A set of range-top cookware has a vessel, a lid, and a utensil having a handle and a tool. The vessel has a utensil rest, a utensil slot and a pour spout formed in the rim of the vessel. The utensil is adapted to lay crosswise on the rim of the vessel, constrained by utensil rest and the utensil slot. The vessel has a handle which is not in line with the utensil rest, utensil slot, or pour spout. The lid has a rim with a utensil tool gap and a utensil handle gap, the utensil tool gap disposed and adapted to overlay the utensil tool, and the utensil handle gap disposed and adapted to overlay the utensil handle while it is received in the utensil handle slot. The lid rim has a strainer disposed to strain material poured from the pour spout.