Chugun (pot)

{{Short description|Cast-iron crock}} thumb|Handling a chugun with an ''ukhvat'' '''Chugun''' ({{langx|ru|чугун}}, {{IPA|ru|tɕʊˈɡun}}; small one: '''chugunok''' ({{langx|ru|чугунок}}, {{IPA|ru|t͡ɕʊɡʊˈnok}})) is a crock initially made of cast iron, hence its name: "chugun" in Russian means "cast iron".<ref>s:ru:ТСД2/Чугун</ref> It has a special shape: narrow at the bottom quickly turning into a round bowl, that permits handling of it in the Russian stove with a special implement called {{ill|ukhvat|ru|ухват}}, a long wooden handle ending with the two-pronged metal "grabber". Later ''chuguns'' were made of aluminium as well. This kind of ware had become widespread in Russia since the break of the 19th and 20th centuries.<ref>Русская изба. Иллюстрированная энциклопедия. [''Russian stove. An Illustrated Encycliopedia''] — St.Petersburg, Искусство-СПБ, 2004, pp. 359—360</ref>

Standalone small stoves had special metal rings to fit bottoms of ''chuguns'' of different sizes. {{Gallery | height=170 | align=center | File:Furnaces-rus0102.JPG | alt1= | A variety of chuguns and chugunoks are used to prepare an entire meal | Furnaces-tools.JPG | alt3= | ''Ukhvats'' of varying sizes, fire iron, and ''chapelnik'' (to handle pans) |File:Juno Back- Bratröhre 4.jpg|A stovetop with iron fitting rings }}

The implement gave rise to Russian surnames Chugunov and {{ill|Chugunkov|ru|Чугунков}}.

==See also== *Dutch oven *Kazan (cookware)

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Category:Cooking vessels Category:Cast iron