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What 12 cooks actually recommend among saucepans

43 quoted claims about saucepans from 12 named people across 12 long-form sources, covering 5 products, 5 of them raising objections. Every claim links to the second it was said.

12 voices across 12 sources. One publisher, America's Test Kitchen, accounts for 21 of the 43 claims.

What saucepans do particular groups recommend?

Cohort pages restrict the same saucepans evidence to one group at a time. Authority is scoped to saucepans, never to how large someone’s audience is.

The saucepans Cooking YouTube actually keeps: 7 voices a community we read
What saucepans do home cooks use? 4 on the record who the advice is aimed at
What saucepans do chefs use? 3 on the record an occupation
What saucepans do cookware reviewers use? 3 on the record an occupation

Why do cooks recommend saucepans?

The attributes cooks cite most often about saucepans, counted from the reasons attached to each claim rather than read out of the prose.

Which saucepans do cooks actually recommend?

The saucepans below are ordered by how many independent voices are on record about each one: a count of evidence, not a rating. Products without their own page have not yet cleared the evidence threshold for one.

All-Clad saucepan

2 voices 7 claims no objections yet

8:02 supports Prudent Reviews Cookware Reviewer

And here is my parents' All-Clad saucepan that they bought in 1995 and have been using at least a few times a week since then. Almost 30 years later, this pan still sits flat on the stove and heats as evenly as it did from the beginning.

durability Passing on someone else's experience Don't Buy All-Clad Until You Watch This (Test Results)

Cites durability, even heating, warp resistance

1:00 supports Elsie Jensen speaking on L. C.'s Kitchen Reviews

Um I typically make my mashed potatoes in this for my family. I whip it up.

use-case fit Owns it All-Clad Cookware Review: Everything a Kitchen Needs! 15 Years of Daily Use.

This is perfect for making individual batches of pasta, oatmeal, or making sauces and gravies.

I'll use this a lot to kind of make uh, you know, sweet kind of caramelized fillings or whatnot for desserts.

0:30 supports Elsie Jensen speaking on L. C.'s Kitchen Reviews

We also have, this is my personal favorite of it. This is the three quart saucepan.

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Le Creuset saucepan

2 voices 2 claims no objections yet

14:05 supports Meka’s Garden, kitchen and journey

this one once in a while for sauces so this is also really good

use-case fit Owns it LE CREUSET REVIEW - AFTER 7 YEARS

1:30 notes Zoe Carter Home Cooks

so this is the entire set I have a saucepan a dutch oven I believe this is called the everyday pan I have salt and pepper shakers

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All-Clad sauce pan

1 voice 3 claims no objections yet

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

They also have really nice comfortable handles whether you're standing at the cooktop or if you're carrying it to the sink you're carrying it around your kitchen. You can really trust that you're gonna have a good grip and feel comfortable.

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Cites handle

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

These are both great pans. They're used for a lot of the same things and they do have a lot of things in common. Both have really nice big broad cooking surfaces. There's lots of room to get around make sure everything cooks really evenly.

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Cites acid resistance, even heating, heat conduction, size and capacity

The composition of these pans is pretty similar. Both are fully clad stainless steel and that means that they're gonna be quick to heat up they're gonna be reactive to temperature changes but the stainless steel that you're cooking on is not reactive. So they're both really user-friendly.

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

This is our favorite sauce pan from All-Clad and this is our favorite saucier from Le Creuset.

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Le Creuset saucier

1 voice 3 claims no objections yet

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

Quoted earlier on this page. Hear it at 1:30.

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Cites handle, weight

3:01 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

The composition of these pans is pretty similar. Both are fully clad stainless steel and that means that they're gonna be quick to heat up they're gonna be reactive to temperature changes but the stainless steel that you're cooking on is not reactive. So they're both really user-friendly.

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Cites acid resistance, heat conduction, size and capacity

So what makes a good saucier? This has a pretty broad cooking surface. Some of the models we tested were smaller and when you're stirring, you feel kind of cramped. And if the cooking surface is too big that means all your food is spread out into a thin layer. It's a little harder to control, more likely to burn.

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

Quoted earlier on this page. Hear it at 1:30.

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Heritage Steel saucepan

1 voice 2 claims 1 objection

11:34 objects The Up North Home

then it wasn't long after now that i was paying attention to that i noticed that the saucepan was doing the same thing and the saucepan is actually worse than the frying pan and it will spin and spin

durability Owns it Review of Heritage Steel Stainless Cookware ~ Made in the USA

Cites warp resistance (against)

5:02 supports The Up North Home

ever had an actual saucepan something that's you know big and round but has a little bit deeper wall than a frying pan so i can do a lot of things that have some kind of liquid in them which is really nice

use-case fit Owns it Review of Heritage Steel Stainless Cookware ~ Made in the USA

Cites lid, shape and form

i mostly use it for things like with lots of sauce in it for example like biscuits and gravy if i make like a sausage gravy i'll make it in the saucepan it's

i do like that the saucepan has a lid

What do cooks say about saucepans in general?

Claims about saucepans that name no single product: technique, materials, what to look for. Still evidence, and often the claims that decide a purchase.

16:35 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef

this is my favorite pan ever.

