Saladmaster Waterless Cookware Review
You can only get a new Saladmaster brand cookware set through an authorized dealer—you’re apt to catch up to them in conventions, county fairs, or home demonstration parties. You’re not likely to find any new sets for sale either on the internet or in a brick and mortar store. A quick check on e-bay showed 62 items for sale, but all appeared to be used, including the one full set listed.
Saladmaster is one of the most expensive waterless cookware sets you can buy. They offer sets of different sizes but the big sets can cost more than $3000.
Saladmaster boasts they are the only company with the 316Ti surgical stainless steel used in their cookware. 316 surgical stainless steel differs from the 304 in that it has Molybdenum added, and may have a higher content of nickel. Ti stands for the small amounts of Titanium that’s also been added. It makes stainless steel more resistant to very high temperatures—like over 600 degrees centigrade. These are not temperatures you cook food with.
Molybdenum gives the stainless steel a better overall corrosion resistance in chloride environments. It may make a difference in harsh conditions (like marine environments), but hey we are cooking a chicken here, not sailing to Bermuda! To be fair, though, I would not suggest storing highly acidic foods in your pot in any case.
The difference between the 304 and the 316 stainless steel types is not visible in comparing the pans side-by-side. You can’t taste a difference or cook faster. But 316 stainless steel costs more to product, and the titanium adds even a little more cost.
Another feature of Saladmaster is called the Versa Loc handles. This makes them removable, interchangeable between short and long handles, and maybe easier to clean. They also have a “Vapo Valve” that begins to click when it’s time to turn the heat down to medium.
Saladmaster gives a lifetime guarantee, but on their warranty they do say the handles, knobs and cords (on the electric appliances) are guaranteed for only a year.
Saladmaster waterless cookware comes with a high price tag. The mark-up on these sets is a lot, mainly because of their method of marketing with home demos, etc. Is it worth the extra cost? I can’t decide that for you. But the difference between Saladmaster and lower cost sets may not enough to justify the cost differential in my opinion.
Does anyone know where I can find Saladmaster Waterless Cookware?
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Go to saladmaster.com and click on the contact us category at the top of the page. They can help you find a dealer near you. Saladmaster is not sold except by their company representatives. Sometimes you can find used saladmaster cookware on ebay. The company does not allow it to be sold over the internet.
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wow - it is VERY expensive! so I am researching all waterless cookware to decide which is the best "value"..I posted under a different area that the Saladmaster rep did a home dinner demo & did a baking soda "pollution test" to show that chemicals leached out into all these over cookware but alas not the Saladmaster ( he tested 2 he brought, 1 saladmaster & my pretty new pampered chef DuPont nonstick piece) all the boiled water basically tasted like crap ( vinegar like, dirty, sour etc..) except the saladmaster one. I want to know if anyone else has seen this demo ? what is the "trick" if any? I have been in sales & I heard the slickest most exaggerated info ( " ie if you don't use this stuff you will basically die of cancer") I have ever heard..very emotional type selling. But having said that I just really want to know what is the best cookware for the "value" because I did like the way it cooked food fast, the taste of the food & how easily it cleaned up. I just need to find the "truth" in there . thanks!
Hi Nita,
Yes, the emotional selling techniques are designed to have you make an immediate decision--impulse buying. Also it plays on guilt--"if I don't buy I'm a bad person and don't care for my family"--right? You are right to research.
Here is a link to a USA-made waterless cookware page that you can find on the internet. It's rare to find, because you usually have to find it through a demo with big price mark-ups.
Here's the link http://www.cookwaresplus.com/site/1581661/page/3124256.
There are other sets from China under another page on the same site. Just study all the sets and find what's right for you. They are all stainless steel and are not going to leach "chemicals" into the food. Just be sure you buy from a site that has good customer support. That's important.
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thanks! -? what is the "truth" in that "pollution test" the rep performed ? He made it seem as if only 316Ti doesn't emit chemicals ?
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316Ti added to the stainless steel makes the stainless steel more stable at extreme temperatures 550 - 800 degrees centigrade, temperatures at which you don't cook. It may help your pans not to warp, but you are supposed to cook at lower heats with waterless cooking--start with medium heat and when the vapor seal forms, turn it to low heat.
Stainless steel in a nonporous substance, so it is not going to "leak" chemicals with or without titanium.
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thanks for this blog!!!
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I bought a set of Saladmaster cookware back in 1968 before getting married. It still looks and performs great. I have had to replace a handle or two, but that's no big deal.
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I inherited a set of saladmaster from my mother and it was around the sixtiesthat she bought it. Can anyone tell me how to get a set of instructions on how to use it and maybe cooking times of food cooked in them?
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Go to this link: http://www.saladmaster.com
It is the Saladmaster web site, and click on the contact us button. You may be able to have them send you information or direct you to the right place.
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i too purchased in 1971 and looking for a screw for a handle. this is the only thing missing and i will be handing the set down to my daughter soon. i will look on the website for replacement parts but do you have one that you are satisfied with?
