Utensil destroyed US pea can (8)
I believe the answer is:
saucepan
'utensil' is the definition.
(I know that saucepan is a type of cooking pan)
'destroyed us pea can' is the wordplay.
'destroyed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'us'+'pea'+'can'='uspeacan'
'uspeacan' anagrammed gives 'SAUCEPAN'.
(Other definitions for saucepan that I've seen before include "Cooking vessel" , "Kitchen vessel" , "pot-boiler?" , "Kitchen utensil" , "Cooking utensil" .)