Evidence index · Saucepans

Saucepans, according to Cooking YouTube

Only claims about saucepans made by people we have grounds to call Cooking YouTube. The unrestricted saucepans evidence is on the saucepans page.

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7 people on record as Cooking YouTube make 29 quoted claims about saucepans across 7 sources. Membership is recorded with its own evidence — for a person by the trait they are on record holding, for a community by the source it was said in — and authority is scoped to saucepans rather than to fame.

Which saucepans do Cooking YouTube recommend?

Endorsements and objections about saucepans from Cooking YouTube, together, strongest evidence first.

Le Creuset saucier

1 voice 3 claims no objections from Cooking YouTube

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, weight

Number two is a nice sturdy handle. This one's really comfortable which means when you're cooking, you feel secure.

This also has a helper handle. It's not essential, but it is kind of nice when you're carrying it around your kitchen.

Another really important factor is weight. This is really the sweet spot. It's two pounds, 12 ounces.

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

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

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All-Clad sauce pan

1 voice 3 claims no objections from Cooking YouTube

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

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

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

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All-Clad saucepan

1 voice 1 claim no objections from Cooking YouTube

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.

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Cites durability, even heating, warp resistance

Le Creuset saucepan

1 voice 1 claim no objections from Cooking YouTube

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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What do Cooking YouTube say about saucepans in general?

Not a recommendation for a specific product: technique, materials and what to look for in saucepans. Citable on its own terms.

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

this is my favorite pan ever.

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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

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)

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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How do saucepans score among Cooking YouTube?

Computed only from claims about saucepans by people we have grounds to call Cooking YouTube, so the axes answer “according to Cooking YouTube” rather than “according to everyone”.

Domain authority

1 recommender, weighted by demonstrated expertise in saucepans. Weighted by expertise in this category, never by audience size.

Independent consensus

1 independent voice across 1 source. How many independent voices converge, unweighted.

Long-term ownership

no dated ownership reports yet. Volume and length of dated first-hand ownership reports.

Performance

3 performance claims. Claims about how well it does the job.

Value

no value claims yet. Claims about what it costs relative to what it does.

Repairability

no repairability claims yet. Claims about whether it can be maintained or rebuilt.

Community breadth

all evidence from a single community so far. How many distinct communities converge, rather than one echo chamber.

Recency of evidence

most recent evidence from 2024. How recent the evidence is. Old evidence is not wrong, just older.

Objections raised

3 negative claims, mostly ergonomics and aesthetics. How much complaint is on the record. A high figure means the drawbacks have been stated and quoted, not that the thing is worse.

These are separate measurements, not components of a score. They are never added together, and there is no overall rating, because which of them matters depends on what you are buying the thing for. An axis that says no evidence means nobody has spoken about it, not that the answer is low.