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Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper exteriors.
Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good reviews, but my hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, I don't hang them up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time cleaning the copper than I do cooking with the pots. -- Donna |
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D.Currie wrote:
> Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper exteriors. > Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good reviews, but my > hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, I don't hang them > up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time cleaning the copper > than I do cooking with the pots. > I don't know the Cuisinart brand line of pots, but I have a copper-bottomed stainless steel frypan that I use all the time, second only to the wok. The great advantage of copper is its responsiveness to changes in heat, up or down. It's a delight once you get used to its speed. That responsiveness is probably not as needed or desirable in a pot the way it is for a frypan. I've heard there are people who polish/shine the copper bottoms of pans but I've never done it. I just clean it the same as any other pan. After at least fifteen years it's still working fine. -aem |
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![]() "aem" > wrote in message oups.com... > D.Currie wrote: >> Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper >> exteriors. >> Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good reviews, but my >> hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, I don't hang >> them >> up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time cleaning the >> copper >> than I do cooking with the pots. >> > I don't know the Cuisinart brand line of pots, but I have a > copper-bottomed stainless steel frypan that I use all the time, second > only to the wok. The great advantage of copper is its responsiveness > to changes in heat, up or down. It's a delight once you get used to > its speed. That responsiveness is probably not as needed or desirable > in a pot the way it is for a frypan. I've heard there are people who > polish/shine the copper bottoms of pans but I've never done it. I just > clean it the same as any other pan. After at least fifteen years it's > still working fine. -aem > The copper on these covers the whole exterior with an aluminum core and stainless inside. This is one of them: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...lance&n=284507 Thanks for the opinion! Donna |
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"D.Currie" > wrote:
> Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper > exteriors. Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good > reviews, but my hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, > I don't hang them up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time > cleaning the copper than I do cooking with the pots. Funny, but if you go to the Cuisinart web site (http://www.cuisinart.com/), they currently don't list any such product. Perhaps they have discontinued it. My guess without seeing it first hand is the copper contributes very little to the responsiveness of the pan, and is only there for looks. The aluminum core is what provides the conductivity. I suspect if you look closely at the edge of the pan, you will see a very thin copper layer over a thick aluminum core, with another thin (good in this case) stainless layer on the inside. This cookware seems similar to All Clad's "Cop-R-Chef" line, where the outer copper layer is essentially for decoration. All Clad did eventually come out with a line with a true thick copper core, called "Copper Core", which is the most expensive line they sell. It would seem you would get very little performance benefit from the copper layer this cookware, and you're making a tradeoff in higher maintenance for the look, especially if you chose to keep it polished. I have a fair amount of solid copper cookware, but I like the multicolored look copper gets from age and heat. I don't clean (as in polish) it that often. I also have even more fully clad aluminum core cookware. -- ( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# ) |
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![]() "wff_ng_7" > wrote in message news ![]() > "D.Currie" > wrote: >> Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper >> exteriors. Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good >> reviews, but my hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, >> I don't hang them up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time >> cleaning the copper than I do cooking with the pots. > > Funny, but if you go to the Cuisinart web site > (http://www.cuisinart.com/), they currently don't list any such product. > Perhaps they have discontinued it. > That's the kind of store Tuesday Morning is. They sell closeouts from stores and manufacturers, and sometimes the sales are pretty good. If you're the type who has to have the latest and greatest, it's not for you, but for many things, I don't need next year's model, last yeat's is fine. > My guess without seeing it first hand is the copper contributes very > little to the responsiveness of the pan, and is only there for looks. The > aluminum core is what provides the conductivity. I suspect if you look > closely at the edge of the pan, you will see a very thin copper layer over > a thick aluminum core, with another thin (good in this case) stainless > layer on the inside. Well, my other choice would be a stainless pan with an aluminum core, so the responsiveness of the copper isn't such an issue. If it performs as well as that, I'm fine. > > This cookware seems similar to All Clad's "Cop-R-Chef" line, where the > outer copper layer is essentially for decoration. All Clad did eventually > come out with a line with a true thick copper core, called "Copper Core", > which is the most expensive line they sell. Yep. > > It would seem you would get very little performance benefit from the > copper layer this cookware, and you're making a tradeoff in higher > maintenance for the look, especially if you chose to keep it polished. I > have a fair amount of solid copper cookware, but I like the multicolored > look copper gets from age and heat. I don't clean (as in polish) it that > often. I also have even more fully clad aluminum core cookware. > > -- > ( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# ) > I doubt I'll polish it; i don't mind if it darkens. I use my cooking equipment, I don't put it on display. But with the sale, it's cheaper than similar stainless/aluminum models, so it's sounding like it's a good deal. They had a couple left yesterday. I'm going to stop by today and see if they'll let me take one out of the box to see if I like the feel of it. That's just as important as the cleaning issue, or maybe more so. Thanks for the input. Donna |
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"D.Currie" > wrote:
