Cookware Overview
A & A Cooking separates the heat source from the cookware that holds or supports a recipe. The Stovetop/Oven provides controllable heat, while cookware defines ingredient capacity, liquids, interactions, and thermal response.
Status: Implemented
Stockpots, Saucepans, Skillets, and Woks are available in Iron, Stainless Steel, Diamond Coated, and Netherite tiers. Iron Baking Sheets and Iron Baking Dishes support oven recipes.
Stovetop cookware
Section titled “Stovetop cookware”| Cookware | Capacity | General role |
|---|---|---|
| Stockpot | 8 ingredients, 4000 mB liquid | Soups, stews, freeform dishes, potion infusion, serving |
| Saucepan | 4 ingredients, 1500 mB water | Smaller liquid recipes, sauces, reductions, boiling |
| Skillet | 4 ingredients | Direct contact pan cooking |
| Wok | 6 ingredients | High heat cooking with toss requirements and heat zones |
All four cookware families are implemented in:
- Iron
- Stainless Steel
- Diamond Coated
- Netherite
See Cookware Tiers for the exact heating and cooling multipliers and the upgrade path.
Temperature behavior
Section titled “Temperature behavior”Cookware follows the target temperature from the Stovetop/Oven through thermal simulation instead of snapping instantly to the selected temperature. Higher cookware tiers heat faster and cool more slowly.
Recipes can require the cookware to remain inside a defined temperature range before valid cooking progress is made.
Ingredients and recipe state
Section titled “Ingredients and recipe state”Heated cookware recipes can distinguish:
- exact ingredient items and quantities
- washing and cut state
- temperature range
- liquid requirements
- recipe duration
- toss requirements for Wok recipes
- oven cookware requirements for baked recipes
Spoiled ingredients are rejected when they are no longer valid inputs. Finished foods inherit freshness through the shared food pipeline. See Freshness & Spoilage.
Oven bakeware
Section titled “Oven bakeware”The oven supports Iron Baking Sheets and Iron Baking Dishes as well as bare rack recipes. Each of the three oven racks has its own cookware and food position.
Recipe reference
Section titled “Recipe reference”The Complete Recipe Index lists all 233 Recipe Book entries with ingredients, station, time, and method or heat requirement.