Cuisinart 77-17 Chef's Classic Stainless 17-Piece Cookware Set

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Cuisinart 77 17 Chefs Classic Stainless 17 Piece Cookware Set Revie, All American 25 Quart Pressure Cookercanner , Wmf Perfect Plus 8 12 Quart Pressure Cooker , Chefs Design Quart Stainless Steel Pressure Cooker , Kuhn Rik Duromatic Anniversary 37 Quart Pressure Cooker Sa, Product Description Bringing the Good Life Home
Inspired by the great French kitchens, Cuisinart began making professional cookware over 30 years ago. Constructed of the finest materials available, to perfectly perform all of the classic cooking techniques. Designed to last a lifetime, Cuisinart cookware makes family meals memorable and entertaining a pleasure. Savor the Good Life right at home, with family and friends. Cuisinart makes it absolutely delicious.
Cuisinart Chef's Classic™ Stainless is an investment that will prove its worth every time you use it. Exclusively designed aluminum encapsulated base provides superior heat conductivity and even heat distribution to meet the demands of gourmet chefs everywhere. When properly cared for, your Cuisinart® Chef's Classic™ Stainless Cookware will give countless years of service and pleasure. Follow the use and care suggestions in this leaflet to preserve and maintain the cookware’s original beauty.
Whether you’re a serious gourmet, a regular entertainer, or cooking for the family, this deluxe cookware set has versatile pieces for infinite menu options and great results!
What's in the Box
1.5 Quart Saucepan w/ Cover, 2 Quart Saucepan w/ Cover, 3 Quart Saucepan w/ Cover, 4 Quart Sauté Pan W/ Helper & Cover, 9 Quart Stockpot w/ Cover, 8” Open Skillet, 10” Open Skillet, 12” Skillet w/ Cover, 20cm Multi-Steamer Insert w/ Cover, and 24cm Pasta Insert
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This review is from: Cuisinart 77-17 Chef's Classic Stainless 17-Piece Cookware Set (Kitchen)
I have always loved food and have been an avid cook for decades. I wanted to move up from the cheapo Farberware and other such "ordinary" tools to a better set and bought Cuisinart, because I didn't quite want to go as far up as AllClad with the $1,200 set.

I am sorry to say that I found out soon enough why these are as cheap as this.

First of all, these have the bonded bottoms where a separate heat conducting material is bonded to the bottom of the pot, then sandwiched in with another layer of stainless steel. The instructions that came in the package (and which you will not find in the item description) tells you that if you used anything beyond medium heat on the stove or heated them empty, the conducting layer (aluminum alloy) may melt and the second layer of stainless steel on the bottom may simply fall off. Great. So it may fall apart if I wanted to heat it up empty or just with oil to sear something quick.

Second, the steel is not quite stainless. The mirror finish on the outside held up well enough, but the steel on the inside -- the part that actually touches the food -- is of very low quality. I made a simple stock with a pot and it pitted on the bottom, with a few gray spots. No amount of scrubbing would get these out, whether with Barkeeper's Friend or with steel wool. Subsequent cooking has resulted in more and more spots of various colors with different foods, which can only mean that the steel is of very low quality, with pockets of impurities that will react with different ingredients in food.

I might have fixed this by seasoning the cookware, but remember? You can't heat these empty or the bottoms may fall off.

These are cheap for a reason. If you must have bonded construction and don't have the budget for an all AllClad or La Creuset kitchen, look to Sur la Table for a serviceable intermediate set at a good price. The fact that the steel in these things react with my food is really scary to me because I don't know what the impurities might be and whether or not they might be getting into my food.

Oh and Belgique does the same thing with the pitting. These are cheap for a reason -- because they have gone on to use really lousy materials. Don't fall for it.