Buying Pots & Pans : Tips for Selecting Cookware with Handles

[GhostPirate6]

One thing about the end of the stainless steel handle on the stainless steel pan, it's called a split fork design. It's not to allow room tempurature air to run through the handle, it's to diffuse the heat radiating from the pan or heat source. And to the "plastic" handle pan. From looking closely, I'm very sure it's a Cook's Essentials skillet from QVC, which uses silicone handles, not plastic.

[seanburke100]

It's important to note that pans have handles?

[Scootermagoo]

To bad you didn't show them a professional non-stick pan vrs that 5.99 Teflon pan. Also people never stick non-stick in the oven.. except to store it.

[GhostPirate6]

The nonstick pan, I'm very sure that's a Cook's Essentials pan from QVC from watching closely. It's not $5.99 and it has a professional weight with a professional nonstick coating. DuPont Silverstone nonstick with scratch guard I think.

[GhostPirate6]

And you can put nonstick pans into ovens. Unless the ovens are professional style ovens which go above 500F. Most at home ovens don't, unless you're broiling food. And nonstick pans are perfectly safe when it goes into an oven. Especially if it has bare stainless steel handles.