Cookware and bakeware
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Cookware and bakeware is food preparation equipment, such as cooking pots, pans, baking sheets etc. used in kitchens. Cookware is used on a stove or range cooktop, while bakeware is used in an oven. Some utensils are considered both cookware and bakeware.
Ancient Greek casserole and brazier, 6th/4th century BC, exhibited in the Ancient Agora Museum in Athens, housed in the Stoa of Attalus.
Two cooking pots (Grapen) from medieval Hamburg c. 1200–1400 AD
Replica of a Viking cooking-pot hanging over a fire
Stainless steel
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Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES) and rustless steel, is an alloy of iron that is resistant to rusting and corrosion. It contains iron with chromium and other elements such as molybdenum, carbon, nickel and nitrogen depending on its specific use and cost. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion results from the 10.5%, or more, chromium content which forms a passive film that can protect the material and self-heal in the presence of oxygen.
Stainless steel taps and sink
Stainless steel is used for industrial equipment when it is important that the equipment be durable and easy to clean.
An announcement, as it appeared in a 1915 issue of The New York Times, of the development of stainless steel in Sheffield, England
Monument to Harry Brearley at the former Brown Firth Research Laboratory in Sheffield, England