Brands
Who makes what, and what each one is good at
Most brands here are excellent at one thing and ordinary at the rest. These pages say which is which, what a range costs to keep running once its lids, gaskets and replacement blades are counted, and where the same foundry sells the same pan under three badges.
- WMF Germany Cromargan, and the dimensions printed beside it 11 products
- Tefal France Thermo-Signal, and the one line about induction you must read 10 products
- Amazon Basics United States The price floor, and where it stops being a bargain 7 products
- SHAN ZU China Sixty-seven layers, and a claim about how they were made 5 products
- Victorinox Switzerland Fibrox, and nothing you are paying for that you cannot see 5 products
- Silit Germany Crominox, measuring marks and a folding steamer 2 products
- HOSHANHO China Named carbon steels, and a rack for what they make 2 products
- WALDWERK Germany Photo-etched edges and a leather sleeve 7 products
- Moritz & Moritz Germany German knife steel and acacia, at the price below it 3 products
- BBQ-Toro Germany Cast iron by the kilo, with the dimensions attached 2 products
- FACKELMANN Germany PFAS-free ceramic, four settings and 270 °C (518 °F) 2 products
- SILBERTHAL Germany A hand guard included, and a three-layer base 2 products
- F. Dick Germany Two hardness figures, both published 2 products
- SANMEIHO China Powder steel and a published blade thickness 2 products
- SYOKAMI China Raised handles, on both blades 2 products
- Karcher Germany Cast aluminum, and a lid that is also a pan 2 products
- ZWILLING Germany Ice-hardened steel, strainer lids and a shear ground for either hand 3 products
- GSW Germany Twenty liters, and a base name that means something 2 products
- BURNHARD Germany 42 cm (16.5 in) of tong, and 30 cm (11.8 in) of pre-seasoned iron 1 product
- Winzbacher Germany A 39 cm (15.4 in) steel and a bowl set that names its alloy 1 product
- SHARPAL United States Monocrystalline diamond, and an angle you can set 2 products
- alpina Netherlands A wooden handle where it counts 1 product
- Kesper Germany FSC acacia, and a granite mortar with its weight published 2 products
- Blackmoor United Kingdom PFAS-free ceramic, and hand wash only 2 products
- PAUDIN China 5Cr15MoV, pakkawood, and a bevel that suits either hand 2 products
- Blumtal Germany Three sizes of board, and a bamboo one with a groove 2 products
- Fissler Germany A measuring scale inside the pan, and a part number on the seal 1 product
- RÖSLE Germany Forged blades and named grate materials 1 product