I’m looking to get 2 raw aluminum skillets and while I’m at it, probably a saute.
Thick 2gauge , aka 6.54 mm thick raw aluminum.
Point two five line .
I have pretty much every variant of cookware - CU, SS/ALU so this is more a curiosity to appease my cookware collection syndrome that anything. 2 ECI and the paperweights in my stash are the 2 Field Cast Iron skillets. I bought them knowing I would regret it, but since everyone and anyone seems to love and tout Cast Iron, I bought the Field to re-visit the material .
So let me hear it. Do you have any raw aluminum cookware in your -batterie-
I do have 3 Alu Pro Skilets which are close at 5mm thick. But I generally only use these for fish, starchy stuff, etc.
I think I happened to have used one a few days ago and have been drawn to it since! I think I like how it heats up and cools down, and that it’s light.
my long term go to pan for any sort of sauteeing, or stew is an aluminum caldero with a lid that I have had for more than 40 years. I really appreciate the light weight, good heating and browning and durability. Much less fuss than my berndes and cast iron pans. Never heard these called “raw aluminum” before. I fondly remember the heavy aluminum omelet pan I was sold by Fred Bridge in his NYC store in 1973 and the way he addressed me as “Madame”.
I inherited some high(ish) end aluminum cookie sheets and a rimmed half-sheet pan from my mom.
It’s enough to make me consider dumping my old “Good Cook” grocery store sheet pans that are all inconveniently just a bit smaller than a true half-sheet. But I can’t bring myself to discard perfectly usable objects like that. Maybe one day they’ll warp badly enough I’ll be ok replacing them.
I have quite a lot of Magnalite pots and pans; I use the Dutch oven more often than I use my LC.
Also have two large oval, covered Club Aluminum roasters (from my Mom and Grandma) that I’ve used maybe three times, ever, for brisket. There’s something about using an old pan that’s been passed down that feels very satisfying to me. Even if our family holiday dinners were not events I ever looked forward to!
thats what places like Salvation Army and Goodwill are for - and ebay for that matter, finding a home for perfectly usable things that you dont want or need anymore like you Good Cook sheet pans perhaps. We certainly have too much stuff and its a great relief to have more room in your closets and cupboards.
