What I’m going to tell you to do is to upgrade your pots and pans to heavy-duty solid copper, the kind old French restaurants and hotel kitchens use. They will be (are) ridiculously heavy to lift.

Finally, add your S-hooks and start hanging your pots. As the copper ages, it might patina slightly, but generally holds up well. I installed mine 13 years ago, and the hardest part was finding ...