What's this pan for?

[frederik]

I have a saucepan with an odd shape. I was given it by my mum. It has bulbous sides; the bottom half bulges out and the top half is relatively straight.

Does anyone know what type of pan this is and what it's for? I can't seem to find any pictures of anything similar.

 

[GotGarlic]

Can you post a picture of it? It's hard to imagine what it looks like.

 

[frederik]

How about an ASCII art representation instead of it from the side.

It's a saucepan, but with this shape.

  |           |=========Handle
  |           |
 /             \
/               \
\               /
 \_____BASE____/

 

[GotGarlic]

Nice try, although it doesn't help a whole lot

Is it like this?

 

[Katie H]

I'm wondering if it's the bottom pan of a double boiler set.

 

[roadfix]

Similar in shape to this backpacking pot?

https://www.amazon.com/EVERNEW-6968...id=1486660797&sr=8-1&keywords=evernew+tea+pot

 

[frederik]

Nice try, although it doesn't help a whole lot

Is it like this?
View attachment 26145

Something like that, but the bulge is about 4 times more pronounced on my pan. And it only has one handle (of the sticking out type).

 

[Rocklobster]

Could it be a pan that was designed to use on a boat? They have larger bottoms so they will be less likely to tip over.

 

[roadfix]

What is the volume of this sauce pan?

 

[Uncle Bob]

Fondue

 

[CraigC]

Fondue

+1! Minus the insert.

 

[Zagut]

"What's this pan for?"

It's for cooking.

Now as far as a specific use please defer to those posters who might have a clue.


And that isn't me.








Why would a fondue pot need wider sides???


Help me understand.

 

[larry_stewart]

I used to have a pot, similar to the shaped described. I used it for general cooking, but what I liked most about is the wider , rounded bottom made it easier for a spoon/ ladle to get to those hard to reach corners of the pot.

 

[dragnlaw]

My grandma used to have one.... I think she used it mostly for heating milk. However, I don't think that was it's original intention.

My mother's pan was not quite as bulbous at the bottom. It was the bottom half of a double boiler.

Rock has a good lead - for stability, not just on a boat but coals or other unstable sources.

 

[caseydog]

I've seen pots like that before, but never paid a lot of attention to them. For some reason, the double boiler theory tickles my little grey cells. I have this image in my head of that pan with another one that fits on top of it.

CD

 

[caseydog]

I did a google image search, and it seems a lot of double boiers are/were bigger at the bottom...


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[Katie H]

I've seen pots like that before, but never paid a lot of attention to them. For some reason, the double boiler theory tickles my little grey cells. I have this image in my head of that pan with another one that fits on top of it.

CD

Yep, just what I surmised in post number 5. If we had a picture it would make identifying it so much easier.

 

[Steve Kroll]

Something like one of these maybe?

 

[dragnlaw]

Looking at the size of the handle in relation to the pot, I would certainly think of that as a mini pot for a sauce, no?

 

[Addie]

Looking at the size of the handle in relation to the pot, I would certainly think of that as a mini pot for a sauce, no?

Or a butter warmer.