Hello - new to the forum. I'm in the market for new cookware - the stainless steel set I received as a wedding gift 33 years ago is finally due to be replaced. I'm used to cooking with stainless and love it so want to purchase the same.
I have a question about the glass lids on some of the cookware I've been seeing. I have an inexpensive, non-stick frying pan with a glass lid that I like very much. However, steam collects between the lid handle and the lid and it gets pretty funky sometimes. You really can't see it unless you look at the lid from the bottom through to the handle. I have to dissassemble it very often to clean it. There's also a stainless rim around the edge of the lid that isn't removable and I'm wondering if the same thing is happening under that.
I gave my son a 'Wolfgang Puck' saucepan with a glass lid as a gift and asked him to look under his lid for me - he did and said the same thing was happening to his.
Does anyone have any experience with the glass lids being problematic in this or any other way (besides breaking easier!) with the more expensive cookware? I'd hate to have to unscrew everything to clean them all the time. I like being able to see the food while it's cooking but I'll start looking at cookware with solid lids if this or anything else is an issue with them.
Thanks in advance.
I have a question about the glass lids on some of the cookware I've been seeing. I have an inexpensive, non-stick frying pan with a glass lid that I like very much. However, steam collects between the lid handle and the lid and it gets pretty funky sometimes. You really can't see it unless you look at the lid from the bottom through to the handle. I have to dissassemble it very often to clean it. There's also a stainless rim around the edge of the lid that isn't removable and I'm wondering if the same thing is happening under that.
I gave my son a 'Wolfgang Puck' saucepan with a glass lid as a gift and asked him to look under his lid for me - he did and said the same thing was happening to his.
Does anyone have any experience with the glass lids being problematic in this or any other way (besides breaking easier!) with the more expensive cookware? I'd hate to have to unscrew everything to clean them all the time. I like being able to see the food while it's cooking but I'll start looking at cookware with solid lids if this or anything else is an issue with them.
Thanks in advance.