Pans, anodised or stainless steel

a1ex2001

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Looking to invest in a decent set of pans and have a few basic requirments they need to last along time and be safe in the dishwasher the budget is probably £200 or so for a set of three could push it it required.

The thing we are really stuck with is should we go stainless steel or anodised, I've always fancied anodised but have concerns about the durability when compared to stainless.

So the great and ood of OCUK what do you recomend?
 
I've had a set of Stellar 7000 stainless steel pans for about 4 years and they look the same as they did when I bought them. they're very good to cook with and easy to clean. I've recently bought a set of Circulon Elite hard anodised pans. I haven't had them long enough to comment on durability (although, most reviews I've read rate them very highly). I can say that they're good to cook with and the non-stick is very good.

Basically, as long as you don't buy cheap tat (which, from your budget, it appears you won't), either option will suit :)
 
Just buy a Stellar stainless set, in some ways anything with a coating will eventually start coming off whatever you buy.

I'd suggest a basic pan set, 6 set us back £110, get the ones with the large rivets and one non stick frying pan to your choice and budget.
 
Anyone have any experience with cast iron pans or skillets (without enamel)? I've read that you're not supposed to wash them, but wipe them with a cloth and leave residual fat to prevent rusting.

The idea intrigued me because they could potentially last a lifetime.
 
Sundance said:
Anyone have any experience with cast iron pans or skillets (without enamel)? I've read that you're not supposed to wash them, but wipe them with a cloth and leave residual fat to prevent rusting.

The idea intrigued me because they could potentially last a lifetime.
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It also adds to the non stick effect, I've got a cast iron skillet and a carbon steel wok.
Both need to be treated like this to keep their non stick coat which has built up over use and to stop them rusting, they're both great pans and cheap as chips!
 
Has anyone got any experience with the Michel Roux Greenpan branded pans? Like the look of them but I'm a bit dubious buying 'celebrity' endorsed items (given I know it is a bit of an insult to brand Michel Roux jr a celebrity but you know what I mean).
 
Sundance said:
Anyone have any experience with cast iron pans or skillets
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Buying a cast iron skillet made the biggest difference to my steaks and as above there as cheap as chips. I also used it for making bacon and eggs and the bacon turns out like something that can only be achieved using cast iron, also makes really good chicken and veg stir fry and good for frying fish.
 
Leaning towards stainless although the Analon set looks to be a right bargain at that price. I really want this to be a twenty year type purchase not one I'm going to hae to revisit in 5 years becuase the non stick has died, the think that puts me off the non stick more than anything is the rate at which I go through tefal frying pans I've never had one last more than 5 years before the non stick gives up and then they are stickier than a big bag of sticky things.

Anyone had some hard anodised pans for a couple of decades and want to tell me how they hold up?
 
I've had a cheapish hard anodised non stick pan from Asda for about 5 years which has lived in a student house and been abused to hell and back and is still as good as the day I bought it, so I can imagine the more expensive ones treated well will last a very long time.
 
We have had a set of raymond blanc anolon pans for about 3.5 years now and the coating has come off the base of our most used pans. Wouldn't recommend them.
 
ganesh said:
We have had a set of raymond blanc anolon pans for about 3.5 years now and the coating has come off the base of our most used pans. Wouldn't recommend them.
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What cooker do you have? I have heard this is a known problem but thought it was the older pans that did this. Need to know as am planning on picking up a set tomorrow.
 
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