Questions tagged [cookware]

For questions about identifying, choosing, and using kitchen vessels for preparing food such as pots, pans, and dutch ovens and includes containers such as cake/muffin tins and other bakeware. These come in a wide variety of materials including cast iron, stainless and carbon steel, copper, aluminum, ceramic and glass, and stone. This tag should not be used for questions about cooking utensils like whisks or ladles.

This is a general tag for discussing kitchen vessels meant to be used in preparing food such as pots, pans, and dutch ovens and includes containers such as cake/muffin tins and other bakeware. See the Wikipedia page for more information.

They come in a wide variety of materials including cast iron, stainless and carbon steel, copper, aluminum, ceramic and glass, and stone.

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Can I use this air fryer basket with a non-stick coating as a grill basket?

Scenario For (reasons), I have an extra inner basket for this model of air fryer. I have completely removed the handle assembly; what I'm left with is a single piece of non-stick coated metal. I've been grilling a lot recently and experimenting with…
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What is the meaning of a circle on induction cooktop?

If you see prestige induction cooktops, all of them have a cricle over it. What is the importance of it or what does it indicate? Does it mean the pot/wok base area, which touches the surface of induction cooktop, should be smaller than this circle?…
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Is induction cooktop supposed to heat with pauses?

I came to think about this today. I was using my Prestige Induction for 1 year. When the power is upto 500, the heating doesn't work continuously. It heats for 4-5 seconds, then pauses for 1 second without any error message. This didn't irritate me…
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Is it a bad idea to pour water on a pan without letting it cool off?

Obviously I have enough common sense to not add pour water into boiling oil, but after the cooking is done I try to add water to the pan so it's easier to wash. Usually I let it sit there cooling off and more often than not I just forget about it…
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My new pan has a max temperature of 350 F but the recipe calls for 425 F. What should I do?

My recipe calls for an oven temp of 425 degrees but my pan can only withstand 350 degrees per manufacturers instructions. If the original recipe called for 15 minutes at 425 degrees. How long would it be at 350 degrees?
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Is there any pan in which water or liquid shouldn't be boiled?

1. Should anything be boiled in aluminium pans? In general, are there any pans that boiling will damage? 2. What kind of pan is this? I don't know because I no longer have the receipt. Has the pan abraded or eroded? Please see the pictures below…
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Why does Marco Pierre White use a spatula instead of a Soup Ladle?

https://youtu.be/yeg67jnZozU I usually use a soup ladle when making soup. I see Marco using a spatula when making his soup in the linked video. Why is that? I get that plastic utensils are preferred when using non stick cookware so not to scratch…
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Is food safe to eat with grey or black residue on it?

I noticed that every time I leave my food over night in my stainless steel caserole dish, there is this grey/black residue on it. I ate some of the food but after I saw this residue, I got scared the food is poisoned. It it?
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What are the odds that American household have a rice cooker?

We started a Kickstarter project of creating an e-book with online videos to show you how to make sushi, from a master sushi chef. We are wondering what the odds are that an American family has a rice cooker. We are thinking of adding a section in…
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By definition, cooking is the process of preparing food by applying what?

Cooking is collectively made up of what necessary ingredients?
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What causes pollution when cooking?

I'm having trouble finding the right search terms so perhaps I am just missing some obvious resources. Sorry if that's the case. It is sometimes brought up that cooking causes pollution. I learned of this only recently and was quite surprised, and…
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