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Metal untensils are used to cook food . why?



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Because plastic utensils would just melt/become dull when boiling things with hot water
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Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity. ... As metals are good in conducting heat, it can transfer heat very quickly and evenly. Generally, copper, aluminum metals are used for cooking vessels as they are very good conductors of heat. Due to this reason's metals are used in cooking vessels.