Cuisinart12 Piece Cookware Set, MultiClad Pro Triple Ply, Silver, MCP-12N

Like all the Cuisinart Stainless Steel cookware, it is excellent quality and well designed. It heats evenly and quickly and the lids are a near perfect seal. The handle is a decent weight that can be handled on the heat without a kitchen mat. It also has a well placed thumb-notch to make handling the loaded pot easy and manageable.To sauté, whether with oil or water in the pans is a pleasure and the clean-up afterward is a snap.I can't imagine anyone being disappointed with anything from their line. And best of all, it is stainless steel. No aluminum or non-stick coating issues to think about.For those who have a question, whatever chromium content there may be in the stainless steel itself is finished with potential leaching during cooking after 5 or 6 uses. In my opinion, the best choice for daily, clean, healthy cooking.Happy cooking!

So if your going back and forth on which pot set you should get, let me help you, THIS ONE!I had debated over getting this pot set or the Legend pot set, like you are doing now if your reading this, and serious about cooking and your cookware.After consulting with 2 ai's ans reading reviews, I pulled the trigger and bought it, and it is one of thee best purchases I have made this year. First off they look beautiful. I used to put my pots away after cleaning, but now they sit on my stove like antrophy achievement unlocked for cooking and leveling up my cookware altogether. I really don't have any cons. They do show discoloration, but that's just par for the course of using stainless steel. These pots inspire me to cook. And the stove to oven ability takes my cooking to another level. Sear salmon then put I under the broiler from the stove check ✔ easy to clean check ✔ weighed and not to heavy and the handles feel good as well check again!So basically stop going back and forth, for this quality at this price point, it can't be be beat. I never post photos on here, but I wanted to show you how your new pot setup looks.These are also perfect if your shooting cooking videos.Have fun chef!!!P.S DO NOT USE STAINLESS STEEL COOKING UTENSILS THEY WILL SCRATCH THE POT SURFACE. STICK TO WOOD OR NONSTICK UTENSILS.

Bought this set to replace a thirteen year-old set of Cuisinart Everyday Stainless, which I passed down to an employee who is just starting a household and who had no kitchen furnishings whatsoever. The 2001 version of Everyday Stainless was steel with a mirror finish, and a very thin steel/copper/steel disk attached at the bottom---nothing as sturdy as today's Chef's Choice line with its very thick, encapsulated aluminum/steel disks. That said, they held up very well, the exterior mirror finishes were still stunning, and the interiors still spot free---thanks to Barkeepers Friend. The only major negative were the rolled, hollow handles which got hot during cooking and which often required the use of mitts to handle the pan.Given that I was upgrading, I was willing to spend in the area of $250-300 and was hoping for clad cookware. All-Clad at $700-900 for a full set was out of the question. I did consider the 10 piece French Tri-ply set, which is made in France, which was priced about $50 more than MultiClad Pro. However, that set had only one saucepan and yet two frying pans---since I use saucepans more frequently than frying pans, I'd prefer more saucepans and fewer frying pans. There is a larger French Tri-ply set, with extra saucepans and a pasta insert for the stockpot, but it was priced up in the low $400s.In addition, there was the issue of the exterior finish. French Tri-Ply (and also Chef's Choice) has a mirror finish, whereas MultiClad Pro has a brushed finish. My existing pans (Everyday Stainless, 2001 version) had a mirror finish which, while attractive, took extra time to maintain because they would "show" hard water spots. One couldn't set them on a dish drainer to dry, the exterior had to be hand dried right away to avoid spots. In addition, some of them had been dropped on to a ceramic tile floor, which caused dents and scratches. Since MultiClad Pro offered the brushed exterior, which I figured would not "show" water spots, and since the construction of the two sets was virtually identical otherwise, I went with MultiClad Pro. In addition, the larger French Tri-Ply set was $150 more than this set, and the smaller French Tri-Ply set, while only $50 more, would have required me to buy additional saucepans, thereby increasing the cost of building a set comparable in scope to the 12 piece MultiClad Pro set.Heat conductivity is wonderful, noticeably better than the old pans, and also better than the few Chef's Choice pieces (sauteé pan, wok) that I bought several years ago to augment the original stainless steel set. I'm already a pro at cooking on stainless, just start out low heat and gradually increase it, and don't forget Pam or olive oil spray or other nonstick product to reduce sticking. The pans clean up beautifully, and emerge spotless from the dishwasher. I now realize I enjoy the brushed finish more than a mirror finish, since I no longer have to fuss about removing all water spots from a mirror exterior. The brushed interior is also easier to maintain than a shiny interior.This is of course a matter of taste. Some folks who hang their cookware from a rack in the kitchen might perhaps want a showier look with a mirror finish, but I stow mine in a base cabinet and don't need to "show" a shiny finish. I'm more concerned with cooking performance and ease of clean up. For those who want a shiny finish, perhaps invest in the French Tri-Ply line, but I'm delighted with this set and am sure it will be my "last" set. Bonus: there are many additional pieces in the line if you wish to augment your collection. I already have the Chef's choice 5 qt sauteé and wok, and see no reason to replace them, but someone without such pieces can choose from a lot of additional pieces to build one's collection. They also offer a "casserole", which is basically the sauteé pan with two helper handles and no long handle. This is perfect for dishes which you start on the stove top but finish in the oven: the lack of the long handle helps you fit it in the oven, and otherwise the pan is the same as a sauteé.