Right Cookware: Cast Iron Vs Stainless Steel?

AmericanFurryBoy

It depends on what you’re cooking. As far as frypans go, I would recommend cast iron as it will last forever as long as you don’t let it rust and it is pretty easy to clean. For sauce pans, pots, and any other type of pan, I would suggest stainless steel because it is a lot lighter, and a lot cheaper.

John_C_87

@BonitaVanhooser ;

Copper cookware is notorious for sugar work and candies.

Cast Iron is a plus for red meat, cornbread, and baked beans.

Stainless steel must be correctly seasoned to be none stick.
Clay Pots are great for chicken, pork, and fish.
Nonstick coatings on pans have a life expectancy.

BonitaVanhooser

John_C_87 said:

@BonitaVanhooser ;

Copper cookware is notorious for sugar work and candies.

Cast Iron is a plus for red meat, cornbread, and baked beans.

Stainless steel must be correctly seasoned to be none stick.
Clay Pots are great for chicken, pork, and fish.
Nonstick coatings on pans have a life expectancy.

I was about to talk the pros and cons of clay pots. Is it any possible that clay pots leach coating or clay in food? 

John_C_87

@BonitaVanhooser ;

I was about to talk the pros and cons of clay pots. Is it any possible that clay pots leach coating or clay in food? 

Yes, It depends on the method of cooking along with what you are cooking as AmericanFurryBoy said. The medium of cooking and presentation are also flavor components for the food it holds some times, as some fish is better baked on pieces of fresh fruit tree wood, the number of times the plank of wood can be used for cooking on has a limit due to sanitary precautions and flavor reasons.

polytheistwitch

Other than a small saucepan to make cans of soup and muffin/cookie tins in all of our cookware is cast iron. We have several saucepans, dutch ovens and I'm not even sure how many various skillets. We also have two griddles.

Barnardot

@polytheistwitch That is definitely the way to go. None of these miracle titanium laminate copper crap pans come anywhere near the shear cookability of cast iron. Sure, they are heavy, but that's their only drawback but they last forever and you have better control over what your cooking.

jack

Argument Topic: Right Cookware: Cast Iron Vs Stainless Steel?

Hello:

The choices above didn't include my Le Creuset ceramic coated cast iron.  It's a bit pricey, though..  My 8 qt pot cost $399.

https://www.lecreuset.com/

excon