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5-Ply, 5 stars *****
I purchased this set about a year ago, and it is still cooking great, and still looks brand new, I love to cook so the pots and pans in this set get used quite a bit, I have not purchased a product yet from KitchenAid that has not lived up to the quality associated with this household name. I definetely reccomend this set to anyone who is considering purchasing it, it is well worth the few extra dollars to buy things of good quality because you will never have to replace them.
[Thursday, January 01, 2009]
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Good cookware for the price but.....
I purchased this cookware about 4.5 years ago and I too, bought it based on the reviews on Amazon. In fact, I returned All-Clad open stock pieces to purchase the KitchenAid (KA) five-ply. If I had to do it over again, I would spend the extra money and purchase the All-Clad, even if it meant starting out with less pieces. My opinion is based on the performance of the KA handles. If you are cooking for an extended period of time the handles get very, very hot and because I have a problem with my right wrist, I find the extra heft of these pans, to be a hinderance. The only way I can pour is to use two silicone pot holders; one on the handle and another on the bottom of the pan. I do not find this cookware difficult to clean, if you soak it over night, but it scratches more easily than the two All-Clad pieces I own, and must be left on the stove to cool down thoroughly before putting it in the sink. I learned this the hard way; I have a stainless steel sink with a rack on the bottom (grey plastic, to look like stainless) and the KA empty pan melted the plastic. That said, I didn't test the All-Clad to see if the same thing would happen! On the positive side, these pots will last a lifetime, and are far more reasonable now, then when I acquired them.
[Saturday, December 27, 2008]
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Very good product for its price
I have been using this set for past few days (ordered when price went down to $209). Just to mention I'm using this cookware on smooth ceramic top electric stove.
- 2QT Saucepan is outperforming my expectations. I have a farberware millenium bottom encapsulated set, and there's a difference. I have been using saucepan to boil milk and make lentil curries etc, no sticking and cleans up like a breeze.
- 10" skillet - heats up faster, cooks evenly. Only think I didn't like about this one is the color goes brown (as if some oxidation has occured) in the bottom surface if you delay adding your ingredients. Its anyway not a magic, its stainless steel afterall. Some barkeepers friend and elbow grease did the trick of cleaning it up after cooking (thats why I took 1 star from the rating).
Yet to use other pieces in the set, though these 2 will be the ones of regular usage.
Some comment about the set itself,
- All pieces except the 5QT saute' pan are good. The 5QT could have been replaced by 3 1/2 or a 4QT saute' pan. The base of this 5QT is too big to fit in my stovetop burner (max diameter of the burner is 9-inch whereas the pan is over 12-inch). I wish I could exchange this one for a stir fry pan or a smaller size casserole.
Update after using the set for few weeks now:
- The lids are not at all tight, in some they don't fit properly. Not sure if they are giving wrong lids with the set.
[Friday, October 24, 2008]
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