Stainless steel pots and pans come in a variety of selection. They can be purchased by set or pieces. When thinking to furnish your kitchen cabinet with new pots and pans, we are playing with the idea of buying a whole set or collecting piece by piece. There are many factors to consider. You would want to make sure you get what you want with what you can afford.

Whether you enjoy spending time cooking or just cook on occasions, when needed, pots and pans are essential cookware and become handy when take-out order is not an option. Once you make a decision to fill the kitchen cabinet with new pots and pans, you would need to think about a few issues before heading out shopping. What kind of pots and pans would you like to have? How much are you willing to spend out of your pocket? Should you get a whole set or just collect piece by piece?

Choosing Stainless Steel Cookware

There are many choices that you can look at. Premium stainless steel 18/10 cookware is popular and recommended. There are aluminum or copper-coated base pots and pans to consider. The difference between aluminum and copper-coated base stainless steel cookware is that aluminum-base takes longer time to heat up but retains cooking temperature longer while copper-base is quickly in heating up and cooling down. If necessary, you would want to consider tri-ply cookware. Tri-ply stainless cookware provides better heat conduction and durability. It also has a classy look and mirrored finish.

Cost

Depending on what brand name and the quality of the stainless steel cookware you are looking at, the price for a set varies from between low $100.00 to approximately $1,500.00 or more. Price for a single pot or pan might run from $40.00 to $350.00. Copper-coated base stainless cookware tends to be expensive. A sauce pan copper with lid can cost up to $700.00 retail price. Determine what you can afford and what pots and pans you'd like to have before heading out would help you save time when shopping. Keep in mind that good quality stainless cookware is a long value cookware which could last for a lifetime with proper care.

Set v. Piece

If you don't cook so often, buying a whole set sometime leaving you with pieces that never be used. If this is the case, buying just a pot or pan that fit your needs probably a best choice. If you love to cook, the thought of having a whole cookware set would not be a bad idea. It is always cheaper to buy a set than to collect piece by piece over time. However, having a set with pieces that never be used would not mean much of saving. It also depends on how many people you're cooking for to look up the right size of the pots and pans to fit your needs. Some would like to add more pieces to the set to make it a complete collection over time.

If you don't have a budget to invest in a high quality cookware set that you have an eye on, collecting piece by piece is not too bad. Of course, the total cost will be much more expensive than buying the set, but you'll have the pot and pan that you love with the available budget at the time. Eventually, you'll be able to build a whole set that you like to have. Some would like to have a same size of pots or pans for multiple cooking purposes so they build up their cookware set by buying their favorite pots and pans piece by piece.

It would make some thinking to decide whether you should buy a whole cookware set or just collect it by buying piece by piece. Think about how often you'll be using your pots and pans along with the budget available. Decide on what you like and benefit you most. Look for the feature of each pot and pan and your daily needs. Knowing what you want and what you can afford, the pots and pans you purchase are worth the investment for your everyday cooking entertainment.