What type of Cookware do you have, and do you like it?

[Anonymous]

Time to buy a new set of cookware. I bought a set of Le Creuset in 2014, but they are pretty scorched and banged up now. I've never owned a set of cookware that I really liked. My daughter and I are both chefs, so we put a lot of wear and tear on our cookware. Me not so much, as I'm a pastry chef. My daughter is a savory chef and she turns the heat up too high. I have to continually remind her that we are cooking in a home kitchen. We do not have a commercial stove at home.

I just ordered a new Scanpan cookware set that is nonstick. Gordon Ramsay uses this cookware in his Masterclass. I have not cooked with this brand of cookware yet, but my daughter has and approves of it. I've purchased copper, Calphalon, and Le Creuset in the past. I don't like the look of All Clad. I get lifetime warranties on everything, but realistically nothing lasts that long.

[Anonymous]

Huh, well I came here to say that we use a combo of Le Creuset and All Clad and are very happy with it. Our Le Creuset Dutch ovens are in constant rotation and I love my non-stick All Clad pans

You can bring Le Creuset back to life with some baking soda and a little elbow grease if the enamel is still intact. We've had ours 15 years and only lost one small sauce pan to a total scorch incident. Everything else looks a little beat up but still cooks perfectly.

[Anonymous]

What the heck are you doing to your cookware that it’s not holding up? Don’t buy Creuset if you’re going to use it like a wok. This is not a brand problem, it’s user error.

[Anonymous]

I have All Clad and honestly, it is heavy and I find the handles abnormally long. That said, it conducts heat very well.

[Anonymous]

Cuisinart Multiclad Pro. It's an All Clad knockoff, but it's really good quality and I find the handles and the balance for handling the pans a lot better than All Clad, which I kept feeling like I was going to drop.

I like Calphalon nonstick. My Calphalon Contemporary has held up really well. I think they've discontinued that line, but it looked like they offered something similar last time I was in that section of Crate and Barrel.

[Anonymous]

My favorite sauce pans and skillets that I routinely reach for are Cuisinart. I reach for them time and again. For my Dutch Oven, I reach for the Staubs before I reach for the Le Creuset.

[Anonymous]

All Clad, Stuabs, Le Creuset.

[Anonymous]

Another one for Cuisinart pans. They have held up the best.

[Anonymous]

Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

[Anonymous]

I used Scanpans in a cooking class I took and they were wonderful.

At home I have a mix of All Clad, Le Creuset, and the Cuisinart Multiclad stainless steel. I prefer to cook in cast iron and have one great antique skillet, but I’m not great about upkeep and am lazy about reseasoning!

[Anonymous]

How did you manage to ruin Le Creuset?
No nonstick pan is going to hold up well under very high heat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

+1. I have one Cuisinart non-stick pan for certain things that really need it, but I use a well seasoned cast iron pan or All Clad most of the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

+1. I have one Cuisinart non-stick pan for certain things that really need it, but I use a well seasoned cast iron pan or All Clad most of the time.

+2 I have a "nice" non-stick Cuisinart that I use when people are over but otherwise I buy the cheapest non-stick pans I can find and toss them once they go bad. I'm weird and I don't use cast iron at all.

[Anonymous]

I upgraded to mostly Demeyere during Covid. I'm happy with it. I have primarily the mid-grade (Industry or something 5), but I have a couple of the high-end Atlantis pieces as well. The high-end ones heat amazingly, but they are heavy. They all heat much better than what I had before, though.