We were about to buy a set from tramontina, we were looking at their tri-ply set, but they canceled the order on us and now I don’t feel like waiting 2 weeks for more BS. I was looking at all-clad, but they’re super pricy, can anyone weigh in and help us find a set?
I did some research on this when I was hunting for stainless cookware and I would stick with three ply.
Three ply stainless pans have an aluminum core with stainless steel cladding. At least for the brands I was looking at, five ply stainless pans are alternating layers of stainless and aluminium, where each of the two aluminum layers is half as thick as the aluminum core in the three ply pan.
In the course of my research, I learned that stainless cladding is great for ease of cleaning, durability, etc. but for actual cooking performance, it’s the aluminum core that’s doing the heavy lifting. The stainless steel layer in between the two aluminum layers makes the pan more complex to manufacture (and therefore more expensive) and doesn’t help (or actually harms) the pan’s performance.
I’d agree, for the same reasons.
Stainless in the sandwich does nothing