Lagostina

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Lagostina

12 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 30, 2025

  I never want to buy cookware again

  If you’re in Canada, Lagostina from Canadian Tire is great. I bought a pot and pan set that came with a Dutch oven for only about $200. It was about 10 years ago. They all still look new. They’re 100% steel and are oven safe. I rarely use them in the oven because I don’t like the extra work of cleaning them. I wouldn’t buy them from Walmart. The handles of my pots and pans are all metal. They haven’t come loose like cheap ones do. Stainless steel pans can be tricky to use. Just have to heat it well before using it. If I don’t do this properly, I just add a bit of water to whatever is sticking to get it to let go of the pan. It usually works. lol. Not always though. My cast irons are non stick. I season them after each use by heating them on the stove and brushing them with a bit of oil until it smokes. Then I turn it off and wipe clean any extra oil or just leave it to cool off. I have cast iron pans and non-stick baking dishes for the oven. I’m thinking to buy some commercial baking dishes for the oven once my nonstick wear out. Not sure about the muffin tins. I have jumbo non-stick for those.

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• #2Dec 30, 2025

  I never want to buy cookware again

  Le Cruset is beautiful. I love my Lagostina enameled Dutch oven. Would you say Le Cruset is worth the extra money? I’m thinking to buy a larger one. My cheapo Dutch oven is going strong after 10 years.

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• #3Dec 21, 2025

  Is there a name for brands that only focus on highest quality?

  Yes! Also, Google for a list of the oldest companies in whatever product type. Then choose whatever country’s product you’d like to buy and that is in your price range. DeWalt was established in 1924. Carhartt in 1889. People who buy these do so for the quality and probably buy them for life. Lagostina was founded in 1901 and are easy to find at Canadian Tire. My pot set and Dutch oven still looks brand new. Kikuichi is a Japanese knife company that began around 1267. They started out creating swords for Samurai. They still retain their traditional craftsmanship but were adapted for creating quality kitchen knives. The price can be about $200 CAD. But you can pass it down to your children if you take care of it.

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• #4Dec 3, 2025

  Healthy but easy-to-use/maintain Pans to replace non-stick (for my cooking style) ?

  Why not a mix between alu/carbon steel and titanium non stick depending on your usage? Lagostina Tempra Mineral (made in France) Maaaybe Tefal Titanium 6x (made in France) Other brands have "titanium" stuffs. And for roasting, true BIFL: Cristel: inox with removable handles and goes to dishwasher. De Buyer Carbon steel. Just make sure to season them if needed the first time, then enjoy. In any case skip the made in China and cheap brands. There's non-stick and there's non-stick.

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• #5Nov 1, 2025

  Non-stick cookware - Anolon, Tramontina, T-Fal

  Although everyone agrees that Iron, Carbon steel or aluminium are more BIFL, I would argue that non stick cookware have their use case. When I asked my pro cook friends what they were using at home they all said: those non-stick "titanium" (whatever commercial name/brand). Which really surprised me. But it's fairly simple: more simple for cooking meat and eggs, much lighter, easier maintenance. Now of course it's not as BIFL as metal materials, but there are some fairly good ones. Here's my take... Anything like pots, go for aluminium. Non-stick has no real benefits here. Pans: -Check Tefal Titanium x6 made in France. Not the made in China ones!! I recently changed my Tefal Titanium x3 from 20 years ago that I was using almost every 2 days. Went in the dishwasher every time. Any lesser non-stick material I ever had like Teflon would last max 2 years and should be avoided. -Also Lagostina stone (something brand name), also made in France. Doing good with me so far. -If you wanna go Carbon steel, Aluminium, etc, be aware of the maintenance procedure, cooking procedures and that they are fairly heavy. These are very good for restaurants but can be overkill for basic home cooks. You need to check the models which go in the dishwasher. Potentially models working with induction. I found that the brand Cristel has some models fitting those criteria but there may be others.

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• #6Oct 5, 2025

  What are some actual BIFL kitchen items?

