Damage To Enamel Pot

ANODIZED FRYING PANS

Considerations:

    Additionally, adding cast iron skillets  to your cast iron cookware collection can complement other cast iron pieces, such as square cast iron frying pan, oval cast iron skillets, and cast iron round skillet.     Frying pans can be combined with these other pieces to expand your cooking capabilities.  For example, you can use a frying pan to cook bacon and eggs, while using a cast iron round skillet to make a savory sauce or a square skillet to sear a steak.

To determine a frying pan's size, measure the pan's diameter from rim to rim. A frying pan's advertised size is not the diameter of the cooking surface, and due to the tapered design of a frying pan, that diameter will always be around 2 smaller.

In contrast, French skillets have higher and straight sides, allowing you to cook more food but making it harder to flip.

Best for: Almost any food that needs frying, browning, or searing. Because it’s ovenproof, stainless is also a good choice for foods that you start on the stovetop and then move to the oven to finish, like thick pork chops.

The details: Nitahara says that 95 percent of the pans used in the CIA’s teaching kitchens are stainless steel because they can take a lot of punishment. “The only time we don’t use them is on egg day, when we use nonstick,” he says. He adds that the shiny surface of a stainless pan makes it easy to see whether your food is browning.

In CR’s tests of stainless steel pans, we measure heating evenness by cooking pancakes, and we gauge how evenly a pan sautés by cooking potatoes until they’re tender. We also conduct a cleaning test to see how easy it is to remove cooked-on food. You’d think that all stainless pans would be about the same to clean, but our tests show that some require a lot more scrubbing than others.

Here are two recommended stainless steel pans from CR’s tests.

They're obviously more expensive than other non-stick pans, but they last longer. So if you're looking for a frying pan that will last you a long time, get a hard-anodized one.

Enamel-coated Cast Iron Cookware Care

    If you need smaller enamel cookware, consider adding an enamelware saucepan to your collection.  Perfect for heating sauces, poaching eggs, or cooking grains, this enamelware saucepan versatile pan is a must-have in the kitchen.  

With their flared rims, skillets provide a wide, open view and convenient access to stir, move, or flip ingredients around. The smooth, curved sides also help you quickly slide a finished dish from fry pan to plate.