All in all, the sizzle plate is a must-have if you want to bring the sizzle of a restaurant-style steak into your own kitchen.  With a variety of options available for purchase, you can easily find the perfect sizzling plate to create your own sizzling steak experience at home.

One of the drawbacks of copper frying pans is that they require special care and maintenance to keep them looking their best. They must be regularly polished and treated with a special solution to prevent discolouration and tarnishing.

    In addition to the material, the size and shape of the sizzling iron plate are also important considerations.  For example, if you plan to use a sizzling plate to serve sizzling sisig, you'll want to choose a plate that's large enough to accommodate the dish and keep the sizzling plate hot throughout your meal.

The details: These pans solve the frustration of food sticking, and they require little oil for cooking. Plus they’re lightweight, easy to clean, and affordable. But they can’t take the high heat of a cast-iron or stainless steel frying pan. “You’re not going to get much of a sear in a nonstick pan,” says Cindy Fisher, who conducted Consumer Reports’ cookware tests.

And they don’t last as long as cast-iron, stainless, or copper frying pans. “Nonstick is going to wear out the fastest,” Nitahara says. “The nonstick coating is fragile, and once you scratch it, it’s hard to flip an egg.”

In our tests of nonstick pans, we cook four eggs in quick succession. An excellent rating means all four eggs easily slid out of the pan. A poor rating indicates that some egg residue was left behind. To test nonstick durability, we rub the pan with steel wool for 2,000 strokes or until the coating has worn through.

They heat up slowly: Working in a busy kitchen, chefs are on the constant lookout for fry pans and other cookware that can heat up quickly. Sadly, non-stick frying pans disappoint here by exhibiting slow heat transfer due to the Teflon coating. Whereas, the stainless steel pans from The Indus Valley’s latest Tri-ply Stainless Steel cookware range heat up evenly in no time.

How to clean: For burned stains, boil 2 cups water and 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar in the pan for 20 minutes, then scrub.

If you keep all this information in mind when purchasing your new frypan, you’ll be sure to settle on an option that will make cooking easy and convenient for years to come. Happy shopping, and bon appétit!

The occasional pouring spouts also make skillets ideal for reductions as you can easily pour it out without manually scooping. Not forgetting that skillets are often the outdoor enthusiasts’ favourite companion thanks to its almost indestructible and robust nature.