Re: A Good Deal?

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zuuum said:

EskWIRED said:

I saw this at Amazon:

http://tinyurl.com/5jsqr

Its an 8 1/2 quart saucier. 12 inches in diameter, 4 1/2 high. Thick
anodized aluminum. 40 bucks.

It looks like a good deal, but it is also a strange dimension.

I don't care what Calphalon calls it, it's not a "saucier", it's a *brazier*...
very handy configuration.... large surface area allows for greater volume in a
single layer and tall sides permit browning with less spattering. A saucier has
rounded sloped sides. I call Calphalon garbage.

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I don't care what Calphalon calls it, it's not a "saucier", it's a
*brazier*...
very handy configuration.... large surface area allows for greater volume
in a
single layer and tall sides permit browning with less spattering. A
saucier has
rounded sloped sides. I call Calphalon garbage.

As usual, Sheldon, you are quite right. The description I posted was
Calphalon's. The only braziers I have worked with are perhaps 20-inch
diameter.

Though I'd never suggest Calphalon CHA was worth their retail prices, I
usually find clearance prices a fair deal - quite often $19.99 for
meduim-sized home cookware pieces. What, in particular, do you think makes
them worthless? Assuming you disregard their marketing claims and the
"commercial" line name.

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I saw this at Amazon:

http://tinyurl.com/5jsqr

Its an 8 1/2 quart saucier. 12 inches in diameter, 4 1/2 high. Thick
anodized aluminum. 40 bucks.

It looks like a good deal, but it is also a strange dimension. I'm not
even sure what I would use it for, but I'm a sucker for a good bargain.

Since Calphalon's Commercial Hard-Anodized is a discontinued line, you can
expect good deals (clearance prices). I regularly do searches on cookware
sites for "calphalon+commerical+hard-anodized" Usually a good value, but
not necessarily the best cookware for every kitchen. "Commercial" is a
relative term when it comes to equipment. Usually commercial means constant
use, not just daily use. I am not sure I would expect Calphalon to hold up
especially well if it were used all night, every night and subject to a
dishwasher tossing them about. Maybe so.

They will not stand up to even one washing in a dishwasher nor a
cleaning with oven cleaner. They are otherwise pretty much indestructible.

Bob

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Since Calphalon's Commercial Hard-Anodized is a discontinued line, you
can expect good deals (clearance prices).

They will not stand up to even one washing in a dishwasher nor a cleaning
with oven cleaner. They are otherwise pretty much indestructible.

Bob

Thanks. That is good to know!

In rec.food.cooking said:

I don't care what Calphalon calls it, it's not a "saucier", it's a *brazier*...
very handy configuration.... large surface area allows for greater volume in a
single layer and tall sides permit browning with less spattering.

Sounds handy.

A saucier has

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rounded sloped sides. I call Calphalon garbage.

How bad can they be? All it is is aluminum with handles. And that
line uses a finer finish on the aluminum than some of the other
Calphalon I've seen. As someone else pointed out, calling it
"Commercial" is a bit of a joke, but what's in a name?

What's wrong with it for $40? Looks like a hell of a deal to me,
especially if it's half as handy as people have been saying.

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