Amazon.com Review: French manufacturer Sitram produces commercial-grade, stainless-steel cookware for restaurant, hotel, and institutional kitchens worldwide--serious home cooks also use this cookware to advantage. On the Inox line's pot and pan bottoms, a disk of copper, cookware's best heat conductor, sheathed in steel conducts heat rapidly and uniformly. Sitram cookware goes safely into ovens and under broilers, and, designed to withstand rough treatment, its bright, shiny appearance lasts indefinitely. The bottoms don't warp, and this cookware is stain- and corrosion-resistant. And with no inside rivets to clean around, it scrubs up hygienically and painlessly. This is cookware for cooks who value heavy, bang-around durability over fancy design.
A chef's pan has rounded rather than straight sides like a saucepan, giving it greater capacity than a saucepan with the same size bottom and adding versatility. It's better for braising meats, poultry, seafood, or vegetables, and, with a greater surface area, it also reduces liquids more rapidly. Its rounded sides facilitate the traditional C-shaped flipping motion, making a chef's pan ideal for rapidly sautéing vegetables or browning small pieces of meat or poultry. At 7.1 inches in diameter by 2-3/4-inches high, this chef's pan will satisfy many home-kitchen needs. Its handle has a hole for hanging on a hook or peg. --Fred Brack
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The best stainless pan I have so far
I got this small saucier pan during a Gold Box Sale, and I have used it about five time since. During use, I notice that the boubles are evenly distributed throughout the bottom and are of approximated equal size. I guess this is due to the fast and even heat distribution of copper insert bottom. And I haven't had any burn at the bottom using this pan yet. I am really happy with this pan, although I have to admit that the regular price is too steep for this little pan. Wait for a good sale; I am looking for other pans in the series to be put on sale too.
Rating: - bang-around durability?
This is really a nice pan, and a good value for your money. The sides are faily thin though so I am not sure how durable it is. Time will tell. The slender handle is also a matter of personal taste. It it designed for use with a kitchen towel as they do in proffesional kitchens.
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