Common materials of pots, pans cookware
You choose the right cookware is often driven by the food products cooked in an establishment, type of heat source used, funds available for purchase and personal preference. Here are the commonest materials used in cookware and how they stack up together.
Aluminium:
Aluminium cookware is a porous metal that is very responsive to changes in temperature, heating up as quickly as it cools down. Pans you can use on both gas and electric surfaces. Could be cleaned using low alkaline detergents. Aluminium cookware is manufactured using either 1100 series or 3000 series aluminium alloys. The 1100 series is nearly pure aluminium. This soft alloy is more likely to warp and dent. Warping causes a pan to be unlevel on the stove and dents may cause hot spots where food can burn or scorch.
Cast iron:
A ferrous metal, cast iron conducts heat more slowly than stainless steel but will maintain heat well. This is why, accredited favourite for brazing or stewing meats. However, cast iron is heavy to handle, must be hand washed and thoroughly dried to protect it from rust. It also requires constant seasoning to establish a non-stick surface for cooking and prevent food from interacting with the iron on the pan. This process involves cleaning the cookware to expose the bare metal, applying a layer of animal fat or vegetable oil and then heating the cookware to bond the fat to the metal.
Clad Cookware:
Clad cookware is typically non-ferrous stainless steel inside, providing the advantages of stainless steel cookware, and ferrous stainless steel outside, providing induction capabilities. Sandwiched between the layers is aluminium, copper or carbon steel, many of the being aluminium. The sandwich material reduces the heating reaction time. There are two main types of clad cookware fully clad and clad bottom. Fully clad cookware spreads the heat evenly at the bottom and up the side walls. Clad bottom heats primarily at the base of the pan. For each, wash by hand in hot, soapy water to maintain beauty.
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