What's the difference between a pot and a pan?  |
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I've been cooking for a number of years, so you'd think I would know the answer to this one. But, most times when I'm cooking I refer to my cookware as pots and not pans. But, I think there's an actual difference.
The low lying cookware is called a pan. And, the deeper cookware are called pots. Is that right? I know it's a small thing. But, it's driving me nuts, lately. I've been calling my cookware all the wrong things. Darn cooking channel. Now they've got me confused on my favorite topic.
What's your thoughts on the pot/pan name calling issue? Do you call your cookware pots or pans? Or, both?
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beautyqueen26 (9128) | 1 year ago | Very good points! The mystery is solved. Thanks. I will keep those points in mind when using and buying cookware in the future.
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3. jerzgirl (2685) | 1 year ago | I agree with what has been said. Pots have higher sides and hold mainly liquids while pans are shorter, wider, and used for larger food items and for frying, sauteeing, grilling, etc. Sometimes I refer to everything as a pan, but I usually call the entire set either pots and pans or cookware. I kind of see a pan as being like a rectangle and pots like squares, where all squares are rectangles while not all rectangles are squares. (OK - NOW how confused are you?? LOL)
But, mainly, it's the shape that determines the name.
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4. meiteoh (344) | 1 year ago | There are pans, woks and pots.
A pan is flat, and used more for shallow frying or stir frying. A pot on the other hand is used when you need to cook with a lot of liquid, such as stewing, steaming, blanching and so forth.
In Asian cooking, we don't use pans but woks instead. It is curved and used mainly for shallow frying, steaming, as well as deep frying. We only use pots for making soups.
For me, a pot is a pot, a pan is a pan and a wok is a wok.:)
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5. Modestah (7932) | 1 year ago | I always think of a pan as being something you sautee or pan fry in - circular and a couple inches deep, and pots as being deep for stews and sauces... but then, I do certain of my pots as being saucepans... but maybe a sauce pan is a pan that is a little bit deeper for making sauces in - such as maybe a chicken fryer might be?
er, I guess I dunno.
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6. wordmax (995) | 1 year ago | Yes you are right the low lying are pans and deep are pots. For making omellets and deep frying our spicy chilly foods my wife uses the pans, but for cooking rice, dal(lentils) she uses the pots. The pans are teflon coated and the pots are heavy copper based.
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7. Elixiress (2736) | 1 year ago | I would say that a pan is something that you would put on a hob to cook something in and a that a pot is a something that you would out in an oven to cook something in. So you boil eggs in a pan and cook casserole in a pot.
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8. sophialin (1146) | 1 year ago | hi,my friend,i serve in a cookware factory and we have saucepan,stockpot,wok,frypan and saute pan.so many items but i think the difference between a pot and pan lies in their depth and figure.
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