The only thing i will cook my homemade chili in is an old cast iron pot

cook rice in aluminum ware

I'm not picky about this, but that's just because all my pots and pans are second-hand. A friend bought new ones just before we got our own place & she gave us her old ones.

I do use one particular pan every night... but that's just because it's the biggest frying pan I've got, and it's deep enough that if I need to simmer something, I can do it in the same pan.

I am very picky about my pans. I invested in a great set of pans and they were not cheap. I dont own a metal spatula and I am very picky about what type of utensil is used in my pans. I have a pan just for meat and so on.