Great Cross Sell Idea for 12 Inch Skillet Excutive Cookware

[debswork]

I couldn't wait to get the Double Burner Griddle. I earned it last year (or the year before) during that promotion. I like it BUT...it is a slight pain in the butt trying to regulate the temperature. I just got the new Executive Griddle. LOVE IT!!! It doesn't have as much surface area as the DBG, but it cooks more evenly and I don't have to worry about burning my pancakes!

Do you have a gas or electric stove when using the double burner griddle. I was thinking about buying one.

 

[KellyTheChef]

Do you have a gas or electric stove when using the double burner griddle. I was thinking about buying one.

I have a gas stove, and the front and back burners are different sizes. It did take some getting used to till I figured out what to set each of the burners on if I wanted it to be the same temp over the entire surface. I do REALLY like my DBG and I am so glad I got it free during our Exec. cookware promo! I don't like how grilled cheese comes out using our bar pan, but I can make them all at the same time using the DBG and they come out exactly how I like them! Only thing I DON'T like on this is scrambled eggs, but I am a scrambled egg snob and I am very particular. They don't seem to cook the same way on the griddle as they do in a saute pan!

 

[jenniferknapp]

Can someone explain what amazing thing you're doing with ice cubes that helps you sell cookware? I"m SO intrigued!!!! TIA!

You literally just put an ice cube in any of our cookware, and just watch it melt in front of your eyes!! I only have the 8" saute pan....so that is what I use! Try it at home and you will be amazed!! Then do it at shows

 

[KellyTheChef]

You literally just put an ice cube in any of our cookware, and just watch it melt in front of your eyes!! I only have the 8" saute pan....so that is what I use! Try it at home and you will be amazed!! Then do it at shows

Make sure you pass the pan around at the shows...and have them touch the outside edges....they are cold! This shows how quickly and evenly our pans heat! People go nuts over this one!

 

[AldeaY]

Defrosting items in your Prof cookware!I love to just defrost items out of my freeze with my cookware on top of cooking with it! I take items out of my freezer, lay them inside of it and viola! they defrost! Remember how they distribute the cold and the hot (the ice cube demo), well I use them to ddefrost my items out of my freezer and then cook in it!!!

I love it!

 

[DebbieJ]

I love to just defrost items out of my freeze with my cookware on top of cooking with it! I take items out of my freezer, lay them inside of it and viola! they defrost! Remember how they distribute the cold and the hot (the ice cube demo), well I use them to ddefrost my items out of my freezer and then cook in it!!!

I love it!

I do the same thing. Using it to defrost totally wows my DH for some reason.

 

[pamperedharriet]

I love to just defrost items out of my freeze with my cookware on top of cooking with it! I take items out of my freezer, lay them inside of it and viola! they defrost! Remember how they distribute the cold and the hot (the ice cube demo), well I use them to ddefrost my items out of my freezer and then cook in it!!!

I love it!

Wow, didn't know that but yet it does make perfectly sense that you could do that! That is awesome. I love that and will definately have to make sure I tell my customers about that. What a great selling idea. I've done the ice cube demo already and that blew them away, this may even sell even more cookware and I'm all in favor of that!!!!!!!

Thanks so much for sharing that tip!

 

[jenniferknapp]

I love to just defrost items out of my freeze with my cookware on top of cooking with it! I take items out of my freezer, lay them inside of it and viola! they defrost! Remember how they distribute the cold and the hot (the ice cube demo), well I use them to ddefrost my items out of my freezer and then cook in it!!!

I love it!

ChefAnn told mentioned that "trick" before!! She also said that if you it on a stackable cooling rack, it will allow for more warm air flow underneath the pan...defrosting even faster!

 

[yummybytes]

I do the same thing. Using it to defrost totally wows my DH for some reason.

hahaah!! My hubby is fascinated by this phenomenon as well...

ok -- I would by lying if I said I didn't love it as well, but he's seriously fixated on it.

Customers love this -- I talk about how you forget to take something out for dinner... and then I "cross sell" power cooking theme shows with it

 

[Chef Endora]

I love, love, love my Exec cookware & today the 12 qt stockpot I treated myself to arrived!!!
What is with the defrosting? What are you doing how????
......sorry, I'm totally clueless on that & will probably feel real dumb when I find out.
I to, have done the ice cube trick and it does bring better attention to the cookware. I know myself, before I became a consultant & was just a regular
PC "cult member" (DH's name ), I would just pass over the cookware in the catalog & never consider it. My ears came to a screeching halt at a show when I heard "non-stick on the outside". That was it, then & there! I signed up as a consultant and hosted my own first show & took advantage of the half-price combo.
I have one of the saucepans & cover lent out over the weekend to someone at work. She was asking about a 14" wok. I showed her the stir fry skillet (next ). She said her DH does the cooking & drags her around the kitchen stores every weekend. So she is taking it to show him. Here's hoping!

By the way, how long should it take for mid season products to come & why don't you see any shipping info on CC about that?

 

[chefann]

ChefAnn told mentioned that "trick" before!! She also said that if you it on a stackable cooling rack, it will allow for more warm air flow underneath the pan...defrosting even faster!

Set it over a bowl of HOT water (or across a sink filled with hot water) and it'll work even better!

I can tell you the nerdy reason it does that....

It's heat transfer. The aluminum that the pan is made of is an excellent conductor of heat. That's why they make pans out of it. And it doesn't matter whether the heat is from the oven, a burner, or just the air - it will transfer the heat from the environment into whatever is sitting on the pan. Cast iron (and stoneware!) is not a good conductor of heat, which is why it stays warm so long. But because of that, it also won't work well for the defrosting trick.