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1. ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 (holly@social.v.st)'s status on Monday, 11-Sep-2023 22:46:09 JST ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵

   My partner has been getting bloody cuts from one of my pots.. and after a deep dive through the internet and my pots and pans drawer I've discovered that several premium brands of pots leave multi-ply edges un-welded. The result? After years of putting them in the dishwasher (which they claim to be rated for) the aluminum layer corrodes and recedes, leaving razor-sharp stainless edges sticking out. Here are some photos so you know what to look for when buying pots.

   • feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 22:24:46 JST feld

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     So many "premium cookware" brands are only "premium" in name and targeted towards the "look at me and my nice kitchen I never use" types of rich people who are ready to be swindled.
     
     Cast iron and stainless. Both are lifetime purchases.
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   • ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 (holly@social.v.st)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 22:24:48 JST ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵

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     Boosts of this thread are welcome. I'd like to help others not waste money on expensive pots that cause lacerations, and also shame these companies for cutting corners in a way that injures their customers. Except Spring! Good job Spring for, uh, welding those corners, and making a quality pot!

   • ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵 (holly@social.v.st)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Sep-2023 22:24:49 JST ⛵️holly 🇺🇸➡️🇯🇵

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     So what brands do this? Well, All Clad had a class action lawsuit against them for this, but they aren’t the only offenders. My pots with this problem are by Demeyere, J.A. Henkels, and Mauviel. The one pot I have that was done right is by a Swiss company called Spring, and is in their Brigade Premium line.