Recommendations for a knife set, cookware, and chefs knife

Wustof classic if you can swing it. If not, get a small set of Vitorinox. The Chefs knife is perfect.

I love my all clad. However, I wouldn’t by a set. I picked up many of my pieces at TJ Maxx and Marshall’s for a fraction of the price. They always have skillets, sauté pans and stock pots. The sauce pots seem harder to find there. Be patient and there are great deals to be had.

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chiefs knife

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Some say this belonged to Chief Crazy Horse

Tramontina makes a very good 12 piece all-clad set for a great price ($700). It's actually on sale quite often if you are patient and keep looking. I bought my set from Amazon for about $280. Wayfair currently has it on sale for $330. They also make a really good teflon skilletin various sizes. I have the 8", 10" and 12". You can round it out with Nordicware baking sheets and an enameled cast iron dutch oven by Lodge.

Knives are a little tricker, IMO. There are lots of great options, but fit and feel is important if you're going to spend a lot of time chopping, dicing, slicing, etc. I use a Henckels chef's knife. Mac Mighty MTH-80 is a great choice that stays sharp and has good knuckle clearance. The Wustof Icon is a great choice. If $$$ is a factor, Victorinox Fibrox Pro is a fantastic option for a chef's knife. They also make a good paring knife and curved bread knife. I cant help with a knife set as I always felt that you end up with a knife or three that's poor quality that way.

A lot of my stuff I have purchased from restaurant supply stores and webstaurantstore.com for good prices. I figured if the pros use that stuff, then it should be good enough for me. It's not the pretty things that most home cooks buy, but I'm not buying this stuff to display. I'm buying it to prep food and i want it to hold up to abuse that it will never see.

We looked at the Ninja Never Stick
Pretty sure that’s what we are going with

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Also knife sets that wont break the bank.

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Absolutely love my Calphalon set with the sharpening deal. Every time you insert and remove the knife, you drag it across ceramic rods.

build your own set. i find the pre-made sets have knives you never really use. I have a combination of shun's and henckels. The Henckels are over 15 years old and still sturdy arse hell and only need sharpening every 4-6 months.

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Wustof classic

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Have them

Love them