Ceramic pots - the dream of any mistress

Women love beautiful, comfortable dishes, so whenever possible try to update it. True, quite often in the store mistresses are lost, faced with a variety of modern dishes made with modern technology.

Recently, pots with ceramic coating are especially popular . Manufacturers guarantee their owners safety and non-sticking of food during cooking. Is this really so, or is it just an advertising trick? Let's understand.

In fact, the coating of pots, which we are now talking about, has nothing in common with ceramics in the conventional sense. In fact, "sol-gel technology" is used. As a result of the combination of chlorine with silicon, sand, stone and water, a coating appears that resembles a heat-resistant glass. It should be noted that there are no toxic substances in this ceramics.

Advantages of pans with non-stick coatings are numerous:

- heat resistance;

- lightness;

- lack of interaction of acids and alkalis in products;

- beautiful design - easy cleansing of leftovers.

Along with the positive characteristics of ceramic pans have some drawbacks:

- short service life (not more than one year);

- the formation of microcracks in connection with the temperature drop.

Ceramic pots are best purchased from well-known brands. Especially it would be desirable to allocate the well-known French company Staub which makes cast-iron pots and pans since the seventieth years of the last century. Its products are of great quality and impressive design. Well proven ceramic pots Belgian brand Berghoff, French Le Creuset, Korean Frybest.

Today, many housewives purchased multivarks and cook with them daily. The multivark is equipped with a Teflon-coated bowl. But often there is a need to purchase additional capacity. A ceramic pan for a multivark is the main competitor to its Teflon "sisters". It is more expensive, but, as the manufacturers assure, it guarantees safety for human health, unlike Teflon analogues. Change such a pan will have more than a bowl of Teflon-coated, due to a short period of operation.

The ceramic heat-resistant pot "Pumpkin" (France) is made of cast iron. It is not only distinguished by its excellent technical characteristics, but also by its inimitable design. True, it is worth the pleasure not cheap. For example, "Pumpkin" with a capacity of 0.35 liters will cost you 1506 rubles.

Ceramic pots are made not only from cast iron. They are made of steel, and even aluminum. They come in different volumes, which allows you to choose the appropriate option.

What should I look for when buying ceramic pans? The thickness of the walls is very important. In quality dishes, it must be at least 3 mm. In addition, the pan should have a multi-layered thick bottom. Thanks to these features, the "pot" effect is achieved - the food is cooked faster and warmed up throughout the volume. Pay attention to the pens knobs. The most practical ones are those that are the continuation of the hull.