whats best pan and pot (GOOD STUFF) combo for gf for Vday?

[ezbtr]

that will last, good looking, she cooks all the time!

 

[MTboatguy]

What type does she want? I picked a real nice set up at Walmart a few years ago for my wife for Christmas, they were the Better Homes and Garden brand and they are heavy stainless steel with very nice stay cool handles, tempered glass lids, she loves them, use way less heat to accomplish what you do with high heat and a cheap pan. This is the set I got, I don't know that they will get them back in, but I am sure they have something similar to them now, or you might try and Bed, Bath and Beyond for a similar set, don't let the price fool you, she looked at a hundred different sets that year and these are the ones she picked!

http://www.walmart.com/ip/14915147?www=true&productRedirect=true

 

[bruceb58]

Do not get a woman pots and pans for valentines day. You want pins in your other leg?

 

[ezbtr]

Do not get a woman pots and pans for valentines day. You want pins in your other leg?

she asked for them!!!! LMAO!!!!

 

[MTboatguy]

Do not get a woman pots and pans for valentines day. You want pins in your other leg?

I thought the same thing Bruce, but that Christmas she got the pots and pans, she also wanted a Dyson Vacuum cleaner, go figure. I asked her what she wanted for Valentines day and she came back with a new carpet steam cleaner!

Of course after almost 30 years of being married, we have got each other just about anything you can think of, and now a days, we just buy what we want during the year, maybe I will take her out for the weekend to a concert and dinner.

 

[roscoe]

I really depends on what she likes and what she is cooking on.

Cast iron was my ex's favorite.
Lifetime Stainless steel is my mothers favorite.
Heavy aluminum clad Circulon is my favorite.
Ceramic is what my sister prefers.

Price is another consideration. I can show you where to buy a $350 skillet, part of a $2000 set.

 

[JASinIL2006]

It really depends a lot on what sort pan you want. For saucepans, I have yet to find anything better than All-Clad stainless steel. (They are pricy, though.) For non-stick skillets, you would have a hard time doing better than T-Fal professional series; they have five layers of non-stick, where most others have only three. Some of my favorite pans are really cheap: a Lodge cast-iron skillet, a big aluminum saute pan from a restaurant supply store, and an enameled cast-iron Dutch oven from Aldi's. If I really wanted to get someone's attention, I'd get some All-Clad. They're made really well, they heat extremely evenly due to the heavy, layered bottom, and they look pretty spiffy, too.

I'd avoid Calphalon (overpriced anodized aluminum), thin stainless steel (e.g., Revere-ware), or Cuisinart (decent, but overpriced).

Hope this help,
Jim

 

[NewfieDan]

DW uses Lagostina. It is all stainless, with a heavy bottom. We have used them on our electric range, and since we have moved, on our propane stove. They work well and don't burn the food. We have the whole set, fry pans, sauce pans, large pots for things like pasta or potatoes. We have even boiled the water off a pot of spuds once with no permanent issues.

 

[MTboatguy]

If you get stainless, make sure it is a clad stainless set, the one I posted last night is a tri-clad set, that means it has a disc in the bottom to distribute and even out heat, which is important to cooking so it does not create hot spots that burn food.

 

[Bob_VT]

I started buying Le Creuset for the wife and I imagine my great grand kids will get it. I only got her a piece at a time. It is heavy and will outlast both you and the GF.

 

[thumpar]

I have the Kirkland from Costco stainless set. They are very high quality and a good price. If you have only cooked on none stick it takes a little getting used to but the stainless is nice.

 

[82rude]

maybe this will be helpful?http://www.consumersearch.com/cookware

 

[rbh]

The wife bought what I thought where a decent pot set, the handles where riveted on and the one pot we used the most the dang handle popped of.

Need handles to be welded on! and I do not mean spot welded either.

 

[MTboatguy]

The ones we have are riveted on, but I seriously doubt, they would come apart, these rivets are 5/16 solid rivets, I am sure it took many tons to compress them into place. I watched a "How its Made" show not to long ago and it was about a Canadian company that makes stainless clad pots and pans and the hydraulic press they were using to put the handles on was something like 70 tons!

 

[avenger79]

I used to be a machinist for West Bend Co making stainless cookware. it was an awesome product but very spendy. they wound up going out of bus and being bought by Regalware. Assuming they're made the same way, it is very nice stuff. quite a few different product lines to look at. None of it is cheap.
They used to come to your house and cook a meal for you to demonstrate different products then of course give the sales pitch.

how about that, they're still out there
http://www.westbendcookware.com/

 

[ezbtr]

we have a gas stove, she deep frys, fries, does eggs, chicken soup, boils,meat in pots w/ sauce, not to spendy would be good too

 

[MTboatguy]

Well, look around, I was surprised at the set we got at Walmart, Costco is also a good outlet and Bed, Bath and Beyond is a great friend of my wife, they all carry pretty good stuff and great prices, you just have to figure out which one she likes and which one fits her cooking style.

 

[thumpar]

The wife bought what I thought where a decent pot set, the handles where riveted on and the one pot we used the most the dang handle popped of.

Need handles to be welded on! and I do not mean spot welded either.

That is just a crappy set. You can have welded on fail too if they are junk. All mine are riveted and have been used for 5+ years with no issues.

 

[redneck joe]

we have a gas stove, she deep frys, fries, does eggs, chicken soup, boils,meat in pots w/ sauce, not to spendy would be good too

we use cast iron 90% of the time now that we have a gas stove.

 

[roscoe]

I see that Lifetime stainless waterless cookware is now owned by Regalware.

Mom has had hers for 55 years, still going strong, uses it daily for everything.

But she does use a nonstick for eggs, and the little frying she might do.