Dubman What Is the point of a whole in middle. A ring donut yes. But not a roll.

As @BlainSA says, it’s so they can cook evenly - they’re so dense they’d never cook in the middle without the outside completely burning

      Cankles-McJeggings What frying pans are you currently recommending? Looking to renew soon. Tried so many and generally all seem to be wank on the coating front. All have 10 years of completely pointless warranty.

      I recently bought some from M&S which have a 25 year guarantee, lol (a wok too). I stack them in the drawer with grip mat in-between pans to make sure they don’t get scratched and never use a scourer. Only use plastic utensils on them too. 25 years is an insane guarantee so they better be fucking good. They’ll be going back if they fail for sure.

      https://www.marksandspencer.com/stainless-steel-2-piece-frying-pan-set/p/hbp60446387

          Old-Dutch
          That does make sense I must say. Dermo has completely put me off with his Elton John description.

            The first things that springs to mind when I think of pots and pans?

            Zackster.

            Old-Dutch

            We had some Scan pan, or scam pan as they became known , which had at the time a lifetime guarantee. They were comfortably the worst pans we’ve ever had. The coating was really shit and flaked off, wore out, blistered you name it. They did absolutely fucking everything they could to not grace the warranty trying to blame it all on us. This was all in and around 18months too. Net at the time was littered with the same. I now see they are also only 10 year. Jamie Oliver’s were also lifetime and they are now also ten years. The pro Oliver one’s aren’t actually that bad. I just keep the receipt safe and make sure they replace them which they do but it’s a ballacher. You’ll get 3 years max out of them no matter how careful you are.

              Yeah mate - every decent / expensive wok I’ve ever bought goes to shit after about a year, despite all the claims. The longest lasting one was actually a cheap one I bought for about £16 believe it or not. I got about 3 years out of it -lol

                Old-Dutch

                Yeh they just expect or hope you lose your receipt which I’m guessing is what most people do.
                There’s no way any of these fuckers would ever see a decade of serious use.

                  Old-Dutch

                  They look remarkably like the Oliver one’s we have haha. Probably all knocked up in the same factory in China. Different name, good to go. Apart from Oliver’s name on it means you pay triple the m and s price.

                    I’ve kept the warranty deets. And ordered online so it’s all there in my account.

                    “Can you point out to me where it says the warranty will be invalidated if I use the pans to beat my wife and kids around the head?”

                    Turns around to people behind in queue and rolls eyes

                    My parents bought some Worrall Thompson saucepans years ago which came with aluminium handles. couldn’t pick them up unless you had tea towel or you’d get third degree burns.

                      Dubman

                      Lol, they probably made them like that so that thieving cunt Worrall Thompson couldn’t steal them from any kitchens.

                          He was never charged with stealing from kitchens - it was only shoplisping.

                            Old-Dutch He was never charged with stealing from kitchens - it was only shoplisping.

                            Ordering thauthageths and cheetheburgerth?

                              Dubman
                              We’ve got some scoville never stick frying pans. There not expensive but I’ve been using them for about a year and nothing sticks.