Ping Sheldon -- Need cookware help

Quoted message said:

I tried a google news search, but I couldn't find recent
messages from you (within the past few weeks or months) on
cookware. (Maybe I just didn't look hard enough.) However,
I found several that you had posted over a year ago
mentioning Piazza...was that the vendor?

Thanks in advance for your help. I don't mind spending
money on great cookware, but I want really high-quality
stuff for my money.

-Dennis Spexet

Search <piazza cookware>

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Dennis Spexet said:

I tried a google news search, but I couldn't find recent
messages from you (within the past few weeks or months) on
cookware. (Maybe I just didn't look hard enough.) However,
I found several that you had posted over a year ago
mentioning Piazza...was that the vendor?

Piazza cookware is of VERY good quality but it's going to
cost you more than that All-Clad... Williams Sonoma is
running an incredible deal on these two items (both of
which I own)...

tinyurl.comyteslOpen ↗

Piazza goes by the name "Signature Select" in the states
for some reason... and is targeted to professional
kitchens... try here

tinyurl.com29747Open ↗

~john

--
"Black holes are where God divided by Zero." - Steven Wright

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Quoted message said:

Dennis Spexet said:

I tried a google news search, but I couldn't find recent
messages from

you

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(within the past few weeks or months) on cookware.
(Maybe I just didn't look hard enough.) However, I found
several that you had posted over a

year

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ago mentioning Piazza...was that the vendor?

Piazza cookware is of VERY good quality but it's going to
cost you more than that All-Clad... Williams Sonoma is
running an incredible deal on these two items (both of
which I own)...

tinyurl.comyteslOpen ↗

Piazza goes by the name "Signature Select" in the states
for some reason... and is targeted to professional
kitchens... try here

tinyurl.com29747Open ↗

I saw that too...apparently, Piazza is also marketed here in
the U.S. as Dura-Ware Signature Select, for commercial use.

Unfortunately, the www.piazza.it website is "under
construction", so all I have to go on are the
descriptions from the different vendors that sell the
brand. It looks like beautiful stuff (judging from the
little thumbnail pictures each vendor has), but I'm
wondering how it's different from the other high-end
vendors like All-Clad. Is the aluminum in the base
thicker or something? Do you get heavier or better
construction? (It certainly looks like it.)

I'll browse through some of Sheldon's old messages to see
why he raves about
it.

That brazier and stockpot at W-S definitely look like great
deals. Time to put in an order, and see how they turn out.

-Dennis Spexet, [email hidden]

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Quoted message said:

Dennis Spexet said:

I tried a google news search, but I couldn't find recent
messages from

you

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

(within the past few weeks or months) on cookware.
(Maybe I just didn't look hard enough.) However, I found
several that you had posted over a

year

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ago mentioning Piazza...was that the vendor?

Piazza cookware is of VERY good quality but it's going to
cost you more than that All-Clad... Williams Sonoma is
running an incredible deal on these two items (both of
which I own)...

tinyurl.comyteslOpen ↗

Piazza goes by the name "Signature Select" in the states
for some reason... and is targeted to professional
kitchens... try here

tinyurl.com29747Open ↗

I saw that too...apparently, Piazza is also marketed here in
the U.S. as Dura-Ware Signature Select, for commercial use.

Unfortunately, the www.piazza.it website is "under
construction", so all I have to go on are the
descriptions from the different vendors that sell the
brand. It looks like beautiful stuff (judging from the
little thumbnail pictures each vendor has), but I'm
wondering how it's different from the other high-end
vendors like All-Clad. Is the aluminum in the base
thicker or something? Do you get heavier or better
construction? (It certainly looks like it.)

I'll browse through some of Sheldon's old messages to see
why he raves about
it.

That brazier and stockpot at W-S definitely look like great
deals. Time to put in an order, and see how they turn out.

-Dennis Spexet, [email hidden]

Quoted message said:

Piazza cookware is of VERY good quality but it's going to
cost you more than that All-Clad...

~john

Nonsense... All-[censored] costs about three times the price and
everything about PIAZZA is three times better.

The Williams-Sonoma pieces are an excellent deal (new old
stock), and are made slightly different from the ones sold
at other websites, they're heavier weight and have the
rolled rim edge.... last year they featured the 18qt stock
pot at $70... indespensible for preparing my tomato
sauce... I have every piece ever offered by W-S. Just look
at the ridiculous prices All-[censored] charges for their large
stockpots... and PIAZZAs are true stock pots, All-[censored] is
a sauce pot and its itty bitty handles placed right at the
extreme top rim are not only useless, they make the pot
dangerous for pouring. Btw, modern spot welding is far
superiour to rivets. If you're into the retro look and
name dropping buy All-[censored]... if you want highly
functional design and superiour quality at reasonable
prices buy PIAZZA.

---= BOYCOTT FRANCE (belgium) GERMANY--SPAIN =--- ---= Move
UNITED NATIONS To Paris =---
*********
"Life would be devoid of all meaning were it without
tribulation." Sheldon ````````````

Dennis Spexet said:

but I'm wondering how it's different from the other high-
end vendors like All-Clad. Is the aluminum in the base
thicker or something? Do you get heavier or better
construction? (It certainly looks like it.)

Piazza has spot-wielded handles whereas All-Clad has
stainless rivets... Piazza does not have the triple-ply
construction of the All-Clad but it does have a thick
aluminum bottom which holds heat better than the All-clad...
I'm not 100% convinced that tri-ply clad is not a gimmick...
they both cook well but if I was going to pick purely on
aesthetics I'd pick the Piazza any day... not as shiny (if
that's what your looking for) but it definitely looks more
elegant...

Quoted message said:

That brazier and stockpot at W-S definitely look like
great deals. Time to put in an order, and see how they
turn out.

Do you really need an 11qt stockpot? The Brazier is
definitely a must have - from stove to table...

~john

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"Black holes are where God divided by Zero." - Steven Wright

"Levelwave©" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Do you really need an 11qt stockpot? The Brazier is
definitely a must have - from stove to table...

It looks like someone beat me to the stockpots! I just went
to the W-S website to put in my order, and the stockpots
were gone.

No big deal for now. I'm currently using a 12qt Tramontina
stockpot that I picked up at a Walmart for $25 on sale. It
doesn't have the fanciest construction in the world.
However, the base is reasonably heavy, and the price wasn't
bad. For making stocks and boiling water, it has worked out
OK for me.

Fortunately, W-S still had the Piazza braziers. I just put
in my order!

Now it's just a matter of waiting.

-Dennis Spexet, [email hidden]