Wanted – Home Cooks Searching for the Best Stainless Roasting Pan for Creating Their Holiday Meal
Do you love cooking a holiday meal for your family? There is nothing like the smell of the roast in the oven. But for creating a perfectly roasted turkey, you need the best roasting pan. There are a dizzying array of options when choosing a roasting pan. If you have the wrong roaster, you could end up with unevenly cooked meat, a pan so heavy you strain yourself lifting it out of the oven, and burnt gravy.
First, the size of the roasting pan matters. Ideally, your pan should fit in your oven and still leave 2 inches for air to circulate between it and the sides of the oven. In addition, you don’t want a pan so large that the juices from your average roast will have too much room to spread and will burn.
The material of your roasting pan is important. You want your pan to be light, sturdy and to conduct heat well. Aluminum conducts heat well, but it reacts badly to the acids in lemons and tomatoes which can affect the taste of your food. Stainless Steel in non-reactive and not too heavy or fragile, as stoneware can be. However, stainless steel is not a good conductor of heat. Therefore, I recommend a heavy stainless roasting pan layered with sheets of aluminum and/or copper. Your turkey roasting pan must also be able to stand up to high oven temperatures and the high direct heat of the stove top. You often will want to use your roaster on the stove top to sear the meat and also to make gravy after roasting. Some lightweight pans can buckle under high-heat conditions. The poorly made pans can also distribute heat unevenly and cause burning and scorching of your roast or gravy.
The construction of your pan matters also. You should look for a rectangular roasting pan with rounded sides. The rounded sides allow for easy removal of remaining bits for cleaning or use in your gravy. The best height for the sides of the pan is 2 1/2 inches to 3 inches. This is low enough for good air circulation when cooking, but high enough so that juices don’t spill while you are transporting your roast to the counter.Handles are also something important to consider. The worst handles fold down and make it very hard for you to grasp the pan with your hands in potholders. The best are riveted and stand straight up from the pan so that oven space is not wasted.
Look for extras to go with your pan such as a rack. Heavy meat forks are also indispensable at the moment you must transfer that large heavy bird or roast to your Serving Platter.
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Bethany Payne has a passion is for the best tools to create a great holiday meal for family. Visit her page for more info and recommendations for the best stainless roasting pan.
How do you get scalded milk off the bottom of a stainless pan without scrubbing ALL day?
just left it unattended for a min. to rescue the cat from the 2 yr old, darn-it!
You could try letting it soak with a little water and a fabric softener sheet. Or you could try boiling it on the stove, just water and dish soap for a while and then scrubbing. Sometimes the tines of a fork make a good scrubber on stainless steel.
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