Earth Pan Plus Nonstick 10-Piece Cookware Set, Bronze

Used for a week nicely but durability/size issues for skillets
Pros:

* REALLY, REALLY nice looking set
* Insulated handles means you don't need pot holders
* Excellent even heat distribution
* Non-skillets work problem free
* Transparent glass lids? Nice.
* No PTFE or PTOA means no potential Teflon deterioration contamination problems

Cons:

* Potential durability problem with the skillets (see updates at bottom on this issue)
* You'll have to learn to cook on low to medium heat as recommended (not really a "con")
* Both skillets are small, only 1/2 inch difference in flat bottom

I've been using these for a week since I received them. You might want to consider buying a single skillet, or pot, to see if these are suitable for your kitchen, then get a full set if you are pleased. A motivation for a lot of people has to do with the potential health issues of the deterioration of Teflon - this set...

Better than copper bottomed pans
In testing out this cookware set, I was comparing them to my previous set, which are copper bottomed pans. All in all, I found that these pots/pans cooked more evenly than the copper bottomed pans. When I boiled water in these pans, they boiled more evenly and stayed boiling better at a lower temperature.

What I didn't like about this cookware set:
-First of all, there is no lid that fits the bigger pan - which is frustrating because many of my recipes, you're supposed to cover them while you cook. Good thing we still had the copper bottom pans & lids to use.
-Second, cleaning them was very easy - except I noticed that if any food got up by the fasteners on the inside of the pan, the food got stuck underneath the fasteners very easily, but was not so easy to clean out.
-Third, the pans are small - the smallest is good for scrambled eggs or the like, the other is good for maybe 1/2 lb of ground beef. We tried fixing a recipe that had a pound of ground beef and...

STAY AWAY
I have used the small frying pan, at most, 15 times. The coating is starting to peel off!!! I guess everyone was right about this product - should have listened and stayed away. But it is not too late for you!!

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