Advantages

Disadvantages

Cleaning

Properties

can be decorated or plain

extremely poor heat conductor

heat resistant if tempered

Major features are attractiveness, one-dish convenience, and inert non-porous surfaces that won't absorb food odors or flavors. While most are very rugged, they can break under impact. Heat resistant glass can be used for storing, cooking and serving. Some pieces 'can be used on the rangetop, while others are suitable only for the oven.

Some ceramic cookware is made of heat-resistant material which can go from the freezer to a hot oven or microwave. None is suitable for top-of-range or broiler use. Like glass cookware, ceramic cookware holds heat for a long time while providing the additional benefit of an attractive serving dish.

Among the most thermally shock-resistant material ever developed by man, glass-ceramic is a true space-age material. Glass-ceramic cookware can be used for rangetop cooking and is excellent for roasting, broiling or baking -in the conventional or microwave oven. It can go directly from the freezer to the rangetop, broiler or hot oven.