Chef's Secret 15-Piece Element Stainless-Steel Cookware Set

Some Good, Some Bad
First off I wanted to say that I have had these pans for a few months. I had an initial reaction to them and I wanted to make sure I felt the same a few months later before providing a review. Here's my opinions:

THE GOOD - The pans are VERY heavy and as such do an excellent job of heat retention and transmission. They are beautiful and heat through/cook very evenly. Easy to clean, even when things stick (see the bad).

THE BAD - I have a lot of problems with things sticking to these pans. I find that as soon as the knob on my stove hits Medium, it's like turning on a "please stick to the pan" switch somewhere. Even cooking with no-stick sprays and oil doesn't prevent this.....at least not in my experience.

THE CONCLUSION - I love the heat distribution on these pans and I think they cook very well, but the sticking issue really puts a bit of a damper on my feelings for them. I have since purchased 3 individual non-stick pans for use when I know...
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I love this cookware! I have always used "no stick" cookware and every year I seem to replace it no matter how expensive it is. I realized that all the major cooking channel chefs use stainless steel cookware so I decided to try it. I will never go back to the no stick cookware. This is nice and heavy and if something happens to stick on it I just heat a little water in it and it comes right off. This is a great buy for the money.
great made cookware at a reasonable price
The cookware purchased was to be used everyday in our home, and we really use it. With a family of seven the cookware is used several times a day with everyone cooking at different times. The cookware we were used to using was from pampered chef, and let me say that I thought it was good until the coating started to come off in our food. While shopping for cookware, we went to the county fair and watched a presentation on health craft cookware. This cookware seem to be the best for waterless cookware until they revealed the price at the end of the demonstration. Who in the hell has 3500.00 to spend on a set of cookware, I sure don't. The cookware set we found on amazon has been wonderful. I would recommend this set to anyone who is looking for a great set of cookware. The only problem I have with it is, it's not made in the U.S.A.
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Chef's Secret 14 Piece Element Cookware with Thermo Control Knobs

Love This Set!!!!
Chef's Secret 14 Piece Element Cookware with Thermo Control Knobs
I grew up with Waterless Cookware. My parents felt that cookware was an important health investment-they have had their set for more than 20 years and still love them. I wanted a good set of my own but could not afford the "in home show" price tag. After reading many reviews and understanding what pieces I use most while cooking-I invested in this 14 piece set. I didn't think the set would hold to the same kind of standard that my parents and friends have, but thought it was better than my old non-stick set anyway. Wow!!!! Great quality and heavy weight just like the other kinds. I really couldn't have asked for a better set to fit my needs and the health benefits that I can give my family is just unbelievable for the price. I used the pans for a couple of months before I sat down to write this review, just to be sure I would still be...
YOU WILL LOVE WATERLESS/OIL-LESS COOKWARE
My Cookware set is the Maxam waterless/oil-less cookware. The Chef's Secret cookware and the Maxam cookware is the same type of cookware. Both are called waterless/oil-less cookware. Although the items you cook must have a curtain amount of moisture. That means sometimes you will need to add 2 or 3 tablespoons of water. With eggs and fish you need to add a little bit of oil. Remember, little water, little oil, that's if you need any at all! Also, start the pans on high then YOU MUST turn them to medium or low. Items will cook faster and TASTE BETTER, without as many calories or fat grams. I suggest you use very little salt, if any. Salt is largely used to enhance the taste, if you are not cooking the taste out of the food then you don't need the salt.

Chef's Secret vs. Maxam Cookware: Chef's Secret is constructed with 12 elements where Maxam uses 9 elements.

Both sets use High-Grade Stainless Steel which is simply the healthiest, earth friendly, efficient...
Superb quality. Great price.
My wife bought this set and boy are we pleased. The pots are very thick and the bottoms conduct and distribute heat very well. The fit and finish is beautiful. Everything is very well designed and built. The big pan makes a great wok if you like stir fry like we do. A friend of ours bought this set from a home party and paid WAY more than we did. Our only complaint is that we'd have liked some instructions on how to use the lid thermometers when cooking.
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