Should we buy new saucepans?

[RavenousBabyButterfly]

I think we should. Our current ones are about 25 years old from M&S, cost about £70 for the set so I'm more than happy that we've had our money's worth from them. The bases of the pans have corroded leaving razor sharp edges on the bottom. Probably 25 years of being put through the dishwasher. I've tried to attach a picture.

We can very easily afford new pans, this is not a question of doing without something else in order to get them. DH is adamant that as they are still functional we should keep them and just file off the sharp edges. He thinks that buying new ones would be a waste of money.

So WIBU to buy new ones? He's so sure he's right that he told me to post this

KissingInTheRain it did sound bitchy tbh

Querty

Yes, I suppose it did.

Is he the boss of your household?

Does he do the majority of the cooking?

Is he actually going to file them down or might you seriously hurt yourself someday because he just never got around to it?

I have a set of saucepans that I bought from Argos for something like £20, 20 years ago. I’d like to get some new ones but I won’t, because they’re still going strong, so I kind of see where he’s coming from. But I think he is being very unreasonable.

BarbaraofSeville

I have a Scoville NeverStick large frying pan and a smaller saute pan w/glass lid (also from Asda) and I agree with you, they're brilliant :)
It's the same manufacturer/coating as the more-expensive EasyGlide brand that John Lewis sell (or did, the last time I looked)

I have 4 stainless steel saucepans- made by Prestige - that I bought in 1990 and still going very strong, They'll outlive me I reckon, and were definitely worth the initial investment.

Maria. I think you might have attached the wrong photo with the ‘enormous inherited dresser’.

I LOVE free standing units or original features like your other one but sadly this kitchen just isn’t suited to it.

What’s your sink in/on?

I’ve taken SO long to replace my kitchen because I know what I want, but it doesn’t work in this house so I need to find something to settle on.

Then hopefully sell & buy somewhere with a kitchen that suits that style. Sigh.

When I’ve put the kitchen in I’ll need some new pans. I need some that are great on induction hobs and aren’t heavy (I’m having issues with lifting things).

Any suggestions?

Oh & ASAP I need a small milk pan that boils milk very quickly that work on both electric & induction.

Oh and they ALL need to be dishwasher safe and preferably oven friendly.

You could inflict some serious damage to your DH with those lethal pans.

If he's not careful.

I was forever tightening handles on old saucepans. Was in TK Maxx and saw some lovely new pans, bought a set and never looked back. I was silly to put up with the old ones for way too long

I bet you could get some decent second hand stainless steel pans, possibly from older people who no longer need them, would that help if the issue is that he is concerned about the environmental impact?

For curry I love my Castey. Was a wedding gift but money no object all of my casserole dishes and frying pan would be replaced by them.

Seriously this is a aibu post!
Erm... well, if they are corroding I think you are reasonable buying some new pans, what a stupid question

Small milk pan, ecologically sound: www.amazon.co.uk/Riess-Classic-Household-Articles-Diameter-16/dp/B001727KBC/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?s=gateway&keywords=riess+milk+pan&tag=mumsnetforu03-21&qid=1554704981&sr=8-14

My point is that all my kitchen cupboards were FREE

Presumably you paid for the house the built in cupboards were built in and it's pretty obvious not everyone has an old inherited dresser to repurpose.
If I'm honest it looks impractical, give me a pan drawer any day.
My pan collection has all been built up over the last 18 years from the reduced section in TK Maxx bar one which was from Lakeland also reduced. I think the most expensive was £14.99, they seem fine.

My mother had pan drawers and they weren’t practical at all. So heavy and wide.

I have pan drawers in my kitchen and I think they're brilliant. They're exactly the same width as all the other drawers and cupboards - Ikea standard 60 cm width and they glide in and out with ease.

Sorry but the pans in the dresser thing looks ridiculous.

I think with a lot of household goods, obviously you want to avoid the real bottom end if you can, but there's a certain level where the quality is perfectly decent enough to be durable and easy to use, and beyond that, I'm not sure what you're paying for really.

All the pans we have have been about £10-30 each either Tefal or Ikea and have lasted 10 - 20 years of almost daily use so far. Don't see how you need to pay £200 or £350 for 3 pans without lids to get decent quality for the average home cook.

IncrediblySadToo get your induction hob saucepans from IKEA. I've had mine for years and they're brilliant.

My mother had pan drawers and they weren’t practical at all. So heavy and wide.

Mine are wider than a regular cupboard but to me that's a plus as there's no need to stack anything. They're not heavy to open they slide as any other drawer would. I love them my most used pans are right under the hob. No more getting down on hands and knees ferreting about in a cupboard or elaborating stacking systems to fit everything in.

I would LOVE Pan drawers for all kinds if things they’re SO much better than cupboards. Sadly can’t have them in this small, awkward kitchen 🙁

Thanks llangennith I’ll have a look at those.

Maria thank you for your link too.

One of the reasons I didn’t find my mother’s pan drawers practical was that not all her pans fitted in them. So some had to be kept in the pantry. I find it most practical to have all items in one category in a single place.

YANBU, if you do the cooking OP, then you get to say what pans you use to do it. Since you've had the original ones quite a long time there's nothing wrong with replacing them, especially if the newness has now worn off If the bottoms are rough or sharp they might be damaging your cooker top as well?

And if you do replace your pans for health & safety reasons, perhaps don't put the new ones in the dishwasher... Ours get hand washed asap after use, they are also an M&S range that we've had for some 22 odd years and they are still OK, don't have lethal edges anywhere and the majority of their non-stick finish.

(Oddly enough we've had a few changes of frying pan since then - they weren't part of the saucepan set - then bought two of the Tefal Red Spot ones which are going strong; we use the big one more frequently than the little one but they are both great.)

Don't see how you need to pay £200 or £350 for 3 pans without lids to get decent quality for the average home cook.

That’s not that expensive though, really good pans can be £300-£1000+ each.

Agree that handwashing with very hot water, soap and a copper cloth is the best way to take care of saucepans, though you don’t need to do this every time. A soak in hot water and bicarbonate of soda gets rid of calcium deposits.

Exactly the same situation ourselves! Pans about the same age and they are high-quality, but the last few years they've been dishwashered and it's done this to the bottom.

I'd say it comes down to whether you think you can be careful. (I mean you have knives that are just as sharp.) We've already had one accidental cut from ours, any more incidents and I think we'd have to replace.

Good pans don't have have to be expensive, like a few others have mentioned, I got some some Jamie Oliver pans when I got married 15 years ago and they are still like new (and I cook a lot!)