French skillets can also have non-stick coatings like frying pans, but this is less common due to their straight edges.

    Enamel cookware sets are known for their ability to evenly distribute heat, which is essential for perfectly cooked meals.  The enamel coating also prevents food from sticking, making it ideal for cooking delicate dishes like eggs and fish.  Additionally, the non-reactive nature of enamel cookware ensures that it does not impart any unwanted flavors to your food, making it a safe and reliable choice for cooking a variety of recipes.

They're obviously more expensive than other non-stick pans, but they last longer. So if you're looking for a frying pan that will last you a long time, get a hard-anodized one.

Cast Iron Cooking Plate

Cast Iron Dutch Oven Cooking

Carbon steel pans are just as suitable for high heat cooking as cast iron, but with a lighter, less bulky profile. Here are some distinct advantages of using this pan.

History Of The French Skillet

The depth of a frypan is usually more shallow than that of a skillet. This makes it more suitable for cooking food like steak, chicken breast, or stir-fried veggies. Its shallow depth also makes it ideal for food that requires frequent flips like frittatas, pancakes, eggs, and fish.

Best for: Delicate proteins like fish and seafood, melting sugar, making candy, and sauces.

The details: Copper frying pans are expensive, but they offer superb heat conductivity. That means they heat up quickly and cool down just as fast, giving you more control when you’re making something you have to monitor closely, like a caramel sauce. “They’re at the opposite end of the spectrum from cast iron,” Nitahara says. “Because it heats up and cools down quickly, you can bring a sauce right to the brink, then remove it from the heat before it breaks from the high heat.”

French skillets are durable because they are all-clad stainless steel with an aluminum or copper interior.  Stainless steel resists corrosion, so the skillet will last longer with less risk of metal seeping into the meal.

If you still can’t seem to pick, however, we’d suggest our Multi-Material Frying Pan Set. This three-piece collection includes a Stainless Clad, a Non Stick, and a Carbon Steel Frying Pan, so you’ll have all of your bases covered—with room to grow.