Best cookware material and brands for vacation house?
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Comments (17)I have had some SS, some calphalon anodized and some copper clad (calphalons and one mauviel). I would say cooking in SS vs anodized and copper clad made a huge difference in the quality of food that I turned out. One more thing: calphalon copper thickness is so small that it really performs very identical to anodized. If you like the look, you might consider. Mauviel, sure, is a class apart. Much more pricey too. Also, I have pretty thin wrists and therefore, lifting Mauviel is definitely trouble. It scares me to think how I will use it as I get older -- because your bones only get weaker, and I know of people who have fractured their wrists in the process. I also have cast iron wok I once got in an Asian store. It is non-enameled, non-seasoned, and made of very thin cast iron. IMO, for slow cooking over retained heat it cannot be beaten. (e.g stir frying greens). I have never tried Le Creuset, however I imagine that it would be very heavy, just like a mauviel. In terms of types of utensils, I think you should ask yourself which of your current pots/pans you use often and start with that shape/size in materials listed above. Hope this helps! Best of luck in cooking....See MoreBest cookware material to diffuse heat on induction range?
Comments (28)Hi jaxo, this is a problem you will never completely solve, but there are workarounds. The easiest one is to simply let the pan pre-heat for several minutes for the heat to distribute as evenly as possible. I typically don't use cast iron on my induction burner because it heats slowly and unevenly. But in your situation it might be a decent (and inexpensive) option because once heated it will hang onto that heat like there's no tomorrow. Another option is to buy, as someone else already said, a pan with really excellent heating properties. Demeyere Proline skillets are the first thing that come to mind, or you may want to look into some high-end disc clad brands like Fissler and Sitram--although these may be out of your price range. The more aluminum/copper on the bottom, the better the heat distribution. It's never going to be perfect, but you can make it work by using the best pan possible and adjusting your cooking techniques a bit (i.e., long preheats, do the searing in the center of the pan, lots of moving the food around, etc.)....See MoreBest Induction Cookware ?
Comments (36)Costco is great! That's a really nice set, with the 11" fry pan and other good sized pieces. Demeyere also makes a set for Sur la Table with the double walled lids that looks nice but I'm sure the Costco has the better deal for essentially the same cookware. I hear you about the weight. I love my Proline skillet but it is indeed heavy, almost like using cast iron. The 5 ply Demeyere will still offer better performance than any All Clad line and should be quite a bit lighter than the Atlantis/Proline. However, if you didn't like the nonstick pans you tried, you may want to avoid Demeyere altogether. The handles are all pretty similar I think unless you go with the John Pawson (which I find sinfully unattractive). I don't love the handle on my Proline skillet--I actually prefer the handle on the All-Clad, the groove helps me stabilize the pan--but there's so much else to love about it that I can live with the handle. It's too short for how heavy the pan is, but I suppose that's what the helper handle is for. I looked up the W-S Thermo Clad recently and can tell you this: it's made in Italy, and it has a wall thickness of 3mm. The wall thickness on the AC D3 (including the compact) is 2.6mm. For the AC, the aluminum layer is 1.7mm thick but I wasn't able to find this out for the Thermo Clad. The thicker walls DO imply that the aluminum layer will also be thicker, but I don't know how much. But they will also be heavier--more like the Demeyere I5, I imagine, which I also think is 3mm. All Clad is perfectly good cookware. I own a ton of it. And all cookware is a compromise. If you want to compromise on the side of lighter weight, AC D3 is one of your very best options, IMO. Also: If you love the le Creuset tri ply, why not go with that?...See MoreWhat is the best gas range for a vacation rental home?
Comments (3)The Samsung NX58H5600SS is rated a best buy by CR and is now on clearance at Best Buy for $720. Owners seem to like it too. You may want to snap one up....See MoreAJCN
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