cooling rack right away.
f you have burnt the bottom of a dish. do not stir just remove any non-burnt part out of the pot right away. do not scrape the burnt parts off the bottom of the pot or stir it into the rest of the pot. stirring will spread the burnt flavor into the entire dish and there is no coming back from that. i discovered that one when someone turned a pot of soup back on.
burning the main dish can make the entire meal feel like a failure. the bright side is unless you are my grandmother and do not remember that you were cooking until the food 