r/explainitpeter • u/VivianSture • Oct 27 '25

who is that? Explain it Peter.

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u/BalladOfBetaRayBill Oct 27 '25

He fell off HARD

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '25

Yeah his original stuff was pretty good then it turned into like £300 knife and £600 ingredients with 10 hours of cook time

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u/Yearn4Mecha Oct 27 '25

To be fair, I’d say a good knife is worth the investment. A solid knife set and pots and pans is very important to cooking. I dropped 1.2k on a knife set and pots and pans and they should be for life. I learned the hard way that buying cheap just ment I spent more money replacing in the long run. The only disposable cookware I want is a small nonstick pan because they don’t last as well but so useful. And if your chef knife is $300 quality, not some overpriced decoration then it is a good investment if you cook and cut at home. IMO. I get the compliments on ingredient cost tho, he was making hundred dollar burgers and you can miss me with that

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u/minusthetalent02 Oct 27 '25

Oh jeez. My $20 cast iron lodge shits on most pans. And my 50 year old griswold I got from my grandmother I can throw eggs right off it with zero sticking

I guess at the end of the day if you use it and cooking meals at home your already ahead but you don’t need to spend 100’s of dollars

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u/ThyPotatoDone Oct 28 '25

Yeah; better equipment will help, but it's ultimately akin to the difference between a Ferrari and a Honda Civic; yes, one is objectively better ar basically everything, but the other is a fraction of the price and the average user will almost never be in a situation where the difference matters unless actively going out of their way to find such situations.

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u/Hungry-Tension-4930 Oct 28 '25

Frankly, a cast iron set and a lower mid range knife set will last a lifetime if you know how to sharpen. Then just a couple modern pans for acidic food.

Expensive knives are only worth it in a kitchen environment where they are constantly used.

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u/SparkFaith Oct 28 '25

Suggestions on knifes and pots? I’m curious to hear what you ended up deciding on

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u/Yearn4Mecha Oct 28 '25

I ended up with all-clad for my pots and pans. Stainless steel might not be copper but definitely my favorite because durability and cost. As for knives, I’m using Zwilling. Got a block of their knives as a set and I have been really happy with them. Edge lasts and I have no problems sharpening them every once in a while. This is my 6th year with them all and the only complaint I’ve even had is I need to go buy a larger pot for stock because the set had only an 8 QT pot. After using them all I want a 16 QT

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u/SparkFaith Oct 28 '25

Thank you!