We were about to buy a set from tramontina, we were looking at their tri-ply set, but they canceled the order on us and now I don’t feel like waiting 2 weeks for more BS. I was looking at all-clad, but they’re super pricy, can anyone weigh in and help us find a set?
Courtesy of extensive research by Cooks Country/America’s Test Kitchen, Tramontina is perfectly fine so long as it’s a 3 to 5 layer.
Beyond 5 layers is a waste of money.
I dislike the glass lids of brands like Tramontina, and brands like All-Clad or Hestan are just too damn pricey, so Cuisinart it is.
I’ll be honest I’m just fine as long as it’s not nonstick. I’ve got so much paranoia about micro plastics and scratched nonstick, probably overreacting but while I’m looking for a new set anyways, might as well look into steel
Definitely overreacting, unlike nonstick which is unreactive 😁
Though I dislike nonstick for other reasons, I keep 3 pans around for specific use-cases
I did some research on this when I was hunting for stainless cookware and I would stick with three ply.
Three ply stainless pans have an aluminum core with stainless steel cladding. At least for the brands I was looking at, five ply stainless pans are alternating layers of stainless and aluminium, where each of the two aluminum layers is half as thick as the aluminum core in the three ply pan.
In the course of my research, I learned that stainless cladding is great for ease of cleaning, durability, etc. but for actual cooking performance, it’s the aluminum core that’s doing the heavy lifting. The stainless steel layer in between the two aluminum layers makes the pan more complex to manufacture (and therefore more expensive) and doesn’t help (or actually harms) the pan’s performance.
I’d agree, for the same reasons.
Stainless in the sandwich does nothing