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(More customer reviews)Think back...you've probably owned non-stick cookware before. What happened to your last set? Did the non-stick start flaking off? Or did it just stop sticking? Or did you accidentally abuse it?
My answer: all three. I've been through 3 sets in the past 5 years or so, one a high-end Cuisinart, the other two some better quality stuff picked up at a big-box store. My abuse consisted on two occasions of accidentally leaving a pan or skillet on the fire and forgetting about it. Instant ruination--after that, the non-stick just didn't stick.
So last year, I got this Circulon set, impressed by the warranty. Well--semi-impressed, as the other sets had warranties, and even non-abused pieces didn't seem to hold their non-stick. A couple of weeks ago, I had the giant Circulon skillet on the front burner, and a pressure cooker on the back. I meant to turn on the burner under the pressure cooker, but mistakenly turned on the one under the Circulon skillet. Turned it on high, and walked off to watch TV, thinking that once I heard the pressure cooker start to hiss, I'd go turn down the gas fire.
Twenty minutes later, I smelled something. I went to the kitchen to discover my error. My beautiful Circulon skillet had the residue from what I had previously cooked completely burned on. It was hot, baby! Sitting underneath the biggest of my gas elements, the thing had gotten so hot that when I picked it up and turned it sideways, it was noticeably--no, hugely--warped. This is the kind of thing that had ruined previous cookware. In my mind, this piece was a write-off. My mind was racing--how am I going to explain this to my wife?
So, I let it cool down, scraped off the burned stuff with a soft sponge, and ended up scratching the rest off with my fingernails, not wanting to go the steel wool route. But then I noticed--it didn't look so bad...in fact, it didn't look any different before my negligence. The skillet was even flat after cooling. Hmm...maybe, just maybe...so I rubbed a tiny bit of cooking oil on it, and proceeded to cook a giant omelet that covered the thing, rim to rim.
And guess what? Still non-stick. Omelet slid right out of the pan. Wife came home, and never knew the difference. Have used it a few times since, no problems.
Now, why should Circulon be better? Is it something about those fine circular ripples which helps heat dissipate more evenly or the non-stick to adhere to a larger area? Or do they put something extra into the manufacturing process? I don't know--all I know is, it's quality. It's already outlasted my Cuisinart non-stick (even the non-abused pieces). The lids are beautiful--fit well, and are clear, so I can see what's going on underneath. This cookware has durable rubbery handles--also on the lids--so no need to reach for the oven mit, ever.
Draw your own conclusions...I've drawn mine. This isn't your ordinary non-stick cookware!
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