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I am retardedly happy about this. My old stainless pans were almost 20 years old. Cooks brand from JCPenny Home Collection. They had a copper plate bonded to the bottom of SS pans. Anyway, they were warping and just not performing well anymore.

I got 5 Ply Misen Stainless Steel

They are pretty bad ass. Nice and flat. Heavy duty and thick. I'm pretty stoked. I ordered direct and got 10% off my first order, so less than $300 for the set.

They also had a pretty good sale going on some other stuff but I could not combine offers so I had to make a second order for some nice cooking utensils and lids for the pans. The sale on that stuff beat the 10% first order thing, that's why I split it up.

Anyway, pretty nice stuff.

I am retardedly happy about this. My old stainless pans were almost 20 years old. Cooks brand from JCPenny Home Collection. They had a copper plate bonded to the bottom of SS pans. Anyway, they were warping and just not performing well anymore. [I got 5 Ply Misen Stainless Steel](https://poal.co/static/images/b9314529ca8c34d3.jpg) They are pretty bad ass. Nice and flat. Heavy duty and thick. I'm pretty stoked. I ordered direct and got 10% off my first order, so less than $300 for the set. They also had a pretty good sale going on some other stuff but I could not combine offers so I had to make a second order for some nice cooking utensils and lids for the pans. The sale on that stuff beat the 10% first order thing, that's why I split it up. Anyway, pretty nice stuff.
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Awesome! They are oven-proof, which means you can bake delicious pies.

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You are a bread guy. You're just saying that to ingratiate yourself with the Pie Boys. I don't know why, one of life's little mysteries.

But yes, I think they say they are good up to 800 degrees. That's way hotter than I will ever need to be.

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I'm more of a quiche guy. But I love bread and pies too.

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Bagels are the enemy.

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MUAHAHAHAH WELCOME TO THE SWEET SIDE.

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Very nice. I forsee many bacon cheeseburgers in your future.

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That sounds like a good break in dish!!

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You have something against well seasoned cast iron? Have a couple enameled iron pans too. The clad/layered stainless steel is pretty good, but the conductivity of good cast iron can't be beat. 1930s vintage Griswold and Wagner was pretty much the apex of cast iron cookware: Fined grained, light weight castings. Good un-warped examples command steep prices.

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I have a bunch of cast iron, but for the glass cooktop I prefer stainless. I can get just as good of a crust on a steak with SS as I can my cast iron.

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glass cooktop

Makes sense. We up sized to a 5 burner gas cooktop when we redid the kitchen 10 years ago. Cast iron rules on it. Not sure I could go back to any type of electric now.

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Lodgepole are fucking garbage now....you can fix them, see YouTube vids, but the casting is crap. Griswold and Wagner hardly ever come up on egay, I have a search....

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Vintage Lodge is actually some of the best stuff out there if you're looking for pans to use. Extremely fine grained iron, thin, light balanced castings and machined surfaces in some instances. Look for unmarked 3 notch jobbies from the 30s to early 50s. I've been collecting CI for a couple years now, and have a couple of them - most recent is a No. 4.

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Nice!

I have a good set of SS pans but I don't use them as much as I should. I probably need to pick your brain on proper cooking techniques, I'm assuming I'm not using enough fat as some things (i.e. eggs) tend to stick too much

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Cooking with SS is definitely a bit of an art, but mainly it's all about preheating the pan. I clarify butter and use that for everything that calls for oil, even baking and frying.

Also, I clean them just like Cast Iron. I pour a glass of water in while it's still nice and hot. Releases everything. Then I wash with the rest of the dishes. You gotta have quality pans for that though so they don't warp.

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Thank you, that is super helpful! We got the SS set a bit on the whim at Costco, they are pretty decent. I will play around with cooking on them and report back.

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Is it that Hexclad stuff?

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Why not Hexclad at Costco for 379 for same 3 pan set and size?

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Zero coatings, no chance of flaking or peeling, ever.

Also, those guys are assholes. Lucky they settled that lawsuit but I still don't trust them.

I got great pans and after the discount I saved a hundred bucks over Hexclad and got better pans, imo. Hexclad is 3 ply, Misen are 5 ply. I did a lot of looking before I bought, I'm happy with these.

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Yeah, I read about that. The current is not teflon shit...it's ceramic that is laser etched. we been using ceramic for close to 100 years..... Misen are good...can't argue. Didn't know hexfag was 3 ply.... I learned something.

But do they fry potatoes?