| Stainless steel cookware sets and
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| | thicker the utensil will be. The next
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| individual pots and pans purchased at the
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| | term for thickness is called gauge. Gauge
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| Bargain-Marts may or may not actually be
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| | can be hard to understand. The
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| bargains. Sure you will know the price
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| | measurement in gauge works the reverse of
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| you paid for the product, and how that
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| | normal thinking. The larger the number of
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| price compares to the other Marts in
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| | gauge the resulting material will be
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| town, but did you get a deal? The only
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| | thinner. A 16 gauge material is 1.3 MM
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| way to know the value of your stainless
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| | thick, an 8 gauge material is 3.25 MM
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| steel cookware set purchase is to know
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| | thick and a 4 gauge material is 5.18 MM
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| the basics of cookware language. In this
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| | thick.
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| article we will discuss material
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| | We have now talked about all three
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| thickness and how this translates to
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| | measurement systems, inches thick in
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| quality in the pot or pan. After you get
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| | thousandths, millimeters and in gauge we
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| the very basics of cookware terms, you
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| | will see where these units are used. If
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| can then make better purchasing choices.
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| | you are buying aluminum cookware or cast
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| The information we will cover in this
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| | aluminum cookware the thickness will be
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| article includes stainless steel
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| | in gauge. Most stamped aluminum cookware
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| cookware, aluminum cookware and cast
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| | in the mass market is 10 gauge on fry
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| aluminum cookware whether purchased in
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| | pans and a thinner 12 gauge on saucepans.
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| sets or individual pots.
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| | Better quality aluminum cookware would
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| Sometimes the Marts due in fact have very
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| | use a heavier 8 gauge on fry pans and 10
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| good deals on quality cookware products.
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| | gauge on other pieces. Cast aluminum
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| This may not always follow the brand name
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| | cookware is equivalent to 6 gauge.
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| rules that at first come to mind. Most
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| | Consumers are moving up to more durable
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| brand name products have different
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| | fry pans in recent years - either 6 gauge
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| product lines, and these lines usually
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| | or a very heavy 4 gauge. Bargain basement
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| are of different level of quality. The
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| | lightweight fry pans with "generic"
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| good news is if you buy brand name
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| | non-stick coatings are usually 12 gauge
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| products, even the low cost lines, you
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| | or 14 gauge. This is too thin to provide
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| will be getting a product that is
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| | any length of time in service. The first
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| normally much better quality that the
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| | time the heat is high under these fry
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| better or the best of the non-brand name
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| | pans the bottoms could warp, the contents
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| cookware. The brand name producers do not
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| | burn or both. If you are buying stainless
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| want you to associate their name with
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| | steel cookware the measurement of
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| low-quality products. If this association
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| | thickness will be in millimeters, (if the
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| happens you will not be a repeat buyer of
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| | manufacturer is in the USA it may be
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| that brand. If you go into a store or
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| | listed in thousandths of an inch). The
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| even a web site and the manufacturer's
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| | standard for top of range stainless steel
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| name is not readily seen or advertised,
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| | cookware is 0.6 MM. Premium department
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| the buyer should be cautious.
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| | store brands will have stainless steel
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| Manufacturers of quality products want
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| | cookware in the range of 0.7 MM to 1.0 MM
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| the consumer to know their name.
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| | thick. Low end stainless steel cookware
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| Now let get started on some cookware
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| | is generally 0.5 MM thick. If you have
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| terms and the very basic knowledge you
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| | the choice between two pots one is 2.59
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| will need to know. As I mentioned above,
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| | MM thick (0.102 inches or 10 gauge) and
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| we will begin with thickness of a pot or
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| | the second is 5.18 MM thick (0.204 inches
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| pan and the terms used. Metal thickness
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| | or 4 gauge) the best pot for even heat
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| can be stated in inches (thousandths),
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| | distribution is the 5.18 MM pot.
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| millimeters, or gauge. Since many
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| | If you look at the bottom of your
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| manufactures are now in Europe, they sell
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| | stainless steel cookware or your aluminum
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| to Europe as well to the USA; those
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| | cookware and you see discolored, almost
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| brands will be rated in MM or
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| | black shaded areas on the surface. If the
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| millimeters. Do not let metric
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| | pot does not set flat due to being
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| measurements scare you; 1.0 MM is 0.0394
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| | warped, the likely cause is the utensil
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| inches thick, a 0.5 MM is one half that
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| | has had too much heat applied for its'
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| thick or 0.0197 inches thick and 2.0 MM
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| | thickness. Once the utensil is warped it
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| is twice that thickness or 0.0787 inches
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| | will never be able to transfer heat
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| thick. The higher the MM rating the
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| | uniformly.
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