KitchenAid Gourmet Aluminum Nonstick 10-Piece Cookware Set, Red Review
| Product Code | B0042H5OVM |
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| Price | $133.99 |
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #31900 in Kitchen & Housewares
- Size: 10-pc.
- Color: Red
- Brand: KitchenAid
- Model: 16000
- Dimensions: 13.50" h x
13.75" w x
23.00" l,
Features
- Includes: 1 Qt. and 2 Qt. Covered Saucepans, 6 Qt. Covered Stockpot, 3 Qt. Covered Saute, 8-1/2-inch and 10-inch Skillets
- Beautiful porcelain enamel exteriors are stain resistant and easy to clean; Heavy gauge construction heats up quickly and evenly, reducing "hot spots" that can burn foods
- A reinforced nonstick interior is exceptionally durable and long lasting; Food slides off effortlessly and cleanup is quick and easy; For added convenience, the pans are oven safe to 400°F
- This cookware features handles made of a combination of soft silicone and quality stainless steel. They look great, feel comfortable, and are double riveted for added strength
- Glass lids allow you to monitor the cooking progress without having to lift the lid which allows moisture and nutrients to escape.
- Includes: 1 Qt. and 2 Qt. Covered Saucepans, 6 Qt. Covered Stockpot, 3 Qt. Covered Saute, 8-1/2-inch and 10-inch Skillets
- Beautiful porcelain enamel exteriors are stain resistant and easy to clean; Heavy gauge construction heats up quickly and evenly, reducing "hot spots" that can burn foods
- A reinforced nonstick interior is exceptionally durable and long lasting; Food slides off effortlessly and cleanup is quick and easy; For added convenience, the pans are oven safe to 400°F
- This cookware features handles made of a combination of soft silicone and quality stainless steel. They look great, feel comfortable, and are double riveted for added strength
- Glass lids allow you to monitor the cooking progress without having to lift the lid which allows moisture and nutrients to escape.
Product Description
This cookware set is an exceptional value, including all of the pans needed to equip your kitchen with the most used cooking pieces. As the set contains only basic pieces, you'll really use each and every pan. It includes saucepans for whisking a homemade sauce or cooking your morning oatmeal, a big stockpot for soups, stews or boiling pasta, and skillets (probably the most used pan in any kitchen) that will help you turn out perfect crepes or a simple grilled cheese sandwich. The set also includes a saute pan, a wide, straight-sided pan that can perform many of the functions of a skillet but features deep sides for extra capacity, perfect for one dish meals. Start your dish in this pan by sauteing onions and browning meat, then add your liquid and other ingredients into the same pan to finish on the stovetop or in the oven.
Customer Reviews
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful.
Cooks very well, but dishwasher voids warranty
By Jennifer Ray
In recent years, I've upgraded my cheap old pots and pans to really good KitchenAid cookware. I started by buying the KitchenAid Gourmet Essentials Hard Anodized Nonstick 12-Piece Cookware Set about two years ago and was pretty happy with them, although they weren't perfect.I was impressed enough with that older set that I didn't even think twice when offered the KitchenAid Gourmet Porcelain Enamel Nonstick 10-Piece Cookware Set in red for review - I simply accepted the offer. I was interested to see if they improved on my old set and honestly, I was happy to have another set of really good cookware.This new set met almost all of my expectations. Unfortunately, KitchenAid has not improved their technology in a way that allows them to completely satisfy me. Like my old set, these new pots and pans can't be put in the dishwasher without voiding the warranty. This is the only reason I am not giving them five stars. If they could be put in the dishwasher, they'd be perfect.That said, they wash really easily by hand and this method is just fine most of the time. I simply think that the dishwasher does the best job in sterilizing dishes and prefer it whenever possible. For those who usually wash pots and pans by hand anyway, this is likely not an issue at all.With the bad news out of the way, I'll move on to the positive points, which are numerous. Like my other KitchenAid cookware, this set cooks really well. Using my electric stove, the heat is distributed very well and everything I've tried cooks evenly. The glass lids are fantastic, allowing you to check the progress of your dish without the need to remove the lid and allow heat to escape.Both the lids and the pans have kind of a rubbery-type grip that stays cool so you can touch them while cooking with bare hands.The 10-piece set offers a good variety of sizes that come in handy no matter what you need to cook. My only wish here is that it had an 8-quart stockpot instead of a 6-quart stockpot. Of course, the 6-quart stockpot is useful for a lot of things too, but I like to freeze homemade chili, spaghetti sauce, chicken stock and more, so a larger pot is extremely useful when cooking for such a purpose.Now for the purely superficial pro: these pots and pans are just beautiful. I have always admired cookware with enamel coating outside and I am particularly drawn to red for this. My one fear was that the enamel might be easy to scratch and not last but after using this set, I think the KitchenAid set will stay just as pretty as it did when I took it out of the box for a good long time.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful.Quick to heat, attractive; love the saute pan
By Mindy
I've had these for four months and here are the things I like about them:1. They heat really fast.2. The lids are nice; you can see your food without taking the lid off.3. I like the color. I know other people didn't but I thought it was nice.4. My favorite is the 3 Quart covered saute. I use that nearly everyday and wish my other pans were like this.Things I am ambivalent about:1. There's no steam hole in the lids. The steam escapes from the rim instead and can sometimes make the lid dance up and down.Things I don't like:1. The handles have little silicone comfort grips but the comfort grip doesn't entirely cover the handle, there's a little sliver of metal on each side of the grips which gets really hot. I notice this especially on the lids.2. These pans are not dishwasher safe. To be fair, many similar brands, such as Calphalon, are also not dishwasher safe. The only ones I found that could go in the dishwasher are Circulon pans and they're much heavier and often more expensive.3. After only four months of using them, there are scratches at the bottoms of my pans. Granted, I use them A LOT but I only use non-stick safe cooking utensils. Apparently my food is abrasive?Things I observed:I followed the directions and only hand washed my skillets and saute pan. It's very easy since food comes right off the enamel exterior and the non-stick interior makes cleaning a breeze. But with the small sauce pans, I just throw them in the dishwasher. I also throw the lids in the dishwasher too. So far, I haven't noticed much difference between the hand washed and the machine washed.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.Nice set of pans, not that easy to clean
By HardyBoy64
This is a very solid set of pans and I'm enjoying using them, especially the fryers. I do have other non-stick pans and unfortunately this set does not quite rank up there with my other pans. For example, cleaning up after cooking scrambled eggs in these pans is not an easy "wipe and done" process. In fact, the pan handles are secured by bolts on the inside of the pans and the food gets stuck underneath the bolts and cleaning them is not all that easy. The construction, however, is solid and the beautiful red color makes this a very attractive set that I believe will last for a long time.
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