Do not fill up your lamp until ready to use it, as alcohol evaporates very rapidly.
Have a metallic tray underneath the chafing dish.
Do not blow the flame to extinguish it, or it may fly back at you and scorch your eyebrows and lashes. Put it out with a little extinguisher that comes with the lamp.
Almost everything can be cooked without the hot water pan, and thus one-half the time can be saved in making your dish.
Raise the pan from the flame if it becomes too strong.
Never leave the alcohol bottle uncorked, on account of the odor of the alcohol and also to avoid the possibility of its catching fire.
Should the contents of the bottle ignite, clap your hand over its mouth. This will extinguish the fire at once.
Use wooden spoons for stirring, as they do not scratch the dish.
Almost anything that can be cooked in a sauce pan on the stove can be cooked in the chafing dish.