> That's the kind of store Tuesday Morning is. They sell closeouts from > stores and manufacturers, and sometimes the sales are pretty good. If > you're the type who has to have the latest and greatest, it's not for you, > but for many things, I don't need next year's model, last yeat's is fine. The main reason I mentioned it is if you wanted to get some matching pieces at some future point in time. If that's not a concern, I agree... last year's model (or even a 50 year old model!) is fine. > But with the sale, it's cheaper than similar stainless/aluminum models, so > it's sounding like it's a good deal. They had a couple left yesterday. I'm > going to stop by today and see if they'll let me take one out of the box > to see if I like the feel of it. That's just as important as the cleaning > issue, or maybe more so. If it's cheaper, sounds like a good deal if you don't mind the cleaning. The performance should be the same. The feel of it, and other small details are very important. I used one of my sister's old Farberware disk bottom pots this weekend for boiled potatoes and ran into an issue with those. The lids are somewhat domed with a rounded rim that traps water when trying to drain the pot. A small but very annoying detail. Most of my pots have flat lids, so I haven't run into that issue in a long time. -- ( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# ) |
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"D.Currie" > wrote:
> I doubt I'll polish it; i don't mind if it darkens. I use my cooking > equipment, I don't put it on display. Just a quick note on cleaning. Once in a while when the copper gets a little too messy for my tastes, I use that cheap old cleaning agent for copper: a mixture of vinegar and salt. I keep an old dishwashing liquid bottle full of it under the kitchen sink. I don't remember the proportions off hand, but really doesn't matter that much. I tend use it when the outside of the pot gets a "clean streak" down the side from dripping contents, as many food items will "clean" the copper just as well as the vinegar/salt mixture. I also use it to clean out my zabaglione pan before use since it is unlined. |
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![]() "D.Currie" > wrote in message ... > Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper exteriors. > Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good reviews, but my > hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, I don't hang them up > as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time cleaning the copper than I > do cooking with the pots. > > -- > Donna Always keep in mind the reason that it's at Tuesday Morning is that it did not sell at the regular retail price. The best buy in the store may be the Le Creuset 16 Qt. Stock Pot (steel not cast iron) for $70.00 (OK 69.99). That is a good value it's normally about 110.00. Dimitri |
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![]() "Dimitri" > wrote in message t... > > "D.Currie" > wrote in message > ... >> Tuesday Morning has a sale on the Cuisinart pots with the copper >> exteriors. Anybody got any experience with them? They have some good >> reviews, but my hesitation is the copper exterior coating. I use my pots, >> I don't hang them up as decorations, and I don't want to spend more time >> cleaning the copper than I do cooking with the pots. >> >> -- >> Donna > > Always keep in mind the reason that it's at Tuesday Morning is that it did > not sell at the regular retail price. The best buy in the store may be the > Le Creuset 16 Qt. Stock Pot (steel not cast iron) for $70.00 (OK 69.99). > That is a good value it's normally about 110.00. > > > Dimitri My usual Tuesday Morning shopping for anything vaguely expensive is to see what they've got, then get online and compare prices, check some reviews if I'm not sure, and then go back and buy if it looks good. The store is less than a mile from my house, so it's not like it's a road trip. And there have been times when I've seen the same items at retailers at the same time they're at TM. Sometimes it's just that a store/chain is phasing out a particular brand of something and they dump the excess stock, even though other stores are still selling the item. Or, of course, when a newer model/color/packaging is replacing an older one. Which doesn't matter a whole lot to me unless there are newer functions that I want. I haven't gone wrong yet. Thanks for the info on the stockpots. I looked at some of the Le Creusets, but I wasn't even tempted. Mostly they had the round and oval Dutch ovens, and I don't need one. I didn't see any larger stockpots, but I don't need any of those just now either. Donna |
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![]() "wff_ng_7" > wrote in message news:lTElf.6263$Jg5.479@trnddc07... > "D.Currie" > wrote: >> That's the kind of store Tuesday Morning is. They sell closeouts from >> stores and manufacturers, and sometimes the sales are pretty good. If >> you're the type who has to have the latest and greatest, it's not for >> you, but for many things, I don't need next year's model, last yeat's is >> fine. > > The main reason I mentioned it is if you wanted to get some matching > pieces at some future point in time. If that's not a concern, I agree... > last year's model (or even a 50 year old model!) is fine. > >> But with the sale, it's cheaper than similar stainless/aluminum models, >> so it's sounding like it's a good deal. They had a couple left yesterday. >> I'm going to stop by today and see if they'll let me take one out of the >> box to see if I like the feel of it. That's just as important as the >> cleaning issue, or maybe more so. > > If it's cheaper, sounds like a good deal if you don't mind the cleaning. > The performance should be the same. The feel of it, and other small > details are very important. I used one of my sister's old Farberware disk > bottom pots this weekend for boiled potatoes and ran into an issue with > those. The lids are somewhat domed with a rounded rim that traps water > when trying to drain the pot. A small but very annoying detail. Most of my > pots have flat lids, so I haven't run into that issue in a long time. > > -- > ( #wff_ng_7# at #verizon# period #net# ) > Heh. If I wanted matching anything, I'd have to start by burning down my house. I tend to get individual things rather than sets. Taking it to the extreme, I was considering tossing out most of my dishes, and then going out to buy individual, non-matching place settings. Each person would have a matching set, but no two settings would be alike. It sounded like a fun idea until I thought about storage. Non-matching settings wouldn't nest real well. I'll have to ponder that for a while. Thanks for the cleaning info. The product information actually recommends the vinegar/salt method. It's nice to know that it works. I remember those Farberware pots. My mother had them, and I've still got one of the frying pans from the set. Even better though, I've got most of a set of miniature pots that were sold as toys but were really just miniatures. I don't know if they were Revere or Farberware, but they've got the copper bottoms and the lids you described. We used to use the saucepan for melting butter for popcorn when I was a kid. The frying pan would be about right for one egg. Donna |
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