Yoshikawa Stainless Yukihira Saucepan 20cm

Yoshikawa Yukihira Induction Saucepan — 20cm (2.3L)

Walk into a kitchen in Japan, domestic or professional, and there's a good chance a yukihira pan is sitting on the stove. It's the default. Light enough to lift and pour one handed, thin enough that it comes up to temperature almost immediately, and shaped so it does several jobs without fuss.

The 20cm is the size most people reach for first. Big enough for stock, soup or a pot of rice for a small household, small enough that it isn't a production to get it out. Built from 18-0 stainless steel, which is nickel free, so it suits anyone with a nickel sensitivity.

What's Included
1 × Yoshikawa Yukihira Saucepan (20cm)

Pan only. Lids and strainers are sold separately.

Key Features

Tsuchime hammered finish — The dimpled surface increases the surface area for heat transfer and disrupts the surface tension of boiling liquid, which makes it far less likely to climb the sides and boil over.

Spouts on both sides — Pour left handed or right handed, clean either way.

Volume markings inside the pan — Etched at 800, 1200 and 1600ml, so you can measure straight into the pan and skip the jug.

Lightweight, nickel free steel — 18-0 stainless. Easy to handle, safe for nickel sensitivities.

Before You Use It

This is a simmering and boiling pan. Soups, stocks, sauces, noodles, blanching, reducing.

It is not built for stir-frying or deep-frying. The steel is deliberately thin, and sustained dry high heat can warp or discolour it.

Care

Hand wash only. Dishwasher detergents are harsh enough to wreck the wooden handle.

The handle is fixed with a screw and it's normal for the timber to darken slightly where it meets the pan. Check the screw now and then and nip it up if it's worked loose.

Soft sponge, mild detergent. If you get a rainbow sheen on the interior, that's a normal oxide layer on stainless and it lifts off with vinegar or citric acid.

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