Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Cooking Pans - What Type Should You Pick

By Tiffany Slater

Stainless steel cooking pans, were the best thing that ever happened to the cooking world. They replaced older techniques for crafting pots and pans, eliminating the need for extremely heavy and expensive pots and pans.

With the creation of stainless steel, pots, pans and bake ware became increasingly affordable and lighter. Stainless Steel Cooking Pans are not a great heat conductor thus you will find most cooking pans are lined or laced with copper or aluminum increase heat conductivity.

Tri-Ply Cooking Pans- Tri-Ply, easily the most common type of stainless steel pans in use today, is composed of three layers. The outer two layers are made of stainless steel, while the innermost layer is composed of aluminum, which allows for greater heat conductivity.

The absolute best quality of this brand of cookware is called 18/10. There is also 18/0 and 18/8 as well. These former two are of significant lower quality than the 18/10. As a result of the effort that goes into constructing these items their prices is significantly higher that that of other Cooking Pans. 18/10 will and can last a lifetime.

Another variation of tri-ply Cooking Pans is made with three types of materials: stainless steel, aluminum and copper. The difference between the first rendition of tri-ply and this rendition is the copper is laminated on the outer bottom of the pots and pans to help conduct heat. The aluminum is in the middle and the stainless steel covers the outer layers to complete the creation. This variation of cooking pans is better for your stove because of the insulating properties contained in the copper.

Waterless cooking pans are another notable type of cookware. These cooking pans are crafted using iron on the interior later, this helps to conduct heat, and it provides the insulating properties needed, while keeping you food safe from hazardous chemicals.

When you decide its time to purchase a new set of cooking pots and pans for your kitchen, make sure you take the time to fully research the product you are planning on buying. The manufacturer itself may truly be quite popular but knowing what materials are used in the creation of these products is definitely just as important as finding an excellent quality name brand to back them.

Waterless cookware is rapidly taking a dominate place over the cooking pans industry. With its unique combination of layers. Replace those old, Teflon pots and pans and serve healthier and safer foods for your family today.

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