Can you put the ladle or the spoon on top of the pot while your sauce or soup are cooking or will that melt the spoon?
1095917
Yes, you can rest the spoon on the food in the pot while the food is cooking, but it makes more sense to balance it on the edge of the pan. I have not tried to rest it on the lid while the food is cooking but I don't know why that wouldn't work---since you can put silicone in the oven. Hope this helps.
1095918
I leave them on the rim of the pot for a while, not the entire time they are cooking but I am sure they would be fine and not melt.
1095919
my wife has left them on the pot on a couple of occasions and it didn't hurt them.
1311971
Dear TJ, the Le Creuset website states that one can use their cookware on a glass top stove. Great, isn't it? They just state the obvious, that you should lift the pot, while moving it on the stove top, not slide it. You know that it could scratch the glass, I'm sure. Cheers, Marsha
1316049
I use it as a lid on a pot on the stove. I don't know if it would burn or melt if you put it on an element.
541902
no - you would destroy the pot - try putting it on a ceramic tile - that will help keep the tea warm
1457502
I saute all the time before cooking. I do this to brown sausage and onions when I make jambalaya for example. The saute funtion works with the lid off so you can stir stuff around and add ingredients too.
1994473
It gets very hot. Matter of fact it got so hot the first time I used it I burned the dinner I was making! I have owned several slow cookers and never had that problem! So to answer your question...Yes! I very much so believe it will simmer for makin sauces, soups, etc. Very nice slow cooker. Just a word of advice...because of the stainless steel on the outside it gets extremely hot so make sure you or nobody touches while cooking!
168421
If you freeze the soup first, then use the food saver, you could, but you can't do liquids directly. :(
9834
You'll need some nice utensils...you can't remove the pan from the unit to stir or the current is broken so you'll need to leave the pan stationary and stir with a utensil....also water boils super fast especially if its covered so keep an eye on it. It really is like a better cook top.
698628
I have boiled a large pot of water on it for pasta, a cooked large pot of chicken soup on about 3-4 for about 2 hours and it was fine. The only thing to remember is that it doesn't have that big an area the heats the pan magnetically so you would need to adjust the temperature to make sure it wasn't so high concentrated in the middle of the pot. If it's something like pasta sauce that is thinker it can burn on in the middle of pan if it is turned up too high.
2270710
I recommend using a pot holder or oven mitt once the wok has heated up. The handle gets hot when the wok is fully heated.
1796720
I have used for soup, I add hot water to the thermos while heating soup on the stove. The soup stays warm.
1268280
No. That wasn't an issue at all. I cooked chili in it and took it to a church for my son's team meal (football). I didn't slop any chili, burn myself, or anything. I did put it on a towel in a laundry basket, but the bands held the lid on well. I really like mine a lot. Just watch the temp. I ruined a whole pot of soup by setting it on warm instead of low. Warm is to keep hot soup warm. Low is for cooking.
2040004
You would have to hold the lid open and stir continuously and very rapidly with a long-handle spoon in order to keep the intense heat of the bottom plate from burning the milk that is in contact with the hot bottom plate. 'Probably would work once and then you'd have such a sticky, burnt, mess that you'd throw it away. On the other hand, for heating milk, the double-boiler on the stove is vastly safer from burning and requires very little attention while heating.
2265333
I haven't had mine that long but I purchased mine to use in making cheese. I have used it three times to make cheese and I have left it in milk until my mixture comes to temp. The directions tell you not to place it on the bottom of the pot. I love it.
193462
The part where the pot is placed will get very hot. Near that area will be hot/warm to the touch - in other words, you won't burn yourself if you need to adjust any dials. I don't find that it generates a tremendous amount of heat around it or in the room such as a heating element on a hot plate/stove. You must still take precaution with children at all times.
314066
No, not at all. There is a slight design flaw with the lids and the handles on the big pot. The lids are glass and the handles on the lids are a bit too close to the covers' surfaces. The soup pot handles are very close to the metal. The handles don't get hot, but they're really close to the hot metal of the pot and glass in the lids. As a matter of safety, I always use pot holders, because I'd prefer not to burn my knuckles. But you have nothing to worry about with the saucepans and the skillets.Hope this helps!
2088177
Recommendation is to use med heat ... Pot is not big enough for high heat ... I've been using it on gas for a while now and no problems with melting as long as you keep the flame to the bottom part of the pot.