Question

Why is base of a cooking pan made thick and heavy?

Answer 1

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by making the base of the cooking pan thick its heat capacity becames large due to which it gets heated slowly and it imparts suffivient heat energy at a slow rate to the food for its proper cooking and after cooking it keeps the food warm for a long time.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Thermal capacity of the base becomes larger when the base of the cooking pan is made thick. Due to this, the base provides more heat energy to the food even at low temperature required for cooking.