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J. Kenji López-Alt · 2020
Every Pot in My Kitchen | Kenji's Cooking Show
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2 millimeters thick carbon steel well-seasoned it's essentially nonstick at this point
Cites maintenance, non-stick surface
I got this wok for 19 bucks at a target 20 years ago I think the brand was typhoon
Owned 20 years
number one definitely keeping this wok
walk with the lid definite keeper this is like my most used pan
I'm gonna keep this tagine just because I like collecting unique cookware and we actually even ate from this last night
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and what they do is they guide the flame up so that you can then cook in a wok and it guides it to the center of the wok
Cites power and output
but it works really well you cooked directly over the stovetop
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there's sort of an essential part of my wife's pan election
I also bought several hundred of them for the restaurant
I think they're beautiful for our home
Cites appearance
so these are definitely keepers these are also keepers these are Colombian casserole as you use them to fry eggs in the morning crispy fried eggs
so it's great for making soup it's great for braising it's great for simmering it's just sort of a great all-purpose pan
Cites versatility
this is a definite keeper so this is a 3 quart sought to slope sided saute pan
I use it very frequently when I'm not using my wok maybe maybe my second use the most used pan after my walk so that's a definite keeper
they're pretty comparable to all clad in that there so they're triple clad
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I bought this as a set this was one of my first sets of cookware that I ever bought I think I bought the whole set for like a hundred and twenty-nine bucks or something
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I'm definitely keeping the two sauce pans
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but these are twenty years old and they're they're great
Cites durability
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they're starting to show some haze there's a little bit of pitting on them
Cites surface finish (against)
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they're essentially stainless with an aluminum core which means that they transfer heat very efficiently
Cites heat conduction
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this one is gonna go into the giveaway pile so someone will get a twenty-year a pan that I use for 20 years
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Owned 20 years, no longer, stopped because has something better for stock
if you can't afford an all clad which most of us can't chair montine is a great second option I think
Cites price
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so also comparable comparable to all clad
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yeah this this one was great it's a 12-inch one as trementina also
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I think I'm gonna keep the great big one
what this is also true montina this came we got this as a wedding gift I think so 10 years old now
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Owned 10 years
this is an excellent pan we bought this one when I was shooting a Food Lab video series
I'm gonna keep the hammer stall
hammer stalls little a saute pan keep
and these yeah hammer stall I'm gonna stick with those
which is an American company their cookware is seven layers so seven layers of steel and aluminum that are sandwiched together it's really really nice
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hammer stall american-made seven clad really high-quality steel
there's hammer stall this seven seven layer clad pans really nice
what I like about it is actually it's really nice and light
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made in a Tennessee I believe Tennessee or Pennsylvania
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also actually you know hammer stalls I would say one of the best deals and cookware out there because I think this pan is something like 80 bucks
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I think these pans are like 60 bucks apiece in fact all three of these pans I think the me send made and in the hammer stall are all like sixty bucks or so much better deal than than an all clad which would which would run you more like 150 160 bucks
whereas if you get electrodes a that's like 200 bucks or more maybe maybe even 250 bucks
Cites price (against)
someone is going to get this nearly brand new Lecter is a well it's a few years old but I barely used it
so this is a definite keeper I don't I think
they're called turbo pots maybe something like that so sauce pans I use these all the time so I will keep
they work great on gas burners don't work great on electric or anything else but great on gas burners
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- supports use-case fit about Turbo Pot Owns it cites stovetop compatibility
I would say things boil in this about 30% faster than they do in a in a more traditional saucepan with a flat bottom
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these aluminum ribs that really capture heat from the burner very efficiently
this one I will give away someone will someone will get my pressed oh my well used presto
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these are relatively inexpensive I think this one's like 60 bucks or so
Cites price
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I got this pressure cooker it's it's great it's it's served me well for probably 15 years or so
Cites base and rim, durability
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Owned 15 years
I've dropped the the jiggler into the trash disposal I've dropped it onto the burner and melted it but it still works perfectly well nice thick bottom
the pressure release is really nice and easy you just lift it up and twist it like that
Cites ergonomics
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so it's a great great stovetop pressure cooker heat sufficiently heats evenly
Cites adjustability, even heating, safety
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it's got double markings for two different pressure levels
it's got all kinds of safety precautions put in place
this was the winner of our pressure cooker testing
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and I'm gonna keep my Kuhn Rikon
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there's no point in to owning like a stainless steel all-clad stockpot those things are a waste of
Cites price (against)
copper is like the best material for cooking with it as extraordinarily high conductivity good heat
Cites heat conduction
these are my two nicest pans these are Falk copper pans
money because the sides don't really do anything other than hold the liquid and you don't need those to be stainless steel
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retention good you know volumetric heat capacity which means that over low heat it'll heat very evenly
Cites even heating, heat retention
you can saute onions the whole pan full of onions without them in spots really really nice even heating
Cites even heating, heat retention, non-stick surface
they're thick and heavy so that you can heat them up and they store a lot of energy so the great per se steering a steak or searing chicken breast
it's great though it's like virtually nonstick it's wonderful these are great pans
my two nicest fans also I think probably two most expensive pans those are like 250 bucks apiece something like that really great though
