Pots/Plans Advice

I have All Clad.

I needed new pots and pans and searched for MADE IN USA. Revere USED to be, but not anymore.

AmeriCraft is MADE IN USA, but it is more pricey than All Clad.

I just couldn't bring myself to buy new pots and pans made in China.

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I've had my copper-clad Revere Ware for more than 25 years now, use it daily and wouldn't part with it. I bought a Farberware dutch oven in a larger size than my Revere one and don't really like it. Black greasy stuff oozes out from under the rim on the outside and one of the handles loosened and a chunk broke off. It was a great deal on Amazon but I wouldn't recommend the brand.

I had a few pieces of revere ware and loved it. On halloween, I went to an auction with my daughter and I scored stacks of revere ware skillets for $4.00 a stack . I also got some nice big revere ware pans too. I was tickled to get such great buys. The dishes were the last thing to sell that day and most of the crowd had left already. I love it when that happens!

I have Emeril cookware and have enjoyed it. It's made by someone else, maybe all-clad. I didn't get it because it was him, the set just had the biggest pots for my big family. The only drawback is that each piece is very heavy, sometimes I have to have my husband lift and move full pots.

I too am a revere ware fan! Got the stuff my mom got as wedding gifts when I married and then added a few pieces off ebay. Mine were made in like 1945 and they are still wonderful. My DH on the other hand likes the non stick stuff, we spent a fortune over the past 20 years buying them only for him to ruin them. He finally learned to cook with the revere ware and now thinks he should get it in the divorce- not gonna happen. sisterpine

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Garage sales are great for getting cookware that is solid and dependable. Most of our cookware is the copper bottomed Revere ware. There is also a plethora of old black cast iron. All assorted brands like Lodge and Wagner, etc. There is a SS Tramotina stock pot that I'm fond of, too. We initially got that because it's the same name brand as our machete and I was tickled to have "matching name brands" between cookware and garden implements. We also have a supply of solid copper bowls and cookware collected from garage sales. Those don't get used as much. The copper bottom revere ware and the cast iron are the ones in daily use.

We also found an old KitchenAid stand mixer at a garage sale which is a wonderous thing indeed. The older ones are better than the newer ones, IMHO, and get one from a non-big-box store since the ones at Walmart seem to be of a lesser quality than the ones elsewhere.