  Absolutely agree! We’ve bought a few lagostina stainless steel pots and pans for $5-10 at second hand stores that we’ve had for 5+ years and they don’t have any signs of wear. It can be a bit of a learning curve if all you’ve every cooked with is non-stick but it’s so worth it

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• #7Sep 5, 2025

  What frying pans are we buying? Tired of nonstick pans that only last 6 months.

  I’m a fan of stainless steel. Cuisinart and Lagostina both have affordable collections of nice hefty stainless. I have a 6qt Cuisinart skillet that I use almost daily. Love it so much that it largely informed the purchase of my range last year, being that it’s 12” in diameter and it’s hard to find burners that big anymore. Dishwasher and oven safe and it shines up like brand new with some stainless cleaner.

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• #8Aug 11, 2025

  Most reliable European brands for stainless steel kitchenware (pans)?

  I've had a set of Lagostina going on 35 years that have been used at home and 4 years of restaurant use, you really can't go wrong

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• #9Aug 7, 2025

  Looking to replace every single item we own

  > cast iron Lagostina Dutch ovens. We use Le Creusets and some Tramontina.

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• #10Aug 7, 2025

  Looking to replace every single item we own

  We didn't really have anything bought with a purpose. Just stuff we owned in our single days, combined when we got married. Or stuff we bought on sale because it was cheap. The only things I really liked were our cast iron Lagostina Dutch ovens. Those were some great pots, but they don't seem to come in smaller sizes.

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• #11Feb 3, 2025

  What brand / type of pots & pans are worth investing in as a young adult?

  If you have to buy a set, buy the smallest set you can get so you aren't buying things you don't need/won't use. I've always bought my pots and pans individually. You buy one at a time. You buy the thing you actually want, not what's included in the set. Your stovetop is not a display for prestige so don't worry about matching. I've got pots of varying quality. Paderno, Lagostina, Calphalon, Le Creuset, and just got a Lodge skillet as a giveaway. There's one or two others in there, including some random ones that have been passed around the whole family over decades and refuse to die that you'd never have thought were BIFL. So buy good quality open stock sizes and shapes that you see yourself reaching for day in and day out based on what you regularly cook. I make big batches of soup, stew, and spaghetti sauce so I have multiple stock pots and Dutch ovens I use all the time. If you don't make stuff like that it'll be in your way. I've got two pasta pots because we combined yeah households. We use them a lot, but if you won't use them don't get them. When I was buying for myself I bought a great 2L Calphalon saucepan because it has a small footprint and that meant I didn't also need a 1L saucepan. To this day I regret not purchasing a 13" lidded Calphalon skillet when I worked at a kitchen store because I frequently want a huge skillet with a lid because I like to make large batches of things, and/or put multiple parts of the meal in the same pan. Just pointing out kind of how I know what kinds of things I want. Ask yourself about what you cook, and how you cook it, and what kinds of pots and pans you keep going "you know what would be really great? One of these!" about. Buy the best version you can of those things, one at a time. If you need more pots and pans right now because you just don't have enough, get a cheap set and gradually replace/augment with open stock.

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• #12Feb 2, 2025

  What brand / type of pots & pans are worth investing in as a young adult?

  My parents left me their Rena Ware, I gave them to my nephew when he got his own place. They were 50 years old, and RW sent someone out to replace the Bakelite? Handles for free. My wife and I have been collecting Le Cruset when they go on sale or when we find a second quality at an outlet. I’ve also picked up a couple of pieces for $5 at a thrift store. About the only difference I’ve seen between an old one and a new one is some of the old ones have a wooden handle, or knob. The second quality has defects. The worst one I have has a dot of orange paint inside the lid instead of it being all off white. My other nephew got the Lagostina I had for 20 years before I started my other collection. A stainless steel frying pan of unknown origin (probably a thrift shop find) for searing stuff, it has a stainless handle so it can go directly into the oven. If I wasn’t so used to the stainless I’d use the cast iron pan I have.

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