Stainless Steel vs Aluminum Cookware: Which Is Better For You?

[@emanuelebresciani6281]

Great informative video. One thing I would like to point out: as you mentioned briefly it in the video, aluminium pans are more reactive. So, it's important to know that if you cook something that needs a fast and dynamic control of the heating, stainless steel isn't the best choice. Case in point, I'm Italian and when you cook pasta, and you're going to add some cheese after finishing your dish on the stove, you NEED the pan to cool down quickly after you remove it from the fire - otherwise the cheese isn't going to melt properly. Aluminium is excellent in that - stainless steel will retain the heat too much.

[@bohemiansusan2897]

Only aluminum I can justify is a noodle pot that is brass colored and it's what is widely available in Korean stores. I think about one now and then but it's about nostalgia rather than practicality. I don't have much kitchen and so most need to do double duty. I recently upgraded my warped and trashed baking pans to stainless steel. I love them and find joy in using them. Took a while of being very patient and waiting for sales to do it but I have everything except muffin pans. My grandson his kids will enjoy my cookware after I'm gone.

[@saintrude]

I have one aluminum pot with a handle similar to the one in your photo at the beginning. I bought it years ago at Gordon Foods and I still love it. I haven't had problems cleaning it, but I think it is quite a high-quality pan. Not long after I bought it, I went back to Gordon's to buy a big frying pan I had seen, but it was gone and everything they had was of much lower quality. One thing, you have to be careful to not put aluminum in the dishwasher. For basic frying, I use the stainless-steel pans. Years ago, I won an all-clad fry pan from Michael and Michael's Home Cooking. That is still my go-to pan for almost all frying that doesn't require non-stick. Anyway, I'm glad I watched this because I didn't know about how some foods react to aluminum. If I ever find a good aluminum fry pan, I'll be careful. No clue what that is lol

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks for watching and sharing your insights! And yes, dishwasher can be a no-no for aluminum. Cheers!

[@theangrycheeto]

Thank you for all the information. As any parrot owner will know, finding non-toxic cookware that doesn't use non-stick coatings can be a challenge. Super helpful, sounds like stainless steel may be the better choice for me!

[@IWantToCook]

Glad to hear and I agree: stainless steel is likely the way better bet. Thanks for watching and happy cooking!

[@snort455]

I have an aluminum omelette pan. But aluminum for eggs is “gross”.

[@j.d.1488]

Now all I need to do is have my stubborn wife watch it. Lol Tryed telling her about tomatoe sauce being acidic and cooking tomatoe sauce in a aluminum pot. It was more like a get out of my kitchen lol. Great video my my and very cool channel.

[@IWantToCook]

Thank you very much for watching and the kind words! Happy cooking 😀

[@nutsonice8923]

this has been very informative, thank you!

[@IWantToCook]

Glad to hear. Thanks for watching and happy cooking! 🙏

[@L.Spencer]

I couldn't wait to find out what it was so I took a screen shot and googled it. I would have never guessed!

[@IWantToCook]

Wild-looking fruit, eh?!

[@L.Spencer]

@@IWantToCook I meant today's mystery tool but last week I did look up litchi and realized that wasn't one of those, but close. 😂

[@fhoofe3245]

you're not going to mention the teflon poisoning of microplastics?

[@IWantToCook]

I think you just did. And using metal cookware such as SS or aluminum is an easy way to avoid that. Thanks and happy cooking! 👍

[@wraynephew6838]

Most quality Aluminum pans (Non stick variety) will work on induction ranges. If an aluminum pan is turning black over time; that means that the heat is too hot for the pan to handle. Nonstick aluminum is far better to use when cooking items like fish or eggs.

[@Outlawtv76]

thanks you explained this great

[@IWantToCook]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching and happy cooking 👍

[@TinaLy-gf3bh]

Can you teach ús about knifes. Thanks. Chef

[@IWantToCook]

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[@Phlegethon]

Aluminum for stock pots maybe

[@postholedigger8726]

An amateur cook, like myself, might use a frying pan for 1/2 to one hour a day. turning the food in the pan with a utensil. A time savings of a few minutes on each meal waiting for a pan to heat up or reaching for a cooking utensil is rarely an issue for an amateur cook. Professionals cook under a completely different set of rules. A professional needs to get a meal out as quickly as possible or they will be fired. A professional cook is using a frying pan 10 hours a day under extreme time constraints. The advantages of rapid heating, more even heat distribution and being able to more easily flip food in the pan without utensils saves a little time on each meal that adds up over a 10 hour shift. A lighter pan also helps prevent health issues like carpel tunnel syndrome and tendinitis caused from manipulating a heavy pan all day every day. This makes lighter aluminum pans a more desirable choice for a professional cook The negatives of aluminum make it a bad choice for an amateur cook who isn't confronted with the time constraints a professional must work under. I personally do not cook anything I eat in aluminum.

[@IWantToCook]

All great points. Cheers!

[@jeniselamarbrown]

i've heard that aluminum cookware is toxic? can you clarify?

[@IWantToCook]

As with all things, you'll have to research and weigh whether the findings satisfy your own needs and expectations. For what it's worth, here is a statement from the CDC: "Eating large amounts of processed food containing aluminum additives or frequently cooking acidic foods in aluminum pots may expose a person to higher levels of aluminum than a person who generally consumes unprocessed foods and uses pots made of other materials (e.g., stainless steel or glass). However, aluminum levels found in processed foods and foods cooked in aluminum pots are generally considered to be safe." You can find the full report here: wwwn.cdc.gov/tsp/phs/phs.aspx?phsid=1076&toxid=34

[@ThatAnimeChick]

It is true. Aluminum comes off it with time and goes into the blood. To put it plainly, It can kill ya. Aluminum toxicity in the blood is one, it can get to the brain and give you a number of brain sickness like MS or even Alzheimer's.

