Cookware

[Jmort1754]

Besides cast iron I have my grandmas.

What other cookware do you all use at home ?

 

[Fitzwho]

A 5qt Enameled Dutch oven (Le Creuset), a 12” cast iron skillet, and a cookie sheet covers 98% of what I do in the kitchen.

A 6-egg “poacher” pan and a plain steel sauce pot pretty much chicken Vera the rest.

 

[HuntHarder]

Calphalon's have been pretty good for us. Usually last a couple years, great non- stick and do not warp instantly.

 

[Mosby]

I do most of my cooking with a few pans and a crock pot. Cast iron fry pan, a Le Crueset chicken fryer, a couple All Clad pans and a crock pot we got as a wedding gift 35 years ago. Cookie sheet and a muffin tin get a lot of use too.

 

[ODB]

We have three all clads 4/6/8 qt, some shallow calphalon pans and some non-stick. I have never found a non-stick I like.

I use the all-clads all the time. I love starting stuff on the stove top and tossing in the oven to finish. Good stuff.

 

[Tradchef]

Staub , Le Crueset , Smithey , Viking, All Clad, Matfer Bourgeat , Lodge

 

[displacedtexan]

I've got about a dozen pieces of cast iron. Le Cruset, Lodge, and old stuff. All I use.

The wife has a bunch of (I think nice) modern non stick pans.

 

[SonnyDay]

Also rocking many different pieces of cast iron, which get used every day. I have an enameled dutch oven (Le Creuset) for higher acid stuff (it's also a little larger than my bare cast iron dutch oven). For boiling and such I have a few different sizes of stainless pots, as well as two sizes of stainless saute pans (for deglazing if a sauce is in order).

Brands are pretty much all Lodge (or old stuff that was handed down and I have no idea). Stainless cookware is a mish-mash of brands--nothing fancy. A nice thick bottom is the key.

Stay away from Teflon... it'll make your babies be born naked.

 

[Carina K]

I always eat alone, all I need is a 2qt saucepan (for heating oil, soup, and cooking instant noodles), a small crock pot, and one wok (for stewing and stir-frying).

 

[def90]

Matfer Bourgeat carbon steel pan, Field cast iron pan, and some Vigor stainless steel sauce pans and pots.

 

[Thinkingman]

An old Lodge 12" cast iron, mostly used for steaks.
Two Matfer Bourgeat 10" and 12" that I've had mixed results.
Doesn't help that I moved from a nice 36" gas range to a shitty induction range.

 

[bradmacmt]

Some good reading:

The Best Cookware Set

After researching over 90 cookware sets and rigorously testing 19, we recommend the Tramontina Gourmet 12-Piece Tri-Ply Clad Cookware Set.

www.nytimes.com

 

[riversidejeep]

20 pieces of cast iron, Dutch ovens, griddles, skillets of every size, waffle iron etc. , I finally took all my non-stick crap and scrapped it all. Just got a 3 piece stainless skillet set from MADE IN, never thought I'd spend that much money on a pan but so far it's worth the money. Round it out with stainless REVERWARE stock pots and sauce pans.

 

[DosAmigos]

Just last month, I had enough with all the non stick crap. I broke down and purchased a cast iron set from Smithey Ironware and have been super impressed. I hope they live up to all the hype.

 

[IDLassie]

Getting so I can't handle the bigger cast iron skillets. I have a couple smaller Wagner cast iron skillets that are way lighter than Lodge.
But I found a much lighter skillet that cooks like cast iron called Made It. They are expensive but have learned to really like it. Mine is a 8" some day I'll get a bigger one.

 

[DouglasMorales]

I use a bunch of old cast irons from different garage sales. I wanted a restoration project I could actually handle after watching a few too many videos from MyMechanics.

 

[dlee56]

We’ve been avoiding non-stick and aluminum for health implications. 90% of our cooking is on some vintage cast iron I’ve restored (1920s Griswold & Wapak) and stainless steel All Clad pans. Also got some stainless cookie/baking sheets on Amazon for a good price.

 

[Scotto]

We ditched the non-stick cookware and upgraded to the Hestan Nanobond. Wish we would have done this a long time ago. The stuff is amazing.