Cites price (against)
so I think we're gonna replace the Calphalon with this
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but anyhow these are great pans
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my wife recently started cooking more and I think that's why there's this a little nick in here now
Cites coating durability (against)
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I've had these pans for 14 years now and they have maintained their nonstick coating really nicely for a full 14 years mainly cuz I've been careful with them
Cites coating durability
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Owned 14 years
this isn't a queen Cuisinart this is also a great pan
also never really any reason to spend a ton of money on nonstick
Cites price (against)
this is a liquid xenon stick which is extraordinarily expensive
Cites price (against)
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this is like a workhorse this is you'd find this in a restaurant
Cites durability, even heating, heat retention
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this guy functions just as well as this guy when it comes to heat retention and evenness of cooking
this is a $40 maybe $30 cooks standard this is what you would find like in a restaurant
Cites price
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hundred bucks on nonstick because if you accidentally scratch it once it loses a lot of its nonstick properties
Cites coating durability (against), scratch resistance (against)
it's going to go into the giveaway pile so someone will get a $250
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so $30 nonstick pan is what you want you don't need a very expensive one
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it's worth having two eight inch skillets I think I'm going to keep both of those
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- recommendation about Tramontina skillet Owns it
- recommendation about All-Clad 8-inch skillet Owns it
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so I couldn't pass that up so I bought this $69 pan I've had it now for over 20 years
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Owned 20 years
I would go with this one if I was starting fresh but I'm gonna keep both those
Cites price
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set works just as well pretty much this as well there's a there's a side-by-side comparison direct comparison of these two exact pans that I posted on serious eats
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- performance about Tramontina skillet Owns it
- performance about All-Clad 8-inch skillet Owns it
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both are great pans one of them is normally a hundred thirty bucks and the other ones normally like 60 bucks 50 bucks
Cites price (against)
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but I don't need it I'll give it to someone
very pretty pan
Cites appearance
they've got cool satin finished steel handles
Cites handle
relatively inexpensive nice pans
Cites price
when it came out I referred to it I refer to it as the holy grail of knives
Cites reputation
this knife I think is sixty to sixty-five dollars as well you can get that on Amazon as a Japanese knife similar quality steel slightly different designs
Cites build quality
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and inexpensive so $65 so at that price range there are not that many knives you can get that are better
Cites price
is really high-quality has nicely designed I think it was really nice balance a nice shape
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- handling about Misen knife Tested it cites ergonomics, handle
- performance about Misen knife Tested it cites build quality, shape and form
I like having this angled bevel here on the bolster as opposed to this straight which is why I like this knife better
maybe a little slightly too heavy
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all got all the qualities that you wanted a pan nice and nice and heavy
Cites build quality, handle
triple clad comfortable comfortable handle
I would recommend that knife still
though I think since then they have gotten their house in order
production quality issues in their first couple runs of knives and so people were getting knives that weren't as hard as they were supposed to be the steel wasn't up to spec and some of them weren't sharpened properly
Cites build quality (against), edge retention (against)
in fact all three of these pans I think the me send made and in the hammer stall are all like sixty bucks or so much better deal than than an all clad which would which would run you more like 150 160 bucks
Cites price
I would recommend this pan I don't think I'm gonna keep it though
and then I'll give away this almost brand new hammer stall pan
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Owned 10 years, no longer
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- recommendation about Matfer carbon steel pan Owns it
- recommendation about De Buyer carbon steel pan Owns it
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Cites even heating (against), heating speed (against)
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Cites ergonomics, even heating, non-stick surface, weight
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Cites availability (against)
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Cites surface finish
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Cites lid, versatility
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Cites build quality, price
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Cites surface finish (against)
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Cites non-stick surface, surface finish
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Cites seasoning durability (against)
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Cites seasoning durability
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Cites surface finish
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- mention about Griswold cast iron skillet Passing on someone else's experience cites reputation
- mention about Wagner cast iron pan Passing on someone else's experience cites reputation
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Cites base and rim (against), induction compatible (against), stovetop compatibility (against)
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Two judgements rest on this sentence:
- performance about Griswold cast iron skillet Owns it
- performance about Wagner cast iron pan Owns it
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- notes ownership about Field cast iron skillet Owns it
- supports recommendation about Field cast iron skillet Owns it
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Cites size and capacity
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Cites versatility
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Cites appearance (against), ease of cleaning (against), flavour impact (against), searing and crust (against), speed and efficiency (against)
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Cites even heating (against), flavour impact (against)
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Cites heating speed
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Cites heating speed (against), heat retention (against)
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Cites heat control, heat retention (against), price
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Cites scratch resistance (against)
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Cites appearance
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