[@ElmerSolis-wn7js]

​@@IWantToCookaluminum is toxic those chiled swim in aluminum discharge are all sick and some kritical you fool

[@Thanatos--]

I've never actually used bare aluminum. I don't think I'm going to start. And my gadget guess is a kiwi segmenter, or something like that...

[@laujeanne]

Darn - comment two got it! The tool is used to cut and remove the flesh of a kiwi.

[@thebigmann81]

What kind of scrubbers do you use on those pans?

[@IWantToCook]

I use a sponge with soft yellow/coarser green sides for most tasks. For stuck-on, cruddy messes I go with a stainless steel scrubber made specifically for pans, along with a powder cleanser like Barkeepers Friend or Kleen King.

[@huaweialuminumcircle4133]

I think anodized aluminum cookware is better, there is no risk of aluminum poisoning, sincere advice. Huawei Aluminum provides raw materials for anodized aluminum cookware - anodized aluminum circle

[@integralsun]

All i had to hear is that aluminum is reactive to the chemicals in the food it's heating. Just don't want that chemistry going on with food I'm ingesting. Thank you for this post. I hit the thumbs up and subscribed.

[@IWantToCook]

Thanks so much! 🙏

[@shootingstarz6978]

Agreed. You can't cook tomatoes in them

[@ratvomit874]

Fun fact: you might actually be getting some of your dietary iron from your pots! Apparently some time back a charity group was researching a curious case of people living in a less fortunate area developing anemia after switching to stainless steel pots. When they dug deeper what they found was that those people really should have had anemia all along based on their diet, except they had been cooking in cast iron pots which corroded ever so slightly during use. In a sense they were literally eating their pot! Obviously that didn't happen with stainless steel since it refuses to corrode. So the charity group asked the local foundry to make cast iron fish ingots for the people to throw into their food for the same effect. Done! No more anemia.

[@ShaferHart]

​​​@@ratvomit874sounds like those "less fortunate" people were just fine before that charity group _used them_ to justify their existence and the cash they were receiving from their donors. They didn't need to have anemia all along (what a way to justify an f up), they were just fine their digestive system had the appropriate defense for their way of life.

[@hhjhj393]

Couldn't aluminum just be seasoned like cast iron?

[@IWantToCook]

While I've never done this, I would think that yes, given the more porous nature of aluminum cookware, this could be done. Do note that the seasoning would likely be lessened or nullified if the pan is washed with certain soaps or put in the dishwasher. If you try it, pls post an update!

[@coverkosong7309]

Plenty of rambutan in Malaysia

[@VLEYR]

Is dangerous to use aluminum?

[@IWantToCook]

As with all things, you'll have to research and weigh whether the findings satisfy your own needs and expectations. For what it's worth, here is a statement from the CDC: "Eating large amounts of processed food containing aluminum additives or frequently cooking acidic foods in aluminum pots may expose a person to higher levels of aluminum than a person who generally consumes unprocessed foods and uses pots made of other materials (e.g., stainless steel or glass). However, aluminum levels found in processed foods and foods cooked in aluminum pots are generally considered to be safe." You can find the full report here: wwwn.cdc.gov/tsp/phs/phs.aspx?phsid=1076&toxid=34

[@VLEYR]

@@IWantToCook Thanks 🙏

[@vachina14]

I was also thinking of this, if aluminum has an impact to my health, just realizing it, twas 3years using aluminum cooking ware. I used to cook fried chicken and soups.

[@heyjoe1581]

Well aluminum is not intended to be used to sear things 😅

[@Imagodfollower]

I like stainless steell better i have no clue what they are

[@thebigmann81]

All Stainless steel is not the same,they are not 100% Stainless steel which many don't realize. What is the core made of 🤔 Get the copper core over the aluminum core

[@korey8706]

Avocado corer

[@onepanman9852]

Its a kiwi slicer Matt

[@spikefivefivefive]

The one that is better for me is the one that wasn't made in China.

[@AverageReviewsYT]

Throw everything you own away.. 99% of everything you own is made in China.. brilliant people.. 😆😆

[@justmythoughts2786]

All of them are probably made in China made in America only means assembled in America only things American made are nfl footballs baseball bats and toothpicks … everything else has Chinese parts

[@amirhamza7610]

Why so hate for China?

[@drrb4ever]

You only get the ones from business owners that want to make profit

[@earth2k66]

​@@amirhamza7610 Not hate, Chinese cookware are toxic junk, especially the cheap ones.

[@andrewoverton5246]

i personally hate stainless steel it costs a fortune to keep energy bills by using it, down like gas electric i dont have induction and do not like glass topped cookers.so for me good old aluminium is far better costs less to buy and run and less heats up quick .if you know how to season and clean aluminium it is perfectly safe.and on a last note my gran was 97 years old when she died no dementia or alzheimers disease like some silly cooks keep preaching saying aluminium is not safe it certainly is. You cannot beat old club heavy aluminium and swan and pyramid crown merton and many more which can last a lifetime like stainless steel lasts but is overarated pricey .

[@VaporTrailMix]

CON: Stainless steel more expensive than Aluminum PRO: You get what you pay for 😆

[@antreb15]

Not 'aloominum'. It's Aluminium. 'nium'.

[@hhjhj393]

It's both. Both are fine.