1 Samuel 2:14

And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. Struck it into the ... caldron. The antiquity and use of the caldron are proved by Job 41:10, and references in Ezekiel 11:3 (cf. Wilkinson's 'Ancient Egyptians,' 2:, p. 380). The most common way, however, of cooking flesh was by roasting or broiling ('Iliad,' 1:, 560; 2:, 480; 'Odyssey,' 2:, 383). Pious people were revolted by such rapacious and profane encroachments on the dues of the altar, as well as what should have gone to constitute the family and social feast of the offerer. The truth is, the priests having become haughty, and unwilling in many instances to accept invitations to those feasts, presents of meat were sent to them; and this, though done in courtesy at first, being in course of time established into a right, gave rise to all the rapacious keenness of Eli's sons.