Best Baking Trays

[CorradoTDI]

I know this is more of a mumsnet question but can anyone recommend some decent oven / baking trays that will last?

I currently have Circulon which felt nice and robust to start with but 2-3 years on and they are really grotty, the dishwasher and various other chemicals won't touch them and also the square ones also warp when heated up and go 'twang' in the oven which is really annoying!

[jagnet]

To clean baking trays use biological washing powder to soak the trays overnight. Use hot rather than boiling water.

[S1bs]

We have 3 Mermaid ones and they seem to last forever and are difficult to scratch / damage / dent.

https://www.samuelgroves.com/Products/Mermaid-Hard...

Available in John Lewis / Amazon etc.

Edited to add that we use oven cleaner once a year on them and it brings them up like new.

[NorthDave]

I just use enamelled ones from Lakeland. The non-stick ones always seem great at first but have a short life span. for me at least.

[Crosby99]

Ditto for Mermaid baking trays.

My advice would be to buy a set that fit neatly into each other. If you have a hotchpotch collection of trays, they are likely to take up an inordinate amount of space.

[TCruise]

Thanks for this thread.

We bought Circulon ones, they've now rusted!

[JimM169]

We've got Mermaid too, got to be 15+ years old but still going strong

[dhutch]

We have three 'Ovenex' vintage baking trays from my grandparents and use them daily and they are amazing.

- Waffle pattern looks cool af and does seem to help things not stick.
- No non-stick bks which always fails and means you can scrape it.

Just use is, leave it soak if needed, cleans up a treat. Once a year just an old knife to dig the black bits out the corner. Dont ever dishwash them, keep a film of oil on them which is easy and basically do it itself if you hand wash and drip dry.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324741704216?hash=item4...


Daniel

[Nickbrapp]

Glass Pyrex ones, the original and the best, non stick, lasts forever and doesn’t rust.

All glass cook wear is the best. I got mine in John Lewis for £16, won’t use anything else now

[bigdom]

CorradoTDI said:

I know this is more of a mumsnet question but can anyone recommend some decent oven / baking trays that will last?

I currently have Circulon which felt nice and robust to start with but 2-3 years on and they are really grotty, the dishwasher and various other chemicals won't touch them and also the square ones also warp when heated up and go 'twang' in the oven which is really annoying!

Another thing to consider is using baking parchment or baking sheets liners, cuts down the mess getting on the trays

[sherman]

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koncis-roasting-tin-s...

These work fine and are cheap enough that if it does get too manky you can just replace.

[Aluminati]

Nickbrapp said:

Glass Pyrex ones, the original and the best, non stick, lasts forever and doesn’t rust.

All glass cook wear is the best. I got mine in John Lewis for £16, won’t use anything else now

+1.

[xx99xx]

Scoville Neverstick pans and trays. Despite being relatively cheap, they are the best I've ever had, outlasting and outperforming old stuff I've had from Jamie Oliver, John Lewis, Tesco, Tefal and James Martin. The 'non stick' element is superb and is what I like about them.

[dhutch]

sherman said:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koncis-roasting-tin-s...

These work fine and are cheap enough that if it does get too manky you can just replace.

All metal stainless steel makes some sense to me, and although we prefer the ovenex ones we do have a SS one like that too, but surely you have to be out of your tree to replace it because it's dirty?

[sherman]

dhutch said:

sherman said:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koncis-roasting-tin-s...

These work fine and are cheap enough that if it does get too manky you can just replace.

All metal stainless steel makes some sense to me, and although we prefer the ovenex ones we do have a SS one like that too, but surely you have to be out of your tree to replace it because it's dirty?

Was more a reflection on the price being that cheap rather than real life. Of course you would clean it
By manky I am not refering to using it once and throwing it out. More like when a baking tray is many many years old and has several black layers of flavour burnt into the corners that nothing will shift and makes it smoke everytime its in the oven.

Edited by sherman on Thursday 26th August 00:08

[biggiles]

sherman said:

dhutch said:

sherman said:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koncis-roasting-tin-s...

These work fine and are cheap enough that if it does get too manky you can just replace.

All metal stainless steel makes some sense to me, and although we prefer the ovenex ones we do have a SS one like that too, but surely you have to be out of your tree to replace it because it's dirty?

Was more a reflection on the price being that cheap rather than real life. Of course you would clean it
By manky I am not refering to using it once and throwing it out. More like when a baking tray is many many years old and has several black layers of flavour burnt into the corners that nothing will shift and makes it smoke everytime its in the oven.

Edited by sherman on Thursday 26th August 00:08

Surely the black bits are the flavour :-)

I just had a look at those Ikea stainless steel trays - how can they sell those for £6? That's ridiculously cheap for stainless.

[NickCW]

I use stainless steel trays, think Ikea do some - mine were off Amazon.
Fedup of non-stick coatings coming off onto food, these have been brilliant.

[Spare tyre]

All IKEA here, nice thing is they neatly stack together so we just buy lots and slowly retire them

[dhutch]

biggiles said:

sherman said:

dhutch said:

sherman said:

https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koncis-roasting-tin-s...

These work fine and are cheap enough that if it does get too manky you can just replace.

several black layers of flavour burnt into the corners that nothing will shift and makes it smoke everytime its in the oven.

Surely the black bits are the flavour :-)

I just had a look at those Ikea stainless steel trays - how can they sell those for £6? That's ridiculously cheap for stainless.

While they will not impart much flavour, they do provide a non-stick surface. If it was a cast iron skillet it would be called seasoning.
If they get a bit excessive in the corners you can just scrape it off with an old knife. As said, replacing it because its manky is mental.

As for how can they be so cheap, they are SS but they are not very much SS as they are chronically thin. We bought ours mailer order from a catering co along with some other bits, because we wanted nice high sided one that had the thickness to last a lifetime. Its not stupidly thick, but I bet it twice as thick as the IKEA ones and only about twice the price.


Daniel

[MrHappy]

Eaziglide Neverstick from John Lewis. The best I’ve ever used. Takes seconds to clean them with a dishcloth in soapy water. If I’ve cooked something fatty then I’ll use a plastic spatula to scoop any fat/crud into the bin before washing.

https://www.johnlewis.com/eaziglide-neverstick-non...