It's not the cooking part, its the eating heavy food in the heat that gets me. Hubby grills a lot of chicken, hamburgers, etc. I eat a lot of salads. Right now, I'm not eating anything but soft food because I had what was left of my bottom teeth pulled about 3 weeks ago and am still sore and the dentures don't fit well. It's been my experience with partials that after about 3 trips to the dentist to get them adjusted, I throw up my hands and get the dremel out and fix them myself. Today will be trip #2 and I'm not holding out much hope but we will see. Meanwhile, I can eat shredded chicken and oddly, just about anything made with hamburger and grilled fish. Otherwise, it's soup, smoothies, canned ravioli and eggs for me.