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06-11-2007, 10:20 PM
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Stainless Steel vs. Non-Stick
Alright, so my dad is getting me cookware for my birthday. I've always loved to cook and almost all of my pots and pans are hand-me-downs. Most of them are nonstick, so I'm not overly familiar with cooking with stainless steel. Can the resident cooks on GC help me with the prons and cons of each? I have a couple hundred bucks to work with, and I think the original idea was to buy a set, but I guess I can go whatever route that I want. Brand recommendations? Specific piece recommendations?? Stainless steel vs. nonstick? Help!!
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06-11-2007, 11:50 PM
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Creuset.
-Rudey
--Copper pots look really cool hanging in a kitchen.
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06-12-2007, 01:14 AM
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Non-stick is great for things like omelettes and anything fragile that might be ruined if it stuck to the pan. But it's also annoying that it can't go in the oven at high temperature, and if you stick it in the dishwasher you'll damage the nonstick coating. You also have to be careful to use the right utensils so you don't scratch them.
I like stainless for browning, sauteeing and cooking with things that just run all over in a non-stick, such as olive oil. I think sauces work best in stainless, too.
With the pluses and minuses of both, I have some of both. I have some of the cheaper Calphalon pans, and a couple good stainless All-Clad pans that are awesome.
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06-12-2007, 06:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Rudey
Creuset.
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I totally agree with Rudey. If you can afford it Le Creuset is the BEST. Conducts heat well, easy to clean, and good and heavy. Just be careful if you have a glass cooktop, because you can break it. 
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06-12-2007, 07:17 AM
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My husband has a habit of using forks and teaspoons to cook with (his standard meal, when he can't find anything else is eggs)...so my non-stick pans now look like crap, and stuff gets stuck to the places where the teflon is gone. My pans were a wedding gift, and since most people were coming from out of town, we didn't register and told them "no gifts". If I had picked them out myself, we would have gotten stainless.
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06-12-2007, 07:29 AM
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I prefer my cast iron pans to either non stick or stainless. A well seasoned cast iron pan is the best in my opinion and if they are taken care of correctly, they last forever.
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06-12-2007, 09:04 AM
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Le Creuset
All Clad Copper Core
All Clad Stainless Steel
Calphalon One Non-Stick
Check out Williams-Sonoma.
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