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11:34 supports Christopher Scott Buy It For Life Enthusiasts

I would also have a saier like this I love using this for desserts like custards and things like that or pan sauces or Poached Eggs I love the curved Edge for the Poached Eggs you get that water swirling in that curved Edge helps keep the eggs moving in that circular motion really really well I love this pot for that

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Cites shape and form

for that and I do a lot of a lot of Poached Eggs it's one of my favorite breakfast

0:30 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

the secret behind a great saucepan is the heavier the bottom the more heat it will conduct the thinner the bottom the more chance you've got actually burning your food

performance Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites base and rim, heat conduction

1:30 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

They have rounded sides, which means that it's really easy to stir and things don't scorch as easily because they can't get caught in those corners.

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Cites ease of cleaning, shape and form

In a saucier, the great thing about it is that it has these really sloped rounded walls and there really aren't any corners in here. That means that the odds of something getting stuck here is basically zero.

With a sassier, those rounded edges mean that cleanup is really easy.

1:00 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

They're basically rounded sauce pans with wider mouths and flared walls. They can do everything a sauce pan can do but their unique design traits mean that cooking some things like pastry cream, caramel even your morning oatmeal, is gonna be a little bit easier.

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Cites shape and form

Saucier is also the name given to French cooks who make sauces, stocks, and soups. These vessels are great for that.

There are some things it does really well. Anytime you're whisking or stirring a lot, these are great

0:30 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

buy the best SAU buns you can afford take good care of them and they'll last you years saving you money in the long run

value Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites durability, price

0:00 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

you don't need a collection of 10 all you need really is two a mediumsized one followed by a large one

recommendation Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites heating speed, lid

and always get a lid which helps heat the pan up as quickly as possible

3:31 supports Billy Parisi speaking on Chef Billy Parisi Chef

this is a nice medium sized sauce pot it is eight inches in diameter it's fantastic if you want to make smaller soups obviously sauces work great or it's also a great pan if you want to reheat foods in there it's fantastic

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Cites versatility

17:05 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef

Because it does everything from searing to braising to making stock, making sauces. It does every possible thing. If you get the 5-quart size, it's a very versatile pan that's somehow both in between a pot and in between a skillet. It does what a pot can do, it does what a skillet can do in one.

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Cites versatility

11:03 supports Dan Souza speaking on America's Test Kitchen Professional Kitchens

So, this combo I always have at home, it's always what I reach for, for making sauces, pasta, custards.

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And I think if you have it, you're gonna find so many more uses too.

10:32 supports Dan Souza speaking on America's Test Kitchen Professional Kitchens

So, I also really love that it doesn't have corners because corners are the places in pans where things go to stick and burn. So, if you're working with a custard or something like that, corners are your worst enemy.

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Cites shape and form

10:02 supports Dan Souza speaking on America's Test Kitchen Professional Kitchens

One is when you have food in there and you want to give a little bit of a toss, it is made to do that toss. You're not gonna hit a hard wall, there's no corner to get in the way. So, for something like pasta, it is perfect. You can toss and toss and it just kicks off that back there, helps your food keep moving and it…

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Cites base and rim

What's really cool is when we talk about utensils and pans and how they work together, these two are a match made in heaven. And the reason is you take a look at this and the shape of this pan here and you move your spoon around, it perfectly matches it.

4:01 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

but I have one of these at home and I use it all the time.

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3:31 objects Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

Some of the saucier we tested had really weird handles. They came up at super awkward angles or they were really sharp on the sides and kind of dug into our hands

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Cites handle (against)

0:00 supports Gordon Ramsay Chef

a small pan is great for sources heating liquids or rice whereas your large pan gives you space perfect for pastas stews or when you're cooking in bulk which keeps cost down

use-case fit Uses it professionally Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Kit | What You Need To Be A Better Chef

Cites size and capacity

4:00 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef

you have two pot options. The 2-qt sauce pot and the four or six quart sauce pot. These are my two most used pots by far for sauces, boiling things quickly, etc., etc.

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22:07 supports Joshua Weissman Chef

there will be moments that you are going to need to make a small batch of sauce that you're going to need to melt butter that you're going to need to make a quick r or a small batch of cheese sauce this will serve its purpose it also works for frying a really small item like maybe if you're frying some herbs that you…

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10:02 supports Dan Souza speaking on America's Test Kitchen Professional Kitchens

This pan over here, I also really love, and you can see that it has rounded sides. It does not have corners at the bottom, and that's really great for a couple of reasons.

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Cites base and rim

7:32 supports Lisa of America's Test Kitchen Cookware Reviewer

So if you've already got a great skillet and a great sauce pan but you're looking to expand a little bit to a little bit more specialty cookware, definitely check out the saute pan and the saucier that Kate talked about.

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4:01 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

everything you can do in a saucier you can do in a sauce pan, sauce pans are just more common

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Cites availability

4:01 objects Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

but they're pricey pans

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Cites price (against)

4:01 objects Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

Can a saucier replace a sauce pan? Probably not.

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Cites versatility (against)

2:30 objects Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

it means that food can kind of get trapped in this corner. So with this you have to pay a little attention.

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Cites ease of cleaning (against), shape and form (against)

And when it comes to cleaning there are some differences here too. The same thing with the walls and and the corner means that you might really have to scrub.

1:00 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

Mention the word saucier in the test kitchen and you're in for an earful. People love these things.

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Cites reputation

4:00 supports Joshua Weissman speaking on Joshua Weissman Recipes Chef

So, anything that needs to boil to cook goes in here, and then sauces that need to be made, or things that need to be melted, go in here.

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2:00 supports Kate Shannon speaking on America's Test Kitchen

The sauce pan has really tall L-shaped walls and that means that it has these sort of corners down here. And that's not a bad thing. You can definitely make really great food in here.

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