Quality roasting and baking tins/trays?

Woofles

buxtonrabbitgreen wrote: »

I can't make any recommendations for roasting tims. I just buy any old cheap ones and they seem to last ok.
Baking tins though are another matter. The thickest non stick I can find.

I wish I could afford la Creuset.

I'm the same with roasting tins good old fashioned enamel

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Falcon-Enamel-20cm-Round-Roaster/dp/B001E3YSDM/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1254150077&sr=8-10

its not pretty and you wouldn't plonk it on your best table in front of your dinner guests but it scrubs up well is easy to clean and lasts forever, I have an oval one for chicken and a round for roasts.

Agree about bake ware, I have had few cheepos in the past, they usually end up mishaped and don't cook things evenly.

I wish I could lift le Creuset.:rotfl:

MrsE_2

HariboJunkie wrote: »

If money is no object then why worry about the price of the Le Creuset?

Its just a bit of fun

I'm not saying the Le Creuset aren't great or worth the money, I have no idea, I'm not that good a baker.

I'm just wondering what (for a bit of fun) what everyone would buy if money were no object, I didn't say I was buying them:rolleyes:

MrsE_2

Woofles wrote: »

I wish I could lift le Creuset.:rotfl:

I have a giant casserole dish, its a beast. But it comes up good as new no matter what I do to it:D
I'm going to buy the wok, I can give it the same punishment:D

I was gob smacked at £130 for a roasting tin though:eek:

Any MSEers own a £130 roasting tin?

Bitsy_Beans

I only use my Le Crueset for roasting my chicken on a Sunday or any other one pot meal. I don't actually own any other roasting tins apart from the basic one that came with the cooker LOL!!!
As for bakewear (for cakes) I do like Springform tins but again I don't have a massive collection, just a few for making cakes.
I'd love more silicon (sp?) that I've seen in Lakeland but then again I want EVERYTHING in Lakeland

natbags

I use the Analon ones. Thet arn't the cheapest although not le crueset prices and debenhams quite often have them on offer approx. £20 although depends on the size. Most of them seem to have rubber ish handles which don't melt. They can go directly on the heat and in the dishwasher. I have a couple of sizes and they have all outlasted anything else

valk_scot

I have a big oval Le Creuset roasting ashet that I found in a jumble sale for £1. As long as Le Creuset isn't actually damaged on the surface most burn marks scrub off using a little elbow grease and some of the specialist Le Creuset cleaner. It's definately the best roasting tin I've ever had as it holds the heat evenly, no hotspots, never buckles and it looks good. But argh, I'd never pay £130 for it. It's not that good!

HariboJunkie

MrsE wrote: »

Its just a bit of fun

I'm not saying the Le Creuset aren't great or worth the money, I have no idea, I'm not that good a baker.

I'm just wondering what (for a bit of fun) what everyone would buy if money were no object, I didn't say I was buying them:rolleyes:

oops. Sorry... I completely misread the post.

helyg

I wish I had realised how much I was going to fall in love with Le Creuset before I got married, as I would have put it top of my wedding list! Would have been much more useful than the huge Portmeirion dinner service I had, which is very beautiful but spends most of its life in a cupboard...

laurel7172

I bought most of my Le Creuset (a) 15-20 years ago and (b) in French hypermarkets so I didn't pay anything near as much. It used to be one of the no-brainers that you could save many times your ferry fare on-my set of five pans cost a quarter of what John Lewis was selling them for at the time.

The roasting tin (which I simply don't believe I would have parted with more than around £30 for) is good, but it's very, very heavy. Add a turkey and you'd better brace before you lift it. Having said which, it's the only one I own that I'd consider putting over a flame to make proper gravy. I have another heavy duty non stick pan the same depth and size that I use for deep traybakes etc, and despite costing less than £20, I'd say it's just as good for everything else. And it's generally nicer to use, because it's lighter and cleans more easily.

Patchwork_Quilt

For roasting tins, black enamel ones from ASDA

For baking, as someone else has said, the thickest non-stick I could get.

I'm afraid I don't like my Le Creuset casserole dish as much as my Judge stuff because it has stained so badly on the inside. It doesn't look very attractive and I can't seem to brown onions in it because they stick. Having said that, my Mum has had hers for about 20 years so they seem to last well