I was making steamed chicken soup in a clay pot, and think I may have steamed/simmered the larger stock pot dry. My arrangement was like so: I had a large stock pot with a few cups of water in it (an image of the stock pot after I finished cooking in it is attached), a steaming trivet (looks like this) in the water/stock pot, and on top of the trivet a clay pot (this one, also pictured for ease of reference) in which the chicken itself sat. The particular recipe I use for the soup requires a long steaming time of around 3 hours, so I usually stay close by and continually refill the water as it gradually simmers away/evaporates. At some point, however, I did not refill the water in time and I began to smell a sort of chicken-y smell -- not necessarily one of burning, but it was a sort of savory scent that made me think that I should check the chicken. I think there was only a very small amount of water left in the stock pot, but it was hard for me to tell as the bottom of the stockpot is black, and the clay pot inside obscured most of my view of the bottom; I'm guessing some water remained because the bottom had a shiny sort of sheen as if it were wet. This is the large stock pot I used after I finished:  This is a photo on Amazon of the clay pot I used:  I'm not entirely sure the bottom of the larger stock pot actually simmered/steamed dry, and I didn't purchase it myself so I'm not sure what it's made of. My question is whether the chicken soup is safe to consume, and whether both the clay pot and stock pot are safe to continue using? Thank you for your time and I apologize if this is a silly question -- I appreciate any responses/insight. 
Based on my personal experience of living in a 100-year-old apartment building, where both pantry moths and flour beetles were basically chronic: The freezer will prevent bugs more effectively than the fridge, which also works better than the pantry.  Particularly, the fridge only keeps bugs from hatching, but the freezer will often kill the eggs.  Both the freezer and the fridge (per the other questions) also have the benefit of making whole grains last longer. However, a lot of us simply don't have the space to put all of our grains and legumes in the fridge or freezer.  If you need to put them in the pantry, here's a guide:  Store all grain items, including flour, pasta, crackers, rice, etc., and all dried legumes in airtight thick-walled containers.  Glass jars are ideal for this, but heavy hard-walled plastic containers will also work.  Plastic bags are insufficient, as flour beetles can tunnel through a freezer bag. Yes, this means removing even new, unopened items from store packaging and putting it into a hard-walled container. Regularly, at least 3 or 4 times a year, take your whole pantry apart, scrub all surfaces, walls, and cracks, and inspect all containers for infestation.  If anything is infested, throw it out outside and clean the container with boiling hot water (or the dishwasher).  If you notice moths or beetles, do this cleaning step immediately.  This works because pantry moths, flour beetles, roaches, and other pantry pests come from three sources:  They're already in the product. Bugs often infest grain products in the warehouse or at the store, since they have an effectively infinite food source there.  While strong AC at markets will prevent the eggs from hatching, it doesn't kill them and they hatch once you get them into your nice, warm pantry. They're already in your home.  Pantry pests are able to survive on very little food or water and are legendarily difficult to permanently eradicate, since eggs can survive in tiny crevices. They enter your home from outside in search of food.  This is more true of moths and roaches than it is of beetles.  Airtight, thick-walled containers keep pests isolated on either side of the container, so the pests infesting a store product don't get out, and the ones in your home don't get in. The combination of containers and keeping your pantry scrubbed removes temptation for nearby pests, so they don't have a reason to crawl/fly to your pantry in the first place. 