soups because it doesn't hold heat well.
- thehours 4y agoSaucepans are somewhere in the middle. "Saucepans are round, vertical-walled vessels used for simmering or boiling. Saucepans generally have one long handle. Larger pans of similar shape with two ear handles are sometimes called "sauce-pots" or "soup pots" (3–12 litres)." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookware_and_bakeware
- nerdponx 4y agoIn the US, a "saucepan" is still usually considered a small pot. Only cooking nerds even know what a saucepan is.