Advice about Saladmaster [text deleted by MSE Forum Team]

maninthestreet

brainchild12 wrote: »

Hi guys,



Been reading your posts. And would love for you to share your experiences (good or bad) with our new forum. Its the Unofficial Saladmaster forum at www saladmaster. co. uk (type it all together by the way). We have only opened the site to the public recently and would be very grateful if you could take a minute to post something or even copy and paste the comment you left on here so that we can get more awareness about Saladmaster out there.
Many Thanks.


Tom
www. saladmaster. co. uk
(remember, type it all together, :-)

Who are 'we' ????
If you really are totally independent of Saladmaster, as you claim, then you are cyber squatting by using that domain name.

chomsky_2

Seriously? "I'm from the "Unofficial Saladmaster forum" is that like a fan club for people who are pots and pans enthusiasts? Because if it is that's so heartbreakingly tragic.

Tamsin_Temrin

Back when I was a lurker wasn't there a similar thread that got pulled?

Saladmaster make unjustifiable claims to sell pots and pans that are no different than many others on the market. If they were that good they would be sold in John Lewis. If they were that reputable they would be sold in Debenhams. As it is they bypass all reputable outlets and try hard sell to individuals.

To those giving praise in your first post - why aren't these pans also sold in mainstream outlets?

And is anyone running a sweep about how many praise posts are put on by people with just one post before this thread is pulled as well? I reckon at least 12, any other bids?

trumpton

I find it hard to believe that anyone would run a forum just about Saladmaster if they were not connected to the company. So far there are only two postings - both yesterday, both negative. In case they should strangely disappear from the Saladmaster forum, I have copied them here:

"I was walking through the Ilford shopping mall, and was stopped by a very pleasant lady wearing an apron. I gave her some details for her health questionaire and thought nothing of it. Then a few days later I get a call saying that I had magically 'won' a meal with them. I was a little sceptical as you would be, but agreed because the lady assured me that there would be no selling. No selling!!! My god, the lady that came, to start with, arrived late! Then wanted to do a health presentation!! I didnt want any of this and realised that I had made a mistake booking the meal in the first place.

Anyway, 2 and a half hours later!!! We got food (which wasn't that nice as the food came out a bit overdone!) And after a test where she was saying that my pots (which are not cheap!) were killing me and my family, I felt so embarassed, then she started talking prices!!! Over £4000 for the set she made me pick, even though I said that I wasn't interested, she started calling the manager as all sales people do, and just couldn't understand why we didnt want them!!

The night only finished and she left because my husband lost his temper (which he doesn't normally) and told her to stop pushing. I do believe that the product is very good, and we did get alot of information on health, but we just really did not like the 'no obligation presentation' approach! After that night. I done some research and found similar cookware for a lot cheaper. I dont know if this is there normal procedure for getting sales, but we definitley won't be getting another 'free' meal."

The second poster says they had a hard-sell visit of four hours, and gives a link to her friend's experience of the Saladmaster sales visit. A good account of what to expect if you have SEVERAL HOURS to spare for the saleswoman:

http://www.watkissonline.co.uk/wordpress/?p=1139

I will be checking the Saladmaster.co.uk forum from time to time to check for fake postings and the removal of negative posts.

PopeSock

Answer the door dressed as a supervillain, demanding that Saladmaster fight you otherwise you will destroy the city. You could call yourself Dr Gateaux or Lord Fry-up.

maninthestreet

PopeSock wrote: »

Answer the door dressed as a supervillain, demanding that Saladmaster fight you otherwise you will destroy the city. You could call yourself Dr Gateaux or Lord Fry-up.

..or Trans-Fat.

PopeSock

maninthestreet wrote: »

..or Trans-Fat.

The world's first morbidly obese gender-confused supervillain?

MaximRecoil

Tamsin_Temrin wrote: »

Back when I was a lurker wasn't there a similar thread that got pulled?

Saladmaster make unjustifiable claims to sell pots and pans that are no different than many others on the market. If they were that good they would be sold in John Lewis. If they were that reputable they would be sold in Debenhams. As it is they bypass all reputable outlets and try hard sell to individuals.

To those giving praise in your first post - why aren't these pans also sold in mainstream outlets?

You would have to ask Saladmaster. As far as I know, this has been their business model for at least 40 years, so I suppose that's just the way they prefer to do things. Tupperware had a similar business model for ages (not sold in stores); maybe they still do.

In any event, I'm not affiliated with Saladmaster in any way, other than having used their cookware for all of my life (the same set). My parents bought a set of their cookware in 1972 for $350. It came with quite a few items, including the oil-core electric skillet (which I still use daily to make breakfast, and sometimes burgers).

Their cookware is top quality; thick aluminum (the entire core of their pots and pans is thick aluminum, not just the base/bottom), covered by stainless steel. The handles are thick bakelite and very ergonomic; with a heavy gauge D-ring for hanging on a hook.

Some of the pots are stackable while cooking (like a double boiler), and they all have lids with the steam vent that allows for easy "waterless" cooking ("waterless" cooking could be done in any heavy pot, but the steam vent is a nice way to indicate how the heat intensity should be set).

By the time I became self-aware as a child (I was born in 1975), my mother had already been cooking with the Saladmaster set for 7 or 8 years. When I got older and left home, I managed to convince my mother to give me a few of the pots and pans (she was reluctant), and my grandmother gave me a few pieces as well because she had gotten too old and frail to easily lift the larger pieces (she bought a set at the same time that my parents did); so I have enough for most cooking purposes, and I still use them daily (they are almost 40 years old now).

In any event, they are heavy, very well constructed, and have a couple of little perks that most other brands of cookware don't have. Their current pots and pans are even heavier built than my 40-year-old ones (which are heavy in their own right), and they use a better grade of stainless steel now too (316Ti currently compared to 18-8 in my old pans). I would put their pots and pans against any other SS-clad aluminum pans on the market; I don't know of any that are better, and most don't compare.

However, they are highly overpriced (they were overpriced 40 years ago, and I believe they are even more so now), and the whole "health benefits" thing is just a bunch of hot air. I would never pay anything near retail prices for their stuff. Even though their quality is top notch, even top notch quality shouldn't cost that much. They are just pots and pans, not jet engines.

The reason I posted is that a few people on this thread suggested that their products are junk, which could not be further from the truth. The people saying that Saladmaster is overpriced and that they make ridiculous claims, are spot-on in my opinion however.

If you find some cheap at a yardsale or auction, be sure to grab them. Their lifetime warranty applies whether you are the original owner or not, so you can't go wrong; unless they are warped from abuse; i.e., dunking a piping hot skillet into a pan of cold dishwater; they don't cover that. Warped pans still work, but they are far from ideal.

CHR15

You do realise this is a UK based forum frequented almost entirely by UK people.

About 90% of American visitors join up simply to drag up old posts to spam a product which has taken a pasting on MSE.

Can you use these pots and pans to cook the following ingredients:

chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added,
salt,
water,
modified potato starch as a binder,
sodium nitrite as a preservative

MaximRecoil

CHR15 wrote: »

You do realise this is a UK based forum frequented almost entirely by UK people.

What of it?

About 90% of American visitors join up simply to drag up old posts to spam a product which has taken a pasting on MSE.

Again, what of it? If you are suggesting that my post is "spam", then you don't read so well and/or you don't know what "spam" is.

Can you use these pots and pans to cook the following ingredients:

chopped pork shoulder meat with ham meat added,
salt,
water,
modified [] as a binder,
[] as a preservative

Where you come from; are puns considered clever?