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If you are looking for replacement parts for Saladmaster cookware, here's the phone number for them. You need to call and talk to their customer service. Call 1-800-765-5795
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I'm guessing that when a set of this cookware is for sale on eBay that it is 1. used; 2. being sold by the surviving spouse of a great cook; and 3. probably sells for less than retail.
Saladmaster Waterless Cookware sounds like a great product that is, nevertheless, overpriced. But I guess it's whatever the market will bear . . . right?
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Most items on ebay are used. Once in a while you will see a new item, usually not in the original box. But the price is still very high for these new item.
Saladmaster cookware is good, and USA made, but carries a high price. Some of the big sets on ebay right now with a lower price look very used.
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i found a youtube video that has this publish information almost word for word. is it your video?
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Yes, the video on this web site is the same one we posted on You Tube.
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Excellent read, I just passed this onto a colleague who was doing a little research on this topic.
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I love my salad master cooking ware,I know is expensive ,but if u think about ur health,time n taste of ur cooking is worth it.
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Saladmaster Ti 316 Titanium/Stainless Steel Cookware —
Way over priced, you can buy similar products for 1/3 of the price. I just bought a set from nutriply www.nutriply.com which is even better than saladmaster. Saladmaster team is not telling the truth, they have to lie to their customers to get a set sold by telling that 316 Ti is patented, this is a lie, you can’t patent a grade of metal, it is like if someone claims they have patented 14 K gold. Saladmaster is being dishonest to their own customer.
Doesn't Stick
They did a demo in my house and the food sticks to the bottom of the cookware. this is showing that the cookware design is not what they promise.
Heat Distribution
They don’t even understand the physic of evenly heat distribution. This is a lie too by telling the people that saladmaster sets are evenly distributing the heat because the bottom and the sides are the same thickness. There is no way for the heat to be distributed evenly because the heat on a stove top is coming from the bottom and not from the sides. This statement is ONLY correct if you use the cookware in the oven. I am just sorry for the people working for saladmaster, they have been brainwashed and trained to sell the lies.
Ease of Handling
They claim to have the best cookware on the market. This is a lie. The removable handles are horrible because there are cases where people burned them self. just imagine you are cooking a HOT SOUP, and your handles don’t click 100%, so you pick up the hot cookware from the stove top and what happens next ??? Please don’t have your children near the stove if you are using saladmaster sets.
Ease of Cleaning
Well if the food doesnt stick it is easy to clean but 80% of the time food sticks
Design
Nice and shiny for the first 1 or 2 uses. There is no design, just an overpriced cookware
Durability
The bottom of saladmaster cookware turn blue if you use a little bid more heat. of course it is recommended to use medium to low heat for the nutrition, but be honest to your self, we expect a +$5000 cookware to handle a little more heat than just a medium to low heat.
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I can't comment on what the Saladmaster Demonstration told the audience.
I did follow the link to Nutriply but found no pricing for their sets. They are another direct sales company that restricts any online selling. Since they are USA made the sets are probably pricey, but I don't know what the price range is. Health Craft is also USA made but can be purchased via the internet. CookwaresPlus sells them
I do have a couple of comments about food sticking and cleaning after use for any stainless steel pan.
1. Heat the pan before putting in the ingredients. It tends to stick less.
2. Always start with about medium heat, never high. Foods tend to stick more if the heat is too high.
3. After removing the food from the pan, put some hot water in the pan before it cools and let it sit for a while. It should clean right up.
4. Use a good stainless steel cleaner (like Bar Keeper's Friend) to clean the pan and it does help take away the "blue" tinge stainless steel pans tend to get.
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Nutriply looks like very good quality thanks for the suggestion. However the promo that the Saladmaster salesman had ended up being the exact same price as Nutriply and I don't have to ship.
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Hello,
i got my Nutriplt complete set 316 Ti - Mo Surgical Stainless steel cooking system and was amazed with the quality of the cookware. nutriply is really the most advanced cooking system but doesn't cost you $6500 like saladmaster. the nutriply complet set is only $2695 which comes with the big electric skillet. i really love my cookware. there think body and the mirror finish looks really good on my stove. i contacted nutriply and registered on their site within 24 hours i got a call, they explained everything to me over the phone and helped me with the financing, the complete set is only $83 per month. i love it. thank you
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hi,i was in the market for a new set of nice cookwares so I've been reading all the blogs and visiting all the sites people recommended, and i did visit Nutriply and they did a dinner presentation at my house for me and my guests and i have to say it was pretty amazing, so we ended up buying the complete set for a pretty reasonable price and and i couldn't be happier with it and my wife loves it and doesn't stop bragging about it. so just wanted to say thank you for introducing Nutriply to us.
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I bought my salad master 22 years ago. I absolutely love it, other than the handles and it is the only household item I still have after 22 years. It still works great and looks great. I am thinking about trading it for a new bigger set. Also love the bakeware! The investment was worth it.
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What is the difference between Saladmaster, Nutryply and Classica Gold?
Thanks.
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