Frieling Catering Lid Review

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Bought this one new from amazon and in less than two weeks the handle broke off while I was drying the lid. I am a culinary graduate and was engaged in fine dining, hotel kitchens, and catering for much of my working life. I have good knowledge of cookware. I leave the All-Clad with rivets and other fancy pants status pots and pans for those clients I knew with Architectural Digest kitchens who seldom cook but have drawers full of takeout menus. LA or NYC, Miami or Atlanta I've worked in and seen my share of wealthy foodies. For my needs as a professional and a home cook too, Sitram (and a few other cookware manufacturers) provide maximum bang for the buck for performance with easy clean-up.

This preface brings me to my disappointment to have bought a Sitram Catering 6.25 pot lid only to have the handle break after two weeks while I was casually drying the lid. Some of my older Sitram Catering lids (and pots) are still going strong after decades. The spot welds on the new lid were suspect when I received it from amazon, but I went ahead with expectations that it would hold-up nonetheless. I suppose one bad piece from Sitram from all of the Sitram pieces I've owned isn't so bad. My older Sitram lids upon close inspection do indeed have more robust welds, and many pieces have several spot welds on each attachment area. I wonder if Sitram quality control sliding, if breakage of Sitram lids is increasing? The French make many fine cookware products, not just with the French name but still manufactured in France not China or other off-shored labor locales. I hope my defective Sitram lid was an anomaly, but having seen quality control sliding in many products regardless of place of manufacture, I'm skeptical but hopeful if I order a replacement lid that it will hold-up long term like my past five star rated Sitram purchases.

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Simple, but very effective. Small steam vent prevents lid from jumping/rattling while simmering. Just add a few "real corks" under handle or you'll always need to use a towel/oven mitt as the handle will be hot. Both the lid and the cork have had no problems being run through the dishwasher.

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Some reviewers say the lid is too thin. I agree it is light, but it fits fine. The metal of mine is 0.5 mm (0.02 inch) thick. It is thinner than many of my lids, maybe all, but I think it's enough. In contrast, the handle is made of rod that is 1 cm (0.4 inch) thick! Who could complain that's too light!

Secret decoder ring: The sauce pan is marked "24C" and the lid is marked "24". The inside diameter of the pan measures 24 cm, and the lid fits snugly inside that just fine. I had been wondering why Amazon tells us that the lid is "9.5 inches". It makes sense in centimeters.

Dick

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Plan to use this lid for my Sitram Catering pan but it looks like it would work on other items as well. Put it through the dishwasher a few times and no issues.

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Simple, but very effective. Small steam vent prevents lid from jumping/rattling while simmering. Just add a few "real corks" under handle or you'll always need to use a towel/oven mitt as the handle will be hot. Both the lid and the cork have had no problems being run through the dishwasher.