Copper Cook 6-in-1 Cookware Set
Our Take
- Not a copper pan, whatever the name may say- Well, it’s copper in the same way as a copper crayon…- It’s a 9.5, 4.5 quart pan made of aluminum and steel with nonstick ceramic coating- Includes a glass lid, fry basket, and a clunkily named “steam insert”- Marketed as a “6-in-1” pan because it can “bake, deep-fry, roast, steam, saute or broil” – yes those are things that almost any pan can do and yes anything can be 6-in-1 if you’re creative enough- PFOA, PTFE, and PFOS-Free 100% safe unless you bean someone with it (one of the 6 uses?)- Also dishwasher safe, unless you bean the dishwasher with it- Model: TEK269 (Doesnt even show up in the first two pages of search results, though competing with Christopher Lee’s Filmography aint easy)
You Didn't Want Copper
First things first: This pan aint copper. Yes its got Copper in the name and yes the inside looks like copper, but its not. Its made of aluminum and stainless steel with a nonstick ceramic coating.Thats a feature, however, not a bug. You might think you want a complete collection of copper pans hanging from your rustic kitchen walls like youve seen in Dwell, but you really dont.Sure, copper features superior thermal conductivity thats its main attraction. So if youre preparing a delicate candy and require a temperature of 118.3 degrees rather than 118.9 degrees, you can adjust the heat under your copper pot and see an immediate, uniform change in the temperature of its contents. And weve all bemoaned the protracted, heterogenous temperature change in our delicate candies, right?Also, copper cookware costs a lot. A solid copper pan this size would cost several times as much for marginal culinary improvement. Plus it requires constant, nit-picky care and burnishing to keep it fit for Dwell. You have to hand-wash and hand-dry it lest it oxidize like the Statue of Liberty. The final nail in the coffin: Copper is highly reactive with food. You dont have to be a chemist to understand thats not ideal. Most consumer copper pots are lined with stainless steel (which is expensive) or tin (which is cheap but wears off and requires regular re-tinning).So this pan isn’t copper, and you should be glad. It’s a versatile, mostly aluminum affair with some nifty attachments that will help you cook real food, not a hundred-dollar accent piece for your kitchen wall.
