Showing posts with label Natural Home. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural Home. Show all posts

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Natural Home 10 Piece Easistore Nesting Cookware Set


Glad I bought them! No design flaws.
I was a little hesitant to purchase any Easistore products after reading the "easiburn" review here. But, I needed to purchase cookware that was able to be used with an induction stove, was interested in an eco-friendly product, and I wanted to get a nesting set because I have very limited storage space. And, boy, do these nest! The amount of space saved is amazing. No more wrestling 2 or 3 pots out of the way to get to the skillet.

There is absolutely no design flaw with the lids. They do hold the moisture in and "seal" well. There is a small round hole in the steel rim of the top of the lid. This allows a tiny amount of steam to escape, just enough to allow for simmering without a rattling or bumping lid. I cooked applesauce in these and did not lose any moisture. I think you would be able to steam vegetables or rice with this, but as they teach in Home Ec 1, the right tool for the right job. Get a rice steamer if you really want to steam. Besides, you can't have...
Flawed design, should be called easiburn
I was excited to buy this product, I loved the looks and the e-use of materials. But the design has 2 big cooking flaws. First, the lids have vent holes in the top and side (I assume the side hole is for draining out cooking liquids) which prevents them from being tight-fitting, steam retentive lids. No cooking rice or steaming anything with these. One of the things they teach in Home Ec 1 is to buy a pan with a tight, moisture retentive lid.

More serious is the larger pan, the bottom one of the nest. It has a handle that extends straight from the edge of the pan, and the handle is trough-shaped, with a hanging hole a couple of inches from the end. Problem is, if you have a boil-over in this pan, the scalding liquid travels past the pan edge (no tight lid to stop this) and right up the trough, then exits at the hole. Any cook knows a first reaction to this occurrence is to pull the pan off the heat, which puts your hand in the path of the scalding liquid exiting the hanging...
Great product but...
I bought these for my Mom, who has very limited storage space. She loves them. They nest, they are heavy duty and cook well. The only issue we have is we can't get anyone at the company to respond to our request for a replacement part. (My brother cooked the pot knob, and we'd like to replace it.) Outside of that, the pots really do nest well and cook well.
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Natural Home Products 9pc Cookware Set


A great compact set of cookware
I wanted to wait a while before posting a review, as somethings the flaws in these things are not readily apparent on the first few uses. First, the cookware nests perfectly and has helped to get back some much needed space in with all my pots and pans. For me, these pans have essentially become my go to pans for cooking. I only occasionally use the other non-stick pans that I have.

The two skillets are solid and have good bottoms to them. I like the additional little handle on the opposite side of the skillet which makes having to maneuver it around the kitchen very easy. The pots are also easy to use and to nest. There were some complaints in the previous posts about the handles and overflow of boiling through the handles. I understand what people mean, but its mainly a concern when the lid is aligned so the gap there for the nesting is aligned on the handles as well. However, I actually like the design, because when there is overflow, it travels through the handle and...
Natural Home Products 9pc Cookware Set
This pan set works with a portable induction top hot plate, which we use for camping and in our home. My wife would rather use these than go to her new electric stove. This pan set takes up 70% less space in the storage, which is important for traveling and use in a motorhome.
Perfect for Small Apartments!
I love that everything stacks and only takes up the space of one pan, especially since my only place to store them is in the oven. They are stainless steal, so they require a little extra care than non-stick if you aren't used to them. The only drawback is that the skillets don't have lids, but if they did the other pans wouldn't nest, so I understand why they left them out.
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