saucepans

[Claire6272]

I like to buy a Good set of pans, stainless steel
has anyone bought these
http://www.jean-patrique.co.uk/acatalog/15PCCW .html
are they any good or would you recommend others, have �100 to spend
thanks

[pastafreak]

Don't know about the Jean-Patrique tho I have heard of them. House of Fraser has a set of JUDGE saucepans on sale at �80 -half price.....I have used their bakeware and found it to be very good so I imagine the saucepans would be of good quality. Also-if you have a TKMax near you, you can find excellant bargains on pans that are usually quite expensive.

[funnygirl]

I can thoroughly recommend The Meyer range.
I have a full set of the analogue pans including baking trays and boy they are brilliant.
Like you I bought mine in the sales years ago and they're still going strong!!
Believe me.

[ruthiebabie]

Debenhams have the meyer ranges (circulon and analon) in their sale with sets for �100. I personally use the circulon pans and have found them excellent.

[funnygirl]

Ha ha silly me, analogue pans!!! Lol

[Claire6272]

thanks all - will look at TK Max, Meyer & JUDGE. Love the thought of analogue pans - mind boggles!

[nickmo]

If you haven't got a Costco card, find a pal with one and have look at the options there...

[figure]

Costco's is the very best in my opinion. My Costco stainless steel set is going on six years and they look like they just came out the box. And I use them every day, in the oven and on a gas burner.

[pompei595]

I've been using Circulons for years and they are great. Unhesitatingly recommended, and no, I don't work for them!

[dot.hawkes]

jamie oliver has a good set on sale at the moment:
http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/ser vlet/product_10001_10001_63725_207887_-1

[indianwells]

Another vote for Circulons! A couple of months ago I cooked a curry in mine but after serving I left it on low heat by mistake. When I noticed it 4 hours later it was just one black, crusted on mess. Bang goes my pan, or so I thought. A soak overnight and it came up like new in the morning! No scrubbing either, it just wiped clean.

[TurtleUK]

I like Circulons too very versatile and have a really nice heavy base which is always good.

[chinois]

Those pans look dodgy as there's not enough mention of the base of the pans. Stainless steel is a bad conductor of heat so you need a layer of iron or aluminium at the bottom or between the layers of steel otherwise they'll be the same quality as ikea pans which you could probably get for a tenth of the price.
Never buy pure stainless steel pans, they're not traditional and no-one who knows about cooking (the french or italians for example) use them. They are a marketing con for housewives who dont know any better.

[chinois]

Real pans will never be that cheap (even if you ignore the plastic knives that are apparantly free with them). You'd do better getting only a couple of pans of good quality. You probably dont need a matching set anyway. Saucepans that are used for boiling veg or pasta dont need to be good quality so you can still use your old ones.
One big saucepan and one or two frying pans might be enough.
Bourgeat & vogue are makes that professionals use. Research them and then you'll know what to look for (i.e. always a thick base)

[Claire6272]

thank you all - done researching, know what to look for now just looking for best deal!