Cookware?
 

What's the best maker of pots and pans out there? I specifically want to buy a new 10" skillet.

I don't want a cast iron skillet.

I don't want an All Clad stainless skillet.

I want a nice nonstick skillet. What should I get?

All Clad 5d non stick..not bad..

I'd probably go with the Zwilling Spirit model.

"Best" and "non-stick" are usually oxymorons. Honestly, I'd buy a $20 one and replace it when the non-stick coating starts to get marred.

+1 I love my All Clad.

I am not buying an All Clad 5d. They are just a rip off. I have a couple of the basic All Clad stainless (not nonstick) pans - the 12" and the 8". They are very nice but I'd like a nonstick 10" skillet next. I will probably get a 10" stainless one too at some point.

I prefer the ceramic-style nonstick coating. Teflon is slipperier, but I don't see the need to possibly poison myself. It's not hard to put some Comet on the ceramic coated pan if there's a bit of stubborn fond left after the wash.

I've been very happy with my calphalon non-sticks.

This. Love my Calphalon pans.

All Clad for the high end.

I recently stocked up on a bunch of kitchen items from http://www.worldmarket.com/category/...ng/cookware.do The quality of most of it is just fine. Will last a year or two of good regular use and then toss but the costs are quite low. A chef friend recommended it to me.

This.

It's silly to invest $100 in something that's going to have a lifespan of a few of years. By a cheap one and replace it every year or two.

Cooks Illustrated likes T-Fal for nonstick skillets, and I've had good luck with them too. If you watch "America's Test Kitchen" on PBS, you'll recognize the T-Fal skillets they use by the red dot in the middle.

Oh, and they're less than a quarter of the price of All-Clad, which is worth taking into consideration, given that *no* nonstick coating, All-Clad's or anyone else's, lasts forever.

http://www.cooksillustrated.com/equi...code=MCSCD00L0

Pampered Chef has a 10" non-stick skillet and offers a lifetime warranty on it.

That's the nonstick pan I have - 10" T Fal....works great, clean up a breeze. For $25 it works great!