ok one more...(sounds like i'm at the pub)...how many pots and pans does one need in a kitchen....?

Answer 1

2, 4, 6 quart pots, sautee pans, dutch oven, good skillets that can go in the oven, roasting pan...if you cook like I do you need many. If you don't cook that often you can get away with a boxed set I guess. I like my Cuisinart stainless set and have bought lots of others that match.

Answer 2

Depends on how much you cook, but in general--
1 fry pan, 1 small pot, 1 medium pot, 1 large pot, and a roaster pan (for the oven) can get most kitchens started off right.

Answer 3

I have 4 pots and not enough pans , it always seems like I keep running out so I am going to say maybe 6

Answer 4

Actually, none are NEEDED, if one has another way to cook for oneself. Many use the oven, broiler, barbecue, microwave, etc.

If one person lives alone, or with a very young child, that person can survive on one pot and one pan.

However, if this is a couple/family, or roommates, you may want to have at least: one small and one large pot, one small and one large pan, perhaps a saute pan, and a sauce pot.

Answer 5

Well it depends on how much cooking you do, I suppose. I like to cook so I'd say two different sizes of sauce pans, a small skillet and a large skillet, and a big stock pot. That's only four, and that works for me, but some people prefer more variety.

Answer 6

4 pots and 4 pans

Answer 7

You need just enough to make finding the right pot an impossibility amount the huge mess of metal that will come crashing down on you at any given moment.

Answer 8

depends on your family size. I have 2 sets of pots and pans plus extra skillets

Answer 9

1 frying pan, 1 small saucepan and 1 big saucepan
or 1 frying pan and a saucepan

Answer 10

one big one..for spaghetti, one lil one for sauces a big frying pan and one cast iron pot to whack your significant other in the head when they act the fool