It is also a famous local food in Weifang, Shandong Province

Chaotian Wok originated from the folk morning market during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and is said to be related to Zheng Banqiao. When Zheng Banqiao governed Weifang, he was very concerned about the plight of the people. One year in the waxing moon, he served to understand the people's situation, see Weifang County at that time to catch up with the farmers can not eat hot rice, there will be people in the market set up a large iron pot, for passers-by to cook hot food, pots cooked under the pig, meatballs, dried tofu, and so on. Soup boiling meat rotten, customers sit around the pot, by the pot master scooped up the hot soup, add some parsley and soy sauce, etc., and have a thin noodle cake, feel free to self-use, because the pot has no cover, people will be called the "heavenly pot".

Weifang Chaotian Wok was improved in 1997 by the China Cuisine Association and Shandong Provincial Trade Department as "Chinese Famous Snacks" and "Shandong Famous Snacks" respectively. With the development of business, Chaotian pot has spread throughout the city, and now has developed into "Chaotian Banquet". The feast is made of chicken, donkey meat simmered in soup, boiled whole hog mainly, with pig head, liver, lungs, heart, belly, intestines, with sweet noodle sauce, vinegar, soy sauce, pimple pickle strips, pepper, onion, ginger, star anise, cinnamon, salt, cilantro, sesame oil, carrot strips, and other dozen kinds of seasonings and cold dishes. Diners sit around a special dining table with a 50-centimeter-diameter, 65-centimeter-deep cauldron in the center of the table, the mouth of which is flush with the tabletop and has special fuel in the bottom. There is a gap in the round table, the waiter in the gap, according to the guest's request will be scooped out of the pot of meat, cut, for guests to slowly taste. The "Chaotian Wok" is fat, nutritious and tasty, and the soup is light but not muddy, with thin pancakes to go with it.

The most famous one is called Chongqing Chaotian pot, Weifang's Victory Street and the junction of Culture Road, the owner surnamed Han, is the ancestors, his store daily customers, another is his brother opened called Han Bang Chaotian pot, but the taste is a little worse. Another called the old Weixian Chaotian pot, the owner surnamed Gao, CCTV specifically did a report, opened in Weifang, an upscale shopping mall Century Taihua, the taste can be.