What pans do you need for an average family of 4?

If you've ever picked up the melted plastic handle of a frying pan or cleaned a stove after making a dish in a wobbly pan, you're ready to learn more about good cookware!

First, you need to invest in a good quality pan, made of the best material for your needs. After that, maintenance plays an important role. You should take good care of your cookware so that it lasts a long time.

What kind of pans?

Whatever type of pan you choose, it's nice and also important that they are sturdy. Thickness means that a pan won't dent, warp, or show hot spots (which cause food in a certain part of the pan to cook faster or burn before the rest is cooked).

Thinner material doesn't retain heat evenly. A deeper pan needs to retain heat along the entire side; a heavier pan is also more durable and more resistant to frequent use and washing.

The three basic pots that are an absolute must-have to start your collection: a saucepan of about two liters, a sauté pan/sauté pan of about 25cm and a soup pot of about 8 liters. They are suitable for almost any cooking task. If you buy them of high quality, you can use them for a very long time and enjoy them a lot.

There are so many different pans, some better than others. It is therefore difficult to determine which pan or pot you should go for. This depends on how you want to use it and what your preferences are. Do you want a basic pan? Or should it have a good look? What quality do you want? In the case of quality, you should in most cases look at the material, and how many 'layers' the pan has.

For an average family of 4, we recommend the following setup of 7 pans:

• 3x cooking pots (wok pan, small frying pan (20 cm), frying pan (24 or 26 cm)
• Soup pot
• Saucepan
• Sauté pan
• Cooking pot

With this, you will generally manage sufficiently! The best thing is; Cook and Pan has them all! Are you looking for quality and a good look? Look in our category Pans

If you have any further questions, please feel free to ask. We are more than happy to assist you with any questions regarding cookware.