The mar­ket is filled with numer­ous vari­eties and brands of cook­ware to choose from that we often get con­fused on which ones to buy. Often, we pur­chase an entire set of cook­ware, with­out even know­ing the dif­fer­ent func­tions of the other pots, pans, etc. and what they really ought to be used for. So, we end up with a lot of clut­ter and unused cook­ware in the kitchen which is a com­plete waste of pre­cious money aside from the fact that it will be occu­py­ing valu­able space.

Before you go on buy­ing any cook­ware or a cook­ware set for that mat­ter, you should assess your needs on whether you need to buy only a few pieces or your require­ments need for you to have a com­plete set. I will men­tion here some of the most com­mon cook­ware and what they are basi­cally used for so that you would know which ones to buy and which are more use­ful on your end.

Skil­lets or pop­u­larly known as fry­ing pans are shal­low and are best used for sautéing veg­eta­bles as well as sear­ing and cook­ing meat. Pres­sure cook­ers are use­ful in ten­der­iz­ing meat and it eas­ily cooks the food. Stock pots are used for mak­ing soups and stocks. Casse­role pans are used for mak­ing casse­role. They are com­monly made of Pyrex or ceramic. The great thing about casseroles is that they dou­ble also as a serv­ing dish. A wok is pop­u­larly used in Chi­nese type of cook­ing. This is used for stir fry­ing veg­eta­bles and small pieces of meat. It cooks food in high heat with lit­tle amount of oil. If you enjoy mak­ing grilled sand­wiches, pan­cakes or French toast, why not opt to buy a grid­dle. The most pop­u­lar types of grid­dles are the elec­tric ones and those that are Teflon coated. A dou­ble boiler is one that is made of two pots with a smaller pot sit­ting on top of a larger one that is filled with water. If you enjoy grill food, you could also pur­chase an indoor grill that saves you the expense of an out­door grill. It also offers the advan­tage of being less messy. Saucepans are deep round pans used for cre­at­ing sauces, stew­ing and simmering.

If you want to have one of each kind you could choose to go for cook­ware sets. It is usu­ally cheaper than if you were to buy all the items on the set indi­vid­u­ally. But I would sug­gest that if you wouldn’t have any use for the other kinds; pur­chase only the ones which would be highly use­ful for you.

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