In article >,
Douglas Reynolds > wrote:
>
>What I really meant is: Is there a functional difference? - a functional
>reason for the difference? Would fully-clad cookware cook better with a
>thicker bottom? Would disk-bottom cookware cook just as well with a bottom
>no thicker than fully-clad cookware?

Fully clad cookware has a copper core to even out the temperature
over the pan. This is what the disk bottomed stuff is also trying
to do. Thicker bottoms mean more even temperature over the
pan bottom. How even depends on the thickness.


Chuck Demas

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