Choose the Right Cookware for your Kitchen

If you are fond of cooking and watch endless cooking shows, you’ll know how important it is to have the right cookware in the kitchen. With the appropriate pots and pans in your kitchen, not only will the cooking experience be a seamless one, but you’ll also be able to give your favourite recipes the perfect taste and flavour. Which is why top chefs and expert cooks around the world rely on certain types of materials and cookware for their cooking? You too can stock up on the best cookware for your kitchen by keeping a few things in mind.

Most importantly, one must always choose only high quality pots and pans for the kitchen. One of the most recommended materials for cookwares is heavy gauge metal which provides better conduction of heat and even heating, allowing food to cook at the perfect temperature. To check for the quality of the gauge for any utensil, give it a rap with your knuckles and the thud you hear will indicate its heaviness. Copper and aluminium, especially hard anodized aluminium, are also good conductors of heat which makes them most suitable for cooking.

Also, when buying Cookwares with handles and lids, choose pieces which are sturdy and heat resistant. Handles can be screwed on, welded or riveted but screwed on handles are a better option. If you buy a pan with its handles welded, check for the sturdiness of the welding and see if the handle has been welded in multiple spots otherwise it can fall off over time. Also metal stainless steel handles conduct heat poorly hence are a good choice for a handle to prevent burning and also for cooking with the pan in an oven.

Choose the cookware according to the type of cooking you do. If you saute or cook using techniques that requires quick temperature changes, choose a pan that adapts to the changes in the temperature and is responsive. For sauteing and roasting in the oven, pans which heat up evenly on the sides are a good choice. If you cook using a lot of acidic ingredients, avoid pans made from aluminium as they can react with the acids. If you make soups a lot or pasta, buy a stockpot of the right size. For cooking with less oil, choose cookware with a non stick lining.

Bring home the best cookware for your kitchen from Sunflame. Choose from Sunflame’s high quality range of stainless steel pressure cookers, hard anodized metal pots and pans, non stick cookware and more with compatible induction base in certain models so you can easily switch between cook tops and experience style, safety and efficiency in your cooking experience.