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Everything is Warping! Ahhh!

post #1 of 10
5/10/12 at 8:48am
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I'm at my wit's end here. First off let me say I cook with a glass top and all the pans I mention are Stainless Steel. I've never poured cold water in a hot pan and I preheat my pan on, "4" (goes to "9") with a couple tbsp of canola.

 

Everything I get starts to warp after a single use. I had a Cuisinart MCP-12 set and the warping started after one use and just got worse and worse. So I exchanged it for another set and the same thing happened. So I figured it must be these pans. So get an All Clad 12 inch fry pan to see what all the fuss is about. And after just browning some ground-chicken it is already bowed slightly from the outside in. If you look at the profile of the pan with the handle directly at you, the sides are slightly raised up like a, "V" shape.

 

So do exchange another pan again at Amazon? What am I doing wrong? I am extremely OCD about this stuff and I follow care-instructions to the, "T". My buddy at work has All Clad/glass top and he says he uses them at full bore heat!

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post #2 of 10
5/10/12 at 10:42am
Aloha Wallix, welcome to Chef Talk!
Last year we purchased a new range and we didn't have the choice as we only have electric for a cooking source. All of the pots and pans have done fine, but I didn't get anything form Amazon. Not to dis them, but the one item that I did get from them I had to return, so I'm thinking that maybe the three party sellers are offering seconds?

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post #3 of 10
5/10/12 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by kaneohegirlinaz View Post

Aloha Wallix, welcome to Chef Talk!
Last year we purchased a new range and we didn't have the choice as we only have electric for a cooking source. All of the pots and pans have done fine, but I didn't get anything form Amazon. Not to dis them, but the one item that I did get from them I had to return, so I'm thinking that maybe the three party sellers are offering seconds?

 

I know it shipped from, "Amazon" and not a 3rd party seller. But I suppose I can never really know for sure. It seemed legit, though. It had the original box, nylon bag, etc.

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post #4 of 10
5/11/12 at 6:53am
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I'm starting to think it may just be in my head. I got 3 new All Clad pieces today and if I push hard on the rims of all of the pieces, they will rock ever so slightly depending on how hard and where I push on the rims. But they don't even come close to being able to spin. I read in another forum where someone hypothesized that they will flatten out under heat just a little. I don't know if this is true, though. Will keep using them and see where they are after a month of use. Damn O.C.D...
 

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post #5 of 10
5/11/12 at 7:42am
Some warping is pretty common, even in good brands. I suspect your friend is just not as intense about it as you.
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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post #6 of 10
5/11/12 at 11:14pm

if you must have a flat bottom on your cookware - then cast aluminum or cast iron is the only way...

 

almost everything else will have a curve...or get a curve....

 

... most don't care as they cook with gas and a flat bottom isn't important.

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"Plus, this method makes you look like a complete lunatic. If you care about that sort of thing".  - Dave Arnold

 

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post #7 of 10
5/12/12 at 3:54am

I deal with extremely heavy duty cookware in a commercial setting. Ours also warps. I believe it hapens slighly to all pots and pans. I know home my pots do same thing and I have a flat glass top electric (which I hate) because we have no way of getting underground gas here and bottled is not allowed.  Even putting the hot pan on a cooler serface will warp it. I don't have a solution, but you are using good equipment. I know that now in most commercial settings you can't  put hot pans on the stainless steel tables any more because they to will warp.

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Over 50 years in food service business 35 as Ex Chef. Specializing in Volume upscale Catering both on and off premise .(former Exec. Chef in the largest on premise caterer in US  with 17 Million Dollars per year annual volume). 
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post #8 of 10
5/12/12 at 8:29am

IIRC, there is a warning on ceramic/glass cooktops concerning pans that overhang burner area, something about cracking the cooktop...

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post #9 of 10
5/14/12 at 7:04am

I have/had the same problem. My glasstop range warped all my pans. I have since moved and have a new range (non glass top) and the new pans I purchased are fine. I don't think the glasstops evenly distribute the heat, and will warp all kinds of cookware, no matter the material or grade.

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post #10 of 10
5/14/12 at 8:55am
The induction glass top ranges should reduce or alleviate this issue. Induction has some "reach" above the surface so it should heat slightly warped pans well enough.

They expect to be able to induce eddy currents even in copper and aluminum pans so they'll be induction compatible with future upgrades in the technology too.
more than taste fine
me eat it all the time
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