The subject device is novel cooking utensil for gas, electric or other types of stove, which have an upper stove surface wherein such burners have a relatively flat upper surfaces with an upper perimeter edge and upwardly directed heating units, such cooking utensil having a circumferentially disposed outer extension extending out from the side surface of the utensil which holds an enclosed chamber in which can be contained a liquid that can be heated directly or indirectly from one of the burners to help heat the sides of the utensil.