Why A Waterless Cookware Blog?
Posted by Admin at 9/16/2008 12:03 PM 
Categories: Waterless Cookware General
Tags: waterless cookware waterless cookware blog
Categories: Waterless Cookware General
Tags: waterless cookware waterless cookware blog
Waterless Cookware is becoming more and more popular. It is known as the healthy way to cook, and getting all your needed vitamins is very much on the minds of moms and dads as they prepare meals for the family. It's a known fact that in our modern world of fast foods most Americans don't get the required 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
Waterless cookware is a cooking method designed to preserve the vital nutrients in the foods you eat. Cooking foods in too much water tends to "boil out" these nutrients. The need of oil and grease is also eliminated with by this cooking method.
The market is confusing with sets ranging from a few hundred to thousands of dollars. We plan to explore the various waterless cookwares available to the consumer to help you determine what is best for you.
Check back with this waterless cookware blog again to view the posts and comments. Let us know if you have a particular subject about waterless cookware you want us to explore. Or post your experiences with your waterless cookware. We would love to hear from you
Waterless cookware is a cooking method designed to preserve the vital nutrients in the foods you eat. Cooking foods in too much water tends to "boil out" these nutrients. The need of oil and grease is also eliminated with by this cooking method.
The market is confusing with sets ranging from a few hundred to thousands of dollars. We plan to explore the various waterless cookwares available to the consumer to help you determine what is best for you.
Check back with this waterless cookware blog again to view the posts and comments. Let us know if you have a particular subject about waterless cookware you want us to explore. Or post your experiences with your waterless cookware. We would love to hear from you
It's getting a lot cheaper, too. There's a site called justsmartliving.com that must be importing it, cuz it's way cheaper than I've seen it anywhere else.
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I looked at the 22 piece set, and it appears to be just about the same at the 22 piece set made by Chef's Secret which is imported.
The only difference I see is the knobs on the Just Smart Living site do not have the temperature control feature like the KTSS22 . It appears this may be a private label set.
The most efficient waterless cookware has several plys going up the side for even heat with the best heat retention on the low heat setting. I have not cooked with this set or the Chef's Secret set to know if it matches the 7 ply waterless cookware.
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The 23 piece set seems to have temp. control feature. did you purchase these? I am skeptical how something so inexpensive can be so good..
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The 22 piece set has 9 elements, but does not specify the number of ply (layers) in the base. The Vaposeal or the KT17 Ultra are both known to be 7-ply and are a sturdier set that should last a very long time.
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I have been cooking for over 30 years and for some of that time I was hired and worked for some of the finest restaurants in Pennsylvania. I have cooked with many different types and brands of cookware. I have found that cooking with Surgical Stainless Steel Cookware or "Waterless" cookware is by far the best. They heat evenly and clean easily, your food tastes better and is much more nutritious and healthy.
On the internet I have found that one site has a lot of good quality sets of cookware. www.topchoicecookware.com
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What is your opinion of Royal prestige compared to smartliving.com?? There is a huge price difference. I only have one more day to cancel my order on Royal prestige.
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I am sorry, but I am a little confused by the question. I don't know anything about smartliving.com, and when I go to the web site I don't find anything about cookware there. This is a Vancouver, BC Canadian company. So I'm not too helpful on this one.
A call to the Royal Prestige company customer service revealed this:
1. The cookware is only available through direct selling distributors, which means there will be more of a mark-up than bought over the internet.
2. However, according to customer service their cookware is made in the USA and several manufactures work for them. They do have the 5-ply, 7-ply, and 9-ply cookware sets.
3. Description of the 5-ply seems to indicate it is 5-ply both on the bottom and up the sides of the pans for even heating.
4. The 7-ply cookware has the disc on the bottom for even heating, made a little differently. The cookware appears not to have all the layers up the sides.
5. The 9-Ply has layers again on the bottom and up the sides--it looks to be induction ready as well, so if you have an induction stove you have to buy this set. It's called their Thermal Deluxe system and is the most expensive.
