KitchenBoy » aluminum http://kitchenboy.net/blog Blogging good information on kitchen tools and gadgets! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:47:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Induction Cooker Warning http://kitchenboy.net/blog/induction-cooker-warning/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/induction-cooker-warning/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:38:55 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/induction-cooker-warning/ Recently, we have been answering many questions concerning induction cooktops. While induction cookers are very efficient and reliable, not all metal products will work with them. Why? As I discussed in my article on heat sources, magnetic contact with iron or steel cookware is needed. This applies to any stovetop cooking implement, including teakettles and [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/induction-cooker-warning/feed/ 29 Another comment about cookware article http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/#comments Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:19:27 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/ A Kitchenboy reader from Australia, Wedo, sent me a nice email about the cookware article. They reminded me that when talking about multi-layer or multi-ply cookware, some of the layers in 5 or 7-ply are there to aid in binding the various metals together. This is true. The point I made in that original discussion [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/another-comment-about-cookware-article/feed/ 3 Tri-Ply cookware…What in the name of AllClad does this mean? http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:23:51 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/ In response to my previous article on cookware, certain questions have come up. I answered one of those questions in an article on heat sources. This next question is about cladding. Why cladding? As in AllClad, or Tri-ply or 5-ply or 7-ply? First the cynical answer. In an effort to use technology to its fullest [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/tri-ply-cookwarewhat-in-the-name-of-allclad-does-this-mean/feed/ 29 3 Things You need to know about How to buy cookware! http://kitchenboy.net/blog/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-buy-cookware/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-buy-cookware/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:14:05 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-buy-cookware/ Who-ware, what-ware, why-ware cookware!?! Copper, Aluminum, stainless steel, oh my! Which way do I go, which way do I go? Cookware is a very confusing issue and isn’t made easier by the lords of retail. In spite of what you hear in advertisements, a knowledgeable customer isn’t a good customer. On the contrary, a confused [...]

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]]> http://kitchenboy.net/blog/3-things-you-need-to-know-about-how-to-buy-cookware/feed/ 19 Kitchen Boy Update http://kitchenboy.net/blog/kitchen-boy-update/ http://kitchenboy.net/blog/kitchen-boy-update/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:25:44 +0000 KitchenBoy http://kitchenboy.net/blog/kitchen-boy-update/ OK new update! I have written and rewritten this cookware article 3 times now. I like where it is at now and am about 75% done. I did some pretty thorough research and reworked the format. I will cover the various materials, all inclusive, how they are presented and sold and what benefits each can [...]

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