How to choose the best quality cookware for your budget

I specialize in and sell very high-end cookware. This video is made to help you choose cookware that you will love using and will last you forever.

The brands I cover in this video are:

[Katie]

Trying to learn as much as I can before I swap out my non-stick pots and pans for a healthier alternative! Great video, thank you for the information

[pwp]

Jed proclaiming that less is more, all the while behind him are around two-dozen knives was funny.

[ChannelBri]

Wow, never saw a channel that talked about high end that was, at the end of the day, the frugal choice with sustainability, broad appeal to the most basic or high brow audience while being honest to all. Great channel!

[giardinodialberi]

Thanks for the very helpful demo. Even the comments include informative volleys with you: In your QA with Kristina, you imply even enameled cast iron can be a nonstick solution to fry potatoes. I'm making some progress in finessing nonstick behavior out of an All-Clad skillet. For years I've loved LeCreuset, Staub, All-Clad and it's nice to learn I can avoid short-life nonstick pans.

[mencken]

It took me a while to learn the difference between reviews of cookware and those channels that merely sell it. The truth of cookware is that anything of a decent level of quality will work, period. Our cookware is a hodgepodge collected over the years, from some cast iron as wedding gifts to a Copco enameled cast iron dutch oven as a hand-me-down, to stainless items by Calphalon, Cuisinart, and All-Clad, and a few non-stick fry pans, a cheap SS stockpot that won’t work now we have induction, so that serves as a sous vide bath. I doubt we’ve spent as much on all our cookware as on a few pieces of something like All-Clad D5 or Demeyere Atlantis, but it all makes tasty food.

[hayleyha]

Yup I agree with you. I don't believe in buying a whole set either, been using stainless steel, cast iron, or carbon steel only in past 15+ years since my nonstick cookware (which I got as wedding gifts) wore out. I'd get pieces that I need mostly from TJMaxx, Marshall's, Ross, Aldi, or Costco wherever I could find on clearance that fit my budget. Even my rice cooker is all stainless steel, so cheap nowadays. Any nonstick will become junk eventually.

[richardwillford]

I bought a 250-dollar wok by Woll less than a year ago. It now resides in the city's garbage dump.
Five years ago I was given an obscure no-name cast iron wok. I've seasoned it once and it just keeps giving. It's a dream to cook with.

[sb]

Thank you for the advices, really appreciate it! Can you go in more details of what sizes and shapes of cookware a minimal kitchen would need? (Cooking for family with small kids, nothing fancy, quick healthy meals)? Thank you beforehand!

[keyifyapmakciddibiristirky]

It all started with buying an uncoated pan. Especially cast iron. Then another and another one. Then excuses were made to buy another one. Get one for home use only. The other is just for use in nature. Get one for fish only. The other is just for vegetables. I bought the 10 inch one, how about the 12 inch one? At the moment I have cast iron series, so what about carbon ones? According to me, there is no threshold :)) this is an obsession. My wife does not get involved anymore :)) I love pans and keep buying. Thanks for the video👍

[aprilskidmore]

I am so thankful to have come across your videos! Truly appreciate your integrity 🙌 doing lots of research to replace my non stick pans has been such a headache, until coming across your videos ❤ if you wouldn't mind, could you kindly recommend cooking sheets or baking pans. I can't cook to save my life.. so much stuff is frozen like pizza or baking boneless chicken. Thank you!!

[Boodieman]

The only coating a pan should have would be one to prevent rust while waiting for you to use it then you clean it off before cooking.

[SmokeyTreats]

Thing that gets me about AC"s copper core is how thin the layer of copper actually is, which they conveniently omit in their specs...

[nadikastephen]

how to become a distributor in my country I'm a fanatic of pots and pans I've invested lots of money in cookware very good one and been duped by a few of them so works one to do as a local distributor , ...reasons, everyone loves Mt pots and pan so it give me a business idea of selling ...please need info

[brianwhite]

Love my Made In. 5-ply only several tenths oz heavier than All Clad D3.

[RCSTILE]

I truly love the way EVERY internet chef/cook/salesman compares EVERYTHING to All-Clad for it's superb quality and then nick pick it on the rivets. I also don't understand the bad mouth on their HA1 non stick hard anodized line. I have a set that I have had since All-Clad introduced the line and it looks as good today as it did when I first purchased it. But it is the real HA1 not the essentials line. I use them every day and absolutely NOTHING sticks to them. But I do agree whole heartedly with the concept of buying cookware a piece at a time. You buy what you need, not what comes in the packaged set. If you're looking for great pricing, shop at HOME GOODS. I have a 7 piece set, all with their own lid and paid $40 a piece for my set. That's a total of $280 plus taxes. That's cheep for junk cookware.

[JoseMartinez-fgxp]

Tryna get my hands on some of that cookware

[georginaroeser]

Can you make a video on 7 ply Cordon Bleu pans? I have one and love it. Planning to buy the whole set. They are hard to find since they are vintage. Would like to know their pros and cons and if they are a good buy. They are extremely extensive...Just want to know what they are. Can't find anything relevant online about them...The one I have is the best thing I ever had in my kitchen...Please let me know if you have any info on them...Thank you

[qifgt]

Hi ! I cook mainly 1-2 ppl.
What u think following set:

demeyere atlantis conical sautse 24cm(risotto pasta, stews, sauce, or if need stainless). Darto 25cm skillet (meat & searing), staub cocotte 24cm(braising, stews, soups etc) , small vintage copper sauce, yukihira pot 24cm for fast boiling

I had demeyere pro skillet & love it. End up gave it to my lil bro cuz he absoutely loved it & i like to see young man get excited on kitchen.mby add it later but basicly just extra cuz conical sautse or darto can do all same things.

I try keep stuff as minimalistic as possible.

[diluati]

Hi. Love your shared knowledge. Very helpful, yo us the cook lover!. What are your thoughts on Silga?

[wreckingopossum]

I have tried a lot of cookware and kitchen appliances. My favorites so far the lodge classic 12" skillet, which I liked more than the Blacklock line or the chef line and my 3 quart instant pot. My least favorites so far are both air fryers I have tried, awful, absolute garbage, and the lodge 3.2 quart combo cooker upsets me because everything sticks. It had so much potential but everything always sticks to the shallow skillet side.