1, in order to spell the pot. At that time, people were too poor to eat a pot. They needed to make a pot with others, eat their own food and pay the bill.
2. In order to divide the hot dishes. The fire power of the whole pot is divided into large fire grid, medium fire grid and small fire grid according to the "well" grid, and different dishes are cooked in different fire grids.
3. In order to facilitate salvage. Compared with the cauldron, it is much easier for Jiugongge to salvage dishes.
Maybe some friends from other places don't know that the grid of Jiugongge hotpot is not fixed. It just put a "well" grid composed of four metal sheets on the basis of the whole pot, and divided the space into nine small grids. There are three theories about the origin and function of Jiugongge hot pot.
The origin of Jiugongge hot pot;
The Jiugong griddle of Chongqing hot pot usually gives people a feeling of being tall and has become a distinctive symbol of Chongqing hot pot. It is said that Jiugongge is the earliest hot pot in Chongqing. At first, this Jiugongge hot pot was only revived by some vendors. Because of the lack of materials at that time, people usually need to bring their own food when they go out.
Then when it's time to eat, these vendors take out all the food they bring and sit together to eat. Later, the vendor divided a pot into nine compartments, and customers could combine tables to enjoy it.
Customers can eat as much as they want, and they can eat whatever they want. In the end, money is calculated according to the grid. Slowly, this way of eating has gradually spread to this day, and finally evolved into the current old hot pot model.