The origin of hot pot is also controversial. Like Arabic numerals, it originated in India, but spread to all directions through Arabs. This is why people later misunderstood Arabs as Arabs.

The earliest hot pot in Han Dynasty in China (unearthed in Hou Tomb) has two opinions about the origin of hot pot: one is in the Three Kingdoms or Period of China, when the "bronze tripod" was the predecessor of hot pot; The other is that hot pot began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and is found in cultural relics. "Dou" refers to hot pot. It can be seen that hot pot has a history of 1900 years in China. Chengdu hot pot is recorded in Zuo Si's Sandu Fu and Shudu Fu. It can be seen that its history has exceeded 1700 years.

According to Shu Wei, during the Three Kingdoms period, when Cao Pi was the emperor of the Han Dynasty, there was a kind of copper hot pot, but it was not popular at that time. In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, people used hot pot to cook pork, cattle, sheep, chicken, fish and other meats. Later, with the development of China's economy and culture and the further development of cooking technology, various hot pots came into being.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, there were hot pots in the bars in Kaifeng, Beijing in winter. By the Qing Dynasty, hot pot meat had become the winter food of the court. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots had been formed all over the country, each with its own characteristics. During the Muromachi period in Japan, 1338 hot pot was introduced to Japan from China. Japan calls hot pot "sukiyaki" or "hoe". Today, hot pot has spread to the United States, France, Britain and other countries.