In summary, the Royal Prestige appears to be USA made, distributed only by the direct selling method and therefore more expensive.
There are other USA-made sets that are not quite as expensive and are extremely well made. I admit we may be prejudiced, but Health Craft is American made, and we have been very fortunate to be able to offer a couple of sets via the internet. They are 5-ply on both the bottom and up the sides for very even heating and induction ready. The lids have precision engineering for a really good fit--necessary for the vapor seal you need for good waterless cooking.
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I have an electric saladmaster fry pan It is quite old, but it don't heat-up just gets warm. Is it guaranteed like the pots & pans? Would appreciate an answer.
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Saladmaster is the company you need to call about your electric skillet. You can discuss it with their customer service at 800-765-5795
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it all sounds great, but if i wanted to cook with butter and/or olive oil, i can, right?
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You can use your stainless steel waterless cookware as ordinary pans.
You would need oil in the skillet to do a fried egg, or example. Eggs and rice cannot be done the waterless way. Regular cooking should be on medium high at the MOST (unless you are boiling something like pasta).
Just remember if you have a steam control valve on your waterless cookware cover make sure to close it while cooking the non-waterless, regular method. You don't want all liquid evaporating for example.
The point of using the waterless method on lower heat is to retain more vitamins and nutrients than boiling or frying can give you. Hope this answers your question.
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Thanks for the reply. i read about the fried egg can be done with the steam valve set - but perhaps not the one without the steam valve? do you know the difference in cooking quality between the steam release valve set and the thermo control knob set? that is, which do you think is "better?"
thanks!
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There are some types of foods that are not conducive to "waterless cooking" such as eggs, pasta and rice. You can use your waterless cookware to cook all of your food the regular way. It becomes "waterless" when you use the appropriate methods to cook "waterless". In essence you have 2 sets for the price of 1.
Someone sent me a method to "fry" an egg using water. In a pre-heated skillet on medium low heat add one tablespoon of water for each egg. Immediately add your eggs, cover pan, lower heat to low, cook to your preference. (hint: 2 minutes should make a firmly set egg with your yolk soft and 6 minutes the yoke will be firm.) You will have to experiment. Needless to say doing fried eggs in a stainless steel pan is not recommended unless you add oil. Scrambled eggs need to cook the same way, with some oil.
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Are these lower priced sets, with 304 steel as 'good' as the more expensive 316 titanium models?
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I had a Saladmaster dinner "demo" & they did this "pollution test" with baking soda & a variety of different types of cookware & the saladmaster H20 after boiling it in baking soda water tasted "clean" while the others ( one was my pampered chef pan) tasted like vinegar or an old shoe -yuck! any comments on why this occured & anyone with a similar demo. I want to buy something, so I am researching all options
Hi Nita,
You posted twice, so I answered your questions under your other post. Check it out
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I have found Vapo-Seal Cookware on the internet for $295.00 for a 17 piece set. They claim it is T304 Stainless Steel and 7-ply. Compared to other sets it is priced to "good to be true". It is on Royal Cookware's website. Any comments or experiences with this?
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I am not sure which website you were looking at, so it is hard to comment on what you were looking at. At various times vendors could be having a special sale on the cookware. On Vaposeal the 7 ply refers to the heavy plate on the bottom that has 7 ply, transfers heat fast and evenly. If you can get it for that price and it's the Vaposeal, then I would get it. If they have a number, call and ask. Just do your homework before purchasing.
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These pots are still used in this new era, mostly because of the satisfaction of the cooks who enjoy a product that heats evenly and produces delicious tasting foods. There are a number of different sizes and shapes available Cookware foundry.
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I love my new Waterless Cookware. I wish I had found out sooner that I could buy a set online that was comparable to sets costing 1000's of dollars at a fraction of the price.
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Yes, the less expensive sets are nice, and though they have limited warranties on the handles and knobs we find they last years, and are inexpensive to repair in those instances where they need to be replaced.
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