Best brand for bakeware?

[Kewz1]

For all you bakers - pros and amateurs - which bakeware brand do you prefer?

Thanks!

 

[2goofycampers]

I've really gotten into the Copper Chef stuff lately. It gives me even baking and easy to clean.

 

[_19disnA]

I have a set of Calphalon cookie sheets and bakeware and really like them. With some brands you shouldn't put them in the dishwasher since it tends to damage the finish and then they start to rust. I always use parchment paper on the cookie sheets so the cookies bake more evenly and the pans stay new looking longer. Depends mostly on how you use them and how long you intend to keep them.

 

[marlynnp]

I have a mix of Calphalon non-stick and plain Nordic Ware aluminum. Neither go into the dishwasher. And I second using parchment paper.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

Calphalon - thumbs up

 

[MrsPete]

I have had a small bakery business since I was a teen, and I have more baking pans than anyone should be allowed to own:

- My NordicWare bundt pan is my go-to for quick family cakes. Bundt pans are quick and easy, and I usually don't use icing for everyday family cakes.
- I also keep three stacking Wilton 2" deep layer cake pans in my quick-to-reach drawer. They're my second-most-used pans.
- I bake cornbread in a Lodge cast iron skillet.
- I use Wilton pans for wedding cakes because their sides are straight (not angled so pans can stack) and because they're extra-deep, and for a wedding cake you want a TALL layer.
- Never silicone ... it gives you a weird outside edge.

 

[CallieMar]

I swear by USA Pan for cake pans. They have slightly ridged bottoms but this has never bothered me and I've never had anything stick in them.

I love restaurant supply stores if you have easy access to one. I bought my heavy duty cookie sheets there (Vollrath, made in USA) and a tart pan made in France that I am pretty sure is the same one sold by Williams Sonoma, for a fraction of the price.

 

[Kewz1]

Thank you all for your advice!!

 

[cabanafrau]

I added some Analon baking sheets a couple years ago when I needed to replace some that were worn out and I've really liked them.

 

[aprilchem]

I second USA Pans. Heavy duty, bakes really well, and made in the US.