Emerilware

The more I cook, the more I find it's just personal preference.

I'd highly recommend buying what feels comfortable to you.

I've found that my $15 dollar sautee pans/skillets from ducotes, outperform the $200 of the like that my friends just have to have.

You are dealing with upperend cookware and all is good.

I just purchased this beauty which I love...and a 10" is a must have pan.

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The first pan arrived bent...but they promptly shipped another at no cost and paid the return shipping....so everything ended well.

as far as non-stick fry pans...I have 5 nonstick and 5 regular....the regular have more uses(browning and deglazing) but the nonsticks are nessary at times(if you want to cook low fat).

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Never really mastered the chef's flip until I got this kind.

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This goes back to what Opie was saying about finding a pan that feels good to you...also very important.

I have a 10pc stainless emeril ware. I love them, you are definitely right that they are close in weight to the all-clad, but they are step below the all-clad. The pots heat evenly and make the crappy electric stove I have at my overpriced "luxury" apartment seem like it heats fast. The pots heat very evenly also. To tell you the truth his cast iron is pretty good also. I have the flat pan and smoker. For his non-stick I went to get basically the same thing you want, but the calphalon was on sale in a set for $50 at Bed Bath... Its also good. Keep in mind it is made by all-clad, so its good stuff, just not the exact thing. My ladies mom is an all-clad freak. She has everything from baking sheets to gumbo pots and its awesome to cook with, but triple the price....

I have a set of Emeril Stainless and love them!! NO problems. I tend to stay away from non-stick except for omlette pans.

well, it certainly looks like I'm the only one with bad experience with Emerils.. Like I said, mine are several years old and I got them when they first came out. Maybe some problems with the 1st editions? But, I do know what cast iron will do, day after day, year after year..

I'm in the positive camp with Emerils stuff. I searched hi and low for months before we registered for our wedding. Cookware is something I take VERY, VERY seriously. We went to every store imaginable so that I could get my hands on different sets to feel the weight, balance, handle size (I have big hands and HATE when cookware has thin handles), etc. We chose the Emeril ware and had to compromise a little. I would have preferred a larger handle, but the copper core, weight and perfectly sloped sides to the saute pans was what got me. I have not been disappointed. They perform flawlessly for me and other than my preference for a wider handle, have no complaints.

We also have some non-stick, but we got it from Pampered Chef and it's very nice. Big, comfortable handles, heats evenly, etc. Not dishwasher safe though.

Wearever makes a really good hard anodized skillet that Cook's Illustrated voted as a best buy. Got one at Walmart 3 years ago for $20 and it still works like a charm and makes a mean frittata.

Tramontina tri-ply (full not just base) stainless steel skillets are also quite good. Got one from Walmart for $25 about a year ago. Was voted a best value by cook's, with the overall winner going to AllClad. Tramontina's enamel covered cast iron dutch oven was also voted a value buy. Got one of those for $35 at walmart and again works great.

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People have been cooking food for thousands of years and they didn't need 200 dollar All Clad SS to get the job done...

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Hell they used to just throw it on the fire without any pots and pans...before fire they just ate it raw....If God had ment for man to use pots and pans he would have given us a stove.