What's Your Preference? Wooden, Metal or Plastic?

It depends on the what I'm cooking and the pan I'm using. I use all types of utensils for different things.

I like wood or metal. Hate anything plastic because I just feel like the heat must transfer some plastic chemicals into the food.

depends on what it is I'm cooking , I always use a wooden spoon for spaghetti and things like dressing. I use plastic for making chili , and I only use metal for serving , I'm super afraid of scratching my pans.
I know it's a bit bizarre but that's just me lol,

Bamboo for spoons and metal for spatulas.

My favorite is bamboo...I love them!

I have always preferred wooden spoons to metal and plastic spatulas I cant stand the sound of metal scraping pans it is like finger nails on a chalk board to me

I've got them all but I prefer my new bamboo spoons. Interesting question!

I'm with your husband, I prefer wooden, bamboo to be specific. I had never used them before but bought some from one of those cooking parties and I love them!

when I use my porcelain (which looks just like teflon and can scratch) I prefer WOODEN. But I only have one wooden straight-edge type scraper/spatula.

So with my cast iron and sometimes even with the teflon-like stuff, I use TONGS a lot (I prefer my silicon-tipped ones when using the teflon.) Mac and cheese, a plastic durable spoon. Fried rice - a long plastic spatula.

We use a variety of all. But most of the time, when I'm working with hot stuff, I reach for my one wooden spoon every time.

High temperature cooking? Stainless steel.
Most other stuff: wooden or (better) bamboo.
Occasionally: Silicone

Bamboo...which I suppose falls under wooden!

Depends on my pan and what I'm cooking. I don't really like plastic, not because anything might leach out, just because the bowl of the spoon seems a bit more awkward than metal. But, metal tears up my non-stick pots something awful. So I use plastic unless I'm using cast iron or copper bottom, and I use wooden ones just for mixing, or making a roux. I use wooden for that, too - there is so much stirring (I can get my roux to the color of a copper penny, but it takes a loooong time!), the wooden spoons are nice and light, don't hurt my pans, and don't have too much "drag" like the large plastic ones.

Or, I'm overthinking it, and I'm just looking for a reason to have a drawer full of spoons.

Ha- my husband ALSO prefers wooden spoons, while I prefer the plastic.

for some reason i always like a good wooden spoon :) i don't use metal b/c my pots and pans are teflon...but i have a few for some reason...lol. i do have plastic but if they're clean i always go for wooden first...

metal, but I have mostly plastic heat resistant

Depends on the pot and what you are cooking. We have all three plus the hybrid spatula/spoon ones made of silicon so they don't burn.

In any given week all are used.

most of the time i use wooden very rarely a metal one. my husband has been on a kick to get rid of anything made in china, and less plastic and what not, so i am trying to follow his example.

Our collection is made of wood and metal; we don't have much plastic. :) It really just depends on the pan/pot I'm cooking in.

I def. prefer wooden spoons.

Metal.
Wood grows bacteria in it after prolonged use.
Plastic leaches into hot liquids.
:-)

i like wood or plastic

I like metal and then plastic. The wooden ones stain and they absorb the oils and you can't get them clean. I have stainless steel pots and pans so without the inside coating to wear off.

The other S.

Wooden for sauteeing veggies
Silicon spatula for meat, fish, eggs

I NEVER use wooden anything for meat, as I really just don't think they ever get clean again.

I don't do metal (stainless steel) for stirring, as I am afraid of them scratching my pans, but I do use them for dishing up food after it has been cooked.

It depends what I'm cooking. I use all of them.