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I'm looking for copper Cookware. What brands are the best in your opinions?

I can only find articles about iS CoPpEr SaFe?

Copper général otherwise

>> No.14843502

Ebay has some really good antique copper cookware where the tin as worn away. It's really expensive to pay to have them retinned so the prices are great. If you can learn to retin, which isn't that hard, you can make a nice profit refurbishing them.

The basic process of retinning is to soak them in lye solution and use a wire brush to scrub the tin off. Buy some food grade flux and tin, no lead, and use a wad of insulation and a propane weed killing torch for the application.

>> No.14843519

>>14843451
I buy all my cookware used from thrift stores, and I have yet to see a case where someone was stupid enough to donate copper cookware. I have plenty of tri-ply and some five-ply stuff, but no copper.

>> No.14843533

>>14843519

Or the store is smart enough to poach the copper pieces instead of selling them.

>> No.14843546

Is copper not just a meme? What's so great about it?

>> No.14843625

>>14843546

There is a difference between the as seen on tv copper bullshit and actual thick copper pans. The good stuff transfers heat slightly better. It's not really worth the cost imo. It looks pretty but a pain to maintain.

>> No.14843857

>>14843546
Reacts very fast to changing temperatures so it heats up very fast, but also cools down quickly. It's perfect for sauces, where the ingredients need different temperatures in a short time.

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>>14843451
i've got a fair bit of copper, most of it 2nd hand, but some bought new (on sale)

>> No.14843938

>>14843502
I would like to know more. Thank you for that

>> No.14843966

>>14843533
that's the thing, I work in a thrift store, I've never once seen copper cookware come in that wasn't purely ornamental shit like semi-modern revereware. the people who buy copper cookware know what it's worth.

>> No.14844771

>>14843502
>>14843451

eBay is weird for copper cookware. It's where I bought mine. There are some really worn out pans that are very expensive being sold for decoration, and then there are pans that still have good tin lining being sold way cheaper - it's just a case of looking around.

In case you don't know.. Don't try to sear anything in them, also don't let them get too dry or too hot - the tin will melt and get onto your food.

>> No.14844776

>>14843546
Copper retains heat very well and heats very evenly.

>> No.14844786

>>14843451
I had copper cookware about 20 years ago that I got from the 1960s from my grandmother but I was short on cash and really needed the money. It was almost in mint condition never used. I sold eight pieces for $3500. I really wish I would have hung onto it but I really need the cash like I said.

>> No.14844817

>>14844771

One of the best ways to tell the crap from the good stuff is to look at the quality of the handle/rivets and the thickness of the copper. There is so much flimsy copper on ebay.

>> No.14844834

>>14844786
I got my copper cookware for $90 - 4 pots - 2 pans, pots are french and thicc, pans are handmade. They're great. I'm glad I didn't have to pay $3500, curious what was special about yours, Anon?

>> No.14844895

>>14844817
Interesting, I'm not sure I could tell. Could you post an example?

I'm curious. I got my pots cheap but they're heavy, and they seem pretty thick.

>> No.14844918

>>14843867
Major flex

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>>14844895
you want at least 2mm thick copper, you can measure it

webm related, that's 2mm thick copper.

>> No.14844949 [DELETED] 

>>14844947
Ok chud

>> No.14844956

>>14844947
Actually just remembered that one is mauviel, so it's 2.5mm thick.

>> No.14845012

DeBuyer Inocuive
or anything else made by frogs

>> No.14845031

https://youtu.be/NOQoX8CbPQE

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>>14844947
Thanks, Anon. That's a nice pan. My pots are 2mm. Not so easy for the pans - they're folded at the top - at the top they're ~3mm, so I'm guessing they're about 1.5mm...They were cheaper, they're old and have hammer marks, kinda like pic related, just not as fresh looking.

>> No.14846367

>>14843546
What you cook with goes into your food, and copper is an essential mineral

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This is my only copper pan. I bought it from a restaurant owner. No idea what brand. Seems to be a stainless coating. Left it with my folks for a few months so trying to clean her rn.

Anyone by chance know what brand it is? Will post another picture

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Alt view

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OH SHIT. PROGRESS

One of two probably.

Shit was 40 Canadian. This is a steal

>> No.14847557

Ok. So it seems like the professional line of the mauveil m250c.

These are 400$ pans. Ahhhhhhh this was such a good deal

>> No.14847694

>>14847481
could be an older Mauviel
read this page:
https://www.vintagefrenchcopper.com/identification/made-in-france/

>> No.14847713

>>14843451
What's the benefit of buying a potentially toxic pot over literally any other one?

>> No.14847779

>>14843546
It makes for great egg pans if you are cooking other stuff like veg on the side as well. Just eggs can stick a bit.

>> No.14847784

>>14845100
Hammer mark pattern is intentional, it's traditional to do it that way.

>> No.14848291

>>14847713
Fine tuning control.

Also. It's significantly less likely to be toxic than teflon due to the stainless or tin coating

>> No.14848311

>>14847694
Ya that's what I've been thinking. It matches the mauveil ones quite well.

>> No.14848369

>>14843546
Its good but it's technically poisonous as shit, and the cooking improvement isn't worth the $500-$700 price tags. It's basically the $3000 water cooled gaming pc meme, but for cooking

>> No.14848383

>>14843451
I just saw a copper pan at a thrift store. Should I go buy it? It said made in China on the bottom so I assumed it was shit.

>> No.14850165

>>14848383
Any copper pan that says made in china on it is decorative, no company is making their $700 copper pans in china