Isotherm saucepans
August 11, 2009 in Food & Hospitality, Home & Lifestyle
I got this idea from a housewife who cooks really well. Whenever you cook something, say pasta for instance, the content of your pan gets cold too quickly if you leave it on the table, before you even get the chance to serve everyone! That gets even more complicated if a dish is ready too early.
Of course I googled it to be sure, and the fact is that saucepans keeping their content warm don’t exist yet! Of course the bottom has to stay as conductible as possible, otherwise you cannot cook.
henry said on August 11, 2009
That’s a billion dollars idea man. I just wonder if this is not done in purpose, to protect children from burning. The optimal saucepan would be to keep the inside warm and the outside as cold as possible as quickly as possible! And targeting housewives is such a good idea. We already talked about it: “women” are the first or second economic target.
joan said on August 11, 2009
Yes men, but look at it: if the saucepan keeps the inner hot, that means the heat don’t circulate to the exterior, and you don’t get burned by touching it. Think about a thermos mug!
jonas said on August 12, 2009
I think a isoterm pan is not possible because then it wouldn’t become hot quick enough but isotherm dishes where you place the food just after cooking is a good option but it probably already exists.
But this can be brought into every household for a smakll amount of cash.
Further more an isotherm dish can keep hot hot and cold cold: ice creams, ice cubes for exemple.
joan said on August 12, 2009
As I mentioned, the bottom has to stay as conductible as possible, so has to be the inside. But the outiside of the pan can be isotherm, I’ve studied physics, I know what I’m talking about. An other possibility could be to have a sort of coat in which you insert your pan after cooking, so that you don’t have to transfer the food and wash many dishes.
Julian said on February 1, 2010
A possible solution that lies not in the pan itself but in a complementary product, I agree with Joan…When you place a hot pan on a table you make sure to lay it upon an accessory that protects the bare surface of the table from the heat of the pan (a heat proof mat). If this accessory was made up of a 100% heat containing material that covers as much of pan as possible heat lossed would be minimized. This material would simultaneously maintain the heat in the pan and protect surfaces under neath /around it.
We should get George Foreman to market this.
admin said on February 1, 2010
Haha yeah. I love informercials.
Jonas Romain Wiesel said on February 1, 2010
I would rather consider a full bucket rather than a mat. bucket that has the exact same shape and size as the pan that you could drop on the table and just insert your pan in when its ready!
Joan said on February 1, 2010
Haha exactly what we are talking about dude. Some kind of coat, it could even have fur on the hood so that it looks more fashionable.
Julian said on February 1, 2010
fur on the hood? We will have to get Snoop involved too