is steel better than aluminum?
2007-03-29 15:26:19 · 13 answers · asked by truc1995 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Yes, it distributes the heat more evenly, with less scorching of food.
2007-03-29 15:34:51 · answer #1 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on what you're using it for. For cooking, we've recently discovered old fashioned cast iron . . . and love it! If the choice is between steel and aluminum, however, I'd use stainless steel. But since your question is under home and garden, maybe you just want to carry something in a pan, in which case aluminum will accomplish the same thing and be a lot lighter.
2007-03-29 15:31:17 · answer #2 · answered by worldinspector 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if today's aluminum cookware is improved or not. In the past we were told that aluminum releases poison into your food while it is being cooked.
I always preferred stainless steel cookware.
2007-03-29 15:47:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends. I use Iron Skillets. Our bodies need iron (See vitamin labels). The iron skillet provide the iron in cooking. BUT, they need seasoned and, you use three. One for meat, Fish and Onions as they can flavor. Never wash with soap, it cut you season, just wipe clean under a hot water, this why you have three!!!!
But, there are other opinions, this mine and I happy.
Ask one day about REAL silverware? Ha! It good to learn.
2007-03-29 15:33:42 · answer #4 · answered by Snaglefritz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on it's application and also what type of steel or aluminum alloy you are using.
What is the application ?
2007-03-29 15:48:45 · answer #5 · answered by dad 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. The best are stainless steel with a copper bottom layer.
2007-03-29 15:29:21 · answer #6 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what for, and on your strength. My mom, who's about 5'3" 100lbs uses some alu. pots for weight purposes, especially when full of water or oil for cooking.
High levels of alu. in the brain always occur with alzheimers (old timers, how ever you spell it) though, so cooking with it might not be the best idea, although the last I checked it was just correlation, not causation.
2007-03-29 15:30:12 · answer #7 · answered by brothergoosetg 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go old School cast Iron
2007-03-29 15:28:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
a cast iron pan can last you a hundred years . better heat conduction (for cooking) too .
2007-03-29 15:32:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aluminum is absorbed in the brain, it is also in anti-persprant and it is been proven that it is one of the causes of Alzheimer's Disease.
Please don't use Aluminum!
2007-03-29 15:29:15 · answer #10 · answered by HA! HA! HA! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