My take on this that grease/oil is retained in the indentations and releases just enough to lubricate.
I think I want one of these.
Peter

Peter Burns
Zooarchaeology Laboratory
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Harvard University
11 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge,MA 02138 USA
Phone: 617-495-8317

From: Cooking technologies of ancient Mediterranean cultures. [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Ralph Hancock [[log in to unmask]]
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Are the holes in the bottom of this thing simply recesses which have acquired a black patina from being unscrubbable, or do they communicate with a space underneath that might be filled with boiling oil?

RH


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