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Real Copper Chef Pan
For people who want real copper.
Details
Real copper on the outside, nothing sprayed on the inside: the copper chef pan that is what the label says.
Many pans sold as copper are copper-coloured: a thin body with a copper-coloured coating on the outside and a nonstick spray on the inside. Their own reviews read the same way: great for three uses, then everything sticks, then the centre warps. This one is different where it counts. The outside is real copper, not paint. The cooking surface is bare, non-reactive metal with nothing sprayed on it.
Heat the pan first, add a little oil, and it cooks the way a real pan does. The everyday all-rounder: sauté, reduce, finish a sauce, feed four from one pan.
Why you'll love it:
- Real copper exterior: copper on the outside, not a copper-coloured coating
- Nothing sprayed on: a bare, non-reactive cooking surface, so nothing to peel, flake or wear off
- Works on induction: the base is induction compatible, and it works on gas and electric too
- It darkens, because it is copper: lemon and salt brings it back, or leave it
One size. Works on gas, electric and induction hobs. Hand wash. Warranty in writing.
Copper on the outside, a multi-metal body underneath built to spread heat across the base and work on induction, and a non-reactive cooking surface with nothing sprayed on it. We describe the construction as a whole rather than as a layer list, and we would rather say that plainly than pretend otherwise.
Shipping & Returns
Free shipping on every order, with delivery in 7-9 business days. Not in love with it? Return within 30 days for a full refund, no questions asked.
Care Instructions
Hand wash with warm water and a little soap, and dry it rather than leaving it to drip. Copper darkens with use; two minutes with half a lemon and a pinch of salt brings it back, or leave it. Heat the pan before the oil goes in, and use medium heat for most cooking; copper responds quickly, so you rarely need more.
Finally copper.
I have owned two called copper pans before and both were basically coated pans with a copper color. Copper pan feels completely different. The copper pan outside is copper and the cooking surface of copper pan is bare metal, not nonstick.
Michael B.
Not another copper-colored pan.
Copper pan is what I expected the time I bought a "copper" pan. Real copper on the exterior of copper pan, a build and no coating sprayed over the cooking surface of copper pan.
Sarah M.
You can tell the difference.
I was skeptical because I have been disappointed by copper pans before. Copper pan immediately feels like a piece of cookware rather than another lightweight TV pan.
Daniel F.
Real copper makes a difference.
The copper exterior of copper pan is beautiful. Already starting to develop some character from use. I actually like that because it makes it obvious that copper pan is not just copper paint.
Emily C.
The problem
You've bought a "copper" pan before... how did that go?
Copper-coloured paint on a thin body with a nonstick spray inside. Great for three uses, then everything stuck, then the centre warped. The problem was never you. It was never copper.
Copper-coloured, not copper
A thin copper-coloured coating over a plain body. Buyers who scraped one found foil or paint. The word on the box was the only copper in it.
The spray inside dies in uses
"Worked well the first three times I used it, thereafter food sticks." The most-voted review on the best-known listing in that tier, and the same story under the rest.
Then the centre warps
A raised, bowed base is one of the most repeated complaints in that tier. Oil runs to the edge, food stews in the middle, and the pan goes in the bin.
The Solution
Real copper on the outside.
Copper on the outside, a multi-metal body underneath, and a non-reactive cooking surface with nothing sprayed on it. Here is exactly what you are getting, and what you are not.
Copper on the outside, not paint
Nothing sprayed on the cooking surface
A real copper pan.
A multi-metal body underneath
Works on induction
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Built for real cooking
Heat first, then oil, then food. This is how a real pan cooks.
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Reviews from verified buyers
“What I hoped for. I wanted copper cookware. Did not want another coated pan pretending to be something it was not. Copper pan has copper outside and a bare cooking surface inside.”
“Nothing sprayed on the inside. One of the reasons I bought copper pan was the uncoated cooking surface of copper pan. Copper pan is not nonstick. Once I adjusted my heat and used a little oil cooking with copper pan became very straightforward.”
“A proper copper pan. My previous "copper" skillet started looking terrible after a few months because the finish was basically decorative. Copper pan feels like a different category of pan.”
“No fake copper finish. The exterior of copper pan is what sold me. Copper pan. Behaves like real copper instead of having that overly shiny orange coating you see on inexpensive pans.”
“Worth learning to cook with. Don’t buy copper pan expecting a nonstick pan. Copper pan is cookware and needs proper temperature control and some oil. Once you understand that copper pan performs beautifully.”
“This is what copper should feel like. Solid construction, copper exterior of copper pan and no disposable coating inside. Copper pan feels like something I will still be cooking with years from now.”
Frequently asked questions
Is the outside real copper?
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How is this different from the $20 copper pan?
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