A family member has asked for a stainless steel frying pan for Christmas. I checked out Briscoes but they all have metal handles. Anyone know if they get super hot during cooking or is it not an issue?

[–] catsdoingcatstuff 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We have a metal all-clad pan that I really like. It's going on 10+ years of service. The handle doesn't get hot where you are supposed to grip it as long as the burner is the right size for the pan base. I've never needed to use a mitt or towel except for taking it out of the oven.

It will get warmer if your flame is coming over the sides when the burner is too big. It's also hot where it joins the pan, but I don't grab it there. :)

The heat conduction might depend on the brand, too. All-clad and de buyer are pretty heavy duty pans.

[–] Dave 2 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip! I ended up getting a scanpan one from Briscoes. Hopefully it does the job!

Most of them seem to have thin attachment points and a reasonably thin handle which I presume is to help with heat dissipation so it makes sense it is hotter towards the pan but cool at the other end.

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