Best Frying Pan for 50 quid?

[Slowboathome]

Just book a Tower pan but not happy with it as the oil ends up around the outside of the cooking surface (this seems to be part of the design rather than a problem with this specific pan).

What's the best frying pan for 50 quid?

[sociopath]

I'd like to know this too, as I bought an expensive pan and it's warped so the middle is higher than the edges. Makes cooking pancakes and omlettes a right pain in the proverbial

[anonymous-user]

I highly recommend the Tefal 32cm Unlimited On pan. Titanium coating so lasts a very long time. £55 on amazon.

[here_we_go]

I like the tramontina professional pans

https://amzn.eu/d/cT7i2ww

[Muppet007]

Procook tend to be good value.

[22s]

https://www.procook.co.uk/shop/cookware/frying-pan...

Ditto on Procook. I have 3 of these in different sizes. They're good. Non-stick lasts around 3 years with regular use.

[number2]

Muppet007 said:

Procook tend to be good value.

I agree, great quality too, putting price to one side.

As an example, they beat Le Creuset hands down - Le Creuset can only rarely *deliver* a pan that isn't warped. When they do, they don't stay that way for long, even when looked after.

I've a selection of the pro cook triply stainless frying pans and stockpots and love them.

When my le creuset non-stick are beyond redemption I'm back to pro cook.

I also had a large tefal non stick frying pan - hot spot version - for many years and rated that highly too.

[ZedLeg]

I’ve stopped getting non stick pan, carbon steel pans from nesbits and keep them seasoned.

[number2]

ZedLeg said:

I’ve stopped getting non stick pan, carbon steel pans from nesbits and keep them seasoned.

Good shout on Nisbets too.

I'm looking to get some carbon steel pans for cooking outside, I'll check them out.

Worth trying stainless pans as well. As long as you heat them up first they're quite easy to cook with. Not as fire-and-forget as non-stick but I find the heat distribution fantastic as well as their ability to actually get hot! No seasoning required.

Similar traits to carbon steel I think.

[Gary C]

I was given a cast iron frying pan last year.

After a few months of using and only wiping it clean (no detergent, only water), its non-stick function is pretty good and it just refuses to warp at all (as you would expect)

Not as easy to use as a brand new non-stick, but I bet it will outlast all the others I have used.

Not tried to fry an egg in it yet, but it did do the pancakes.

[Slowboathome]

Thanks very much for all the suggestions.

I've been to the local Nisbets and bought a stainless steel one,

Cheers.

[Cotty]

Gary C said:

I was given a cast iron frying pan last year.

After a few months of using and only wiping it clean (no detergent, only water), its non-stick function is pretty good and it just refuses to warp at all (as you would expect)

Not as easy to use as a brand new non-stick, but I bet it will outlast all the others I have used.

Not tried to fry an egg in it yet, but it did do the pancakes.

I have two Lodge cast iron skillets and their factory seasoning is pretty good straight out of the box. I have done fried eggs in mine with no sticking.

[Gary C]

Cotty said:

Gary C said:

I was given a cast iron frying pan last year.

After a few months of using and only wiping it clean (no detergent, only water), its non-stick function is pretty good and it just refuses to warp at all (as you would expect)

Not as easy to use as a brand new non-stick, but I bet it will outlast all the others I have used.

Not tried to fry an egg in it yet, but it did do the pancakes.

I have two Lodge cast iron skillets and their factory seasoning is pretty good straight out of the box. I have done fried eggs in mine with no sticking.

Mine had been put in a dishwasher by the previous owner who couldn't get on with it (not surprisingly)

[Dr G]

After getting narked with similar-budget non-sticks (Tefal, John Lewis, Tesco finest) barely lasting a year I halved my budget and bought Amazon's finest cheapo:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07F48LLBM?psc=1&r...

Couple of months in no signs of warping, non-stick performance at least as good as those at double the money. Can't comment on durability yet but at 20 quid I care a lot less.

[Rufus Stone]

I have a couple of Circulon frying pans. They look pretty too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166025790338?epid=20057...

[QJumper]

Circulon pans are great, all of mine are Circulon and still going strong 20 years later.

Must admit I prefer straight sided saute pans to frying pans though.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

What about saute pans with lid for induction? I mean really work well with induction not just gets detected by the hob?

We had the expensive Tefal removable handle set and thought it was ok but always wondered why I had to crank it right up to do anything, simmer needed like a 7 on the hob

Tried some IKEA stainless ones with the glass lids and they are amazing ok not non stick but I can boil on 5 now

They dong do a saute with a lid though

[Seventyseven7]

number2 said:

Muppet007 said:

Procook tend to be good value.

I agree, great quality too, putting price to one side.

As an example, they beat Le Creuset hands down - Le Creuset can only rarely *deliver* a pan that isn't warped. When they do, they don't stay that way for long, even when looked after.

I've a selection of the pro cook triply stainless frying pans and stockpots and love them.

When my le creuset non-stick are beyond redemption I'm back to pro cook.

I also had a large tefal non stick frying pan - hot spot version - for many years and rated that highly too.

They have a 10 year guarantee or maybe even longer. After 3 years one of my pans lost it’s none stick, so I emailed them. Few weeks later a brand new one turned up. (I actually read on here about emailing them for a replacement so just highlighting it again)