1) put some meat into the cooking pot
2) set the pot on a furnace/tripod
3) right click on pot to look inside
4) while looking inside go backwards away
5) although being meters away the pot and it's interior is utilisable
6) pull the pot from the furnace/tripod
7) and you'll find the pot next to the fire place
ad 4) I think you don't need to go backwards, any direction might be fine. But I forgot to check this.