Side by Side Comparison of: Cook N Home vs Lipper International vs Kitchen Basics vs Imperial Collection

These are great Cookwares for under $50. I am a strong believer of good quality merchandises with a little known brand name. This cookware set definitely fits the bill. Big name companies spent over 50% of the production cost on advertising making their good stand out but at a higher cost to consumers. I tried Cusiniart 's cookwares on 2 purchases only to my disappointments on it's quality and durability. Finally I found the above gem and love it dearly .The paint job is cherry red as compared to maroon red. The ceramic coating is beige with butter like tint and a shine to it. Furthermore it is free of Teflon, a cancer causing agent. Handles are sturdy and the whole body is made of heavy gauge metal. Now my food is evenly heat every time I place them on the skillet. LOVE IT !

Oh goodness, I love these. I love the color. I love the fact that I can see the bottom of the pan