It's Cooks Essentials from QVC for me ALL the way.
I have never had any of the above mentioned brands but I have seen them advertised many times from a number of well known stores. I KNOW my Cooks Essentials will stand up to any of the high priced pots and pans for a fraction of the cost.
Cooks Essentials is coated with Dupont scratch guard coating. It is metal utensil safe. It is dishwasher safe although I wash mine by hand because it hangs on the wall and I want to hand dry them so they are not water spotted.
And, they are NOT a throw away type pan. If they fail in any way they have a lifetime warrenty.
I have the 18/10 stainless steel but they also have several other styles, all of which have the non scratch coating and all with the same lifetime warrenty.
Check them out on QVC.com or watch In The Kitchen With Bob at noon on Sundays.

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Barb


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