PH Stainless Cutlery - Not in the Same League as Professional Grade Cookware

[MomToEli]

Awhile back I remember someone mentioning that PH had stainless AND they had come out with a forged cutlery set and were wondering if they were going to give us a run for the money.

Well, I saw them live and in person the other day at the Fair. Our product is in a whole different league. Their cutlery is stamped stainless, for one thing. The handles are brushed stainless.

The cookware - well, think WalMart vs Sachs. The lids are etched glass. They are just not a professional grade product.

So, whoever was asking, they will only be a big deal if a customer is only interested in price - just like any other low end product will be.

 

[katie0128]

Maybe it is just late, but what is PH?

 

[PC_CPR]

I was hoping someone else would ask...cause I'm here all tired and a semi sleepy and for the life of me I can't think of any DM co. with those letters...ha.hhhaaaaa...haahhhaaa

 

[chefpenny99]

PH is Princess House.

 

[PC_CPR]

Okay, I had to research it. I don't think I'd ever really heard of the company anyway. But here goes....Think not a queen but a _____(a girlie girl) and follow that with "casa" in English.

 

[PC_CPR]

Chef Penny, I've been waiting a few hours for an answer! Then I go research it and voila...you answered it! Time for me to go to sleep! THanks!

 

[Christ Follower]

I actually own a few pieces of PH stainless steel and it is nice. I haven't had a lot of cooking time with our PC ones though to be able to compare. Their knives are not as good as quality as ours but if a customer is going for that look then oh well for us. There's not a whole lot of PH here (except when I host a party!), but that's been a year!

 

[legacypc46]

PH has been around for a long time. I was a consultant with them twenty years ago. I left after a year...in part because they (or at least my upline) stressed making your hosts 'greedy.' PH offers(ed?) gorgeous host incentives for three bookings...which generated a lot of what I call 'guilt' bookings. Not my way of doing business. Their focus is entertaining more so than cooking. (Their core product is crystal.)

just fyi...not interested in starting a bashing thread...my observation only

 

[ParishKitchen]

According to the product description on the PH website, "Base and corners feature 5mm aluminum encapsulated in 18/10 stainless steel for fast, even heating to prevent “hot spots” where food may stick or burn." A lot of lower-priced SS cookware uses this sort of "disc-bottom" construction. On our SS cookware (like All-Clad), the aluminum core goes through the whole pan. This results in much more even and efficient heating.

 

[ParishKitchen]

One more thing...

PH and many popular cookware lines have 18/10 SS exteriors, while PC and All-Clad have 18/0 exteriors. The difference between the two grades is the percentage of nickel in the alloy (18/10 has 10% and 18/0 has none). Nickel is good because it makes for a very shiny and corrosion-resistant steel, but it's not so good because it makes the resulting steel lose its magnetic charge. Cookware with an 18/10 SS exterior is not magnetic and therefore will not work on an induction cooktop. So, PC and All-Clad use 18/0 exteriors because they're still stainless steel, but can be used on induction ranges.

 

[PC_CPR]

That's good info parishkitchen! Thanks!

 

[MomToEli]

Maybe it is just late, but what is PH?

I see you've gotten your answer. Someone on here was wondering about their product line, so that was why I posted.

 

[Jules711]

Does anyone know how ours compares to Taste of Home Entertaining?

 

[missydivine]

PH is Princess House.

Thank you, I was thinking PH????

 

[missydivine]

One more thing...

PH and many popular cookware lines have 18/10 SS exteriors, while PC and All-Clad have 18/0 exteriors. The difference between the two grades is the percentage of nickel in the alloy (18/10 has 10% and 18/0 has none). Nickel is good because it makes for a very shiny and corrosion-resistant steel, but it's not so good because it makes the resulting steel lose its magnetic charge. Cookware with an 18/10 SS exterior is not magnetic and therefore will not work on an induction cooktop. So, PC and All-Clad use 18/0 exteriors because they're still stainless steel, but can be used on induction ranges.

Good to know.

 

[katie0128]

According to the product description on the PH website, "Base and corners feature 5mm aluminum encapsulated in 18/10 stainless steel for fast, even heating to prevent “hot spots” where food may stick or burn." A lot of lower-priced SS cookware uses this sort of "disc-bottom" construction. On our SS cookware (like All-Clad), the aluminum core goes through the whole pan. This results in much more even and efficient heating.

One more thing...

PH and many popular cookware lines have 18/10 SS exteriors, while PC and All-Clad have 18/0 exteriors. The difference between the two grades is the percentage of nickel in the alloy (18/10 has 10% and 18/0 has none). Nickel is good because it makes for a very shiny and corrosion-resistant steel, but it's not so good because it makes the resulting steel lose its magnetic charge. Cookware with an 18/10 SS exterior is not magnetic and therefore will not work on an induction cooktop. So, PC and All-Clad use 18/0 exteriors because they're still stainless steel, but can be used on induction ranges.

Ann... oh, Ann... Where are you? I think you better jump in this thread soon... ParishKitchen is showing that she carries lots of "textbook" information in her head as well! This information has been useful and very educational, but I'm guessing she has some "useless" facts floating in there as well!












BTW... ParishKitchen - if you haven't seen, Ann likes to post "...and this is another useless fact from the brain of Ann" quite a bit.

 

[ParishKitchen]

Cool!

I've only been doing PC for 4 months, so people at my cluster meetings tend to be surprised that I know all these things. But you see, everyone can learn all this information and more through a very simple, tried-and-true method:

Whenever you're supposed to be doing something (working, studying, organizing your kitchen drawers, etc.), turn on your TV and watch the Food Network instead. Works like a charm!

 

[chefann]

Katie- you're so silly. Much of the information Parish Kitchen has posted (about our SS, not PH's) is in the online training center's unit on the SS cookware. So it's out there for us to learn, even for those who don't have cable. And another good place to get info about types of construction of tools is at kitchen stores. Go in, and read the boxes of cookware. Compare the prices. Talk to the salespeople (you'll have to fib a bit and tell them that you're doing research for a future purchase and not tell them that it's to purchase ours ). It's amazing what you can learn just from picking them up in the store.