If you're buying any cookware...

[spence]

Not that Amazon is even the best online price, but this stuff the bang for the buck better than anything you can buy...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=...ram%20catering

-spence

[mikecc]

All the bad stuff I'm hearing about Teflon ,Stainless is the way to go.

[spence]

It cooks better anyway. Try to get a nice fond for a pan sauce in that non-stick! Ain't gonna happen...

If you want real non-stick use well seasoned steel or cast iron

-spence

[cheferson]

Try working an omlet station for 200 without teflon

[macojoe]

I have a couple of cast iron pan's I love!!

My wife hates them and wants the teflon.

Fine by me as no one uses my pan's but me!! And I will put it up against any non stick out there, now they they are well seasoned.

[spence]

No Chef, I can't imagine working the omlette station with a stainless pan

But this is for the home. A little butter and some good heat and the omlette won't stick...at least it doesn't here...well, that often.

A few non-stick pans are nice, but the health stuff is somewhat disturbing. Sort of like not using plastic wrap in the micro etc...

-spence

[Slammer223]

Think of the fond fondly as you deglaze the pan.

[RickBomba]

Ahh right, and you thought being a chef was all fond and games!!!
One of my favorites!!!
Me, personally, all I cook with is all clad...non-stick LTD series is the schiznit!
Had my pans for like 10 years, cook in them daily, if not more than once a day, still look like the best other non-stick the first day I used it.
Just remember...only rubber spatulas and yer pans will last forever.
Bad news is the 14" cost me $180 alone.
Ahhh, the old man said the good fisherman never blames his tackle...although he is a clothing optional fellow with two VS and custom Lami outfits, so what does he know anyway!!!
Later,
Rick

[Saltheart]

I like the stainless with the big chunk of aluminum or steel clad in the bottom.

For some things , non stick coatings are nice , like omelettes or crepes , etc. But for 90% of my cooking , stainless is the way to go.

[TheSpecialist]

I love my All CLad Stainless, won't use anything else.

[spence]

I'm not dissing All Clad...hell I've got at least 14 pieces of it

But it's not the best value by a long shot. LTD is overpriced and the MasterChef is a bitch to keep clean...

I think All Clad's non-stick leaves something to be desired, but it's a lot better than it used to be.

I've got a lot of pans...Bourgeat Copper, Sitram, All Clad, Lincoln Centurion, Le Creuset etc...

If I was starting from scratch I'd get a 10" non-stick skillet, a big cast iron dutch oven and the rest would be Sitram Catering.

-spence

[PaulS]

Is teflon the stuff they have found in everyone's blood stream? I believe that they don't know the effect of it and are withdrawing it from the marketplace.

[PaulS]

<a href=http://www.NewsTarget.com/003421.html>Teflon chemical found in the blood of everyone on Earth; scientists puzzled</a>

Yup