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Cookware Tips

These cookware tip articles will help you buy the right cookware for you, use it properly, and make the cookware last as long as possible.

Here is a short quiz, where the answers are in the following articles:

  • Do you know what type of cook you are?
  • Which types of cookware are generally NOT recommended for the dishwasher?
  • What is the best way to clean stainless steel?
  • What is the best heat settings for fine cookware?
  • What is the danger of adding salt to a dry skillet?
  • What are the 4 main reasons food sticks to cookware?

And there is plenty more... all with the answers in the articles that follow.

Happy Cooking?

Mark Jala, Your Cookware Helper

Mark
Your Cookware Helper

Item Title Author
Choosing a Kitchen Cookware Set Mark Jala
Can the Right Cookware Make You a Better Cook Mark Jala
Avoid Food Sticking to Stainless Steel Cookware Mark Jala
Matching Cookware Materials to the Cook Mark Jala
What Makes Food Stick to Cookware Mark Jala
Nine Cookware Buying Tips Mark Jala
Three Step Cookware Buying Process Mark Jala
Dishwasher Safe Cookware Mark Jala
 
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A "Handle" on Cookware!

There is a lot of talk about the heating properties of cookware materials. Is there a simple chart that can easily show these properties?

Yes! Below is a chart that clearly shows that copper has the best heating properties, and how other cookware materials compare:

  • Copper: 1.0
  • Aluminum: 0.5
  • Iron and Steel: 0.16
  • Glass: less than 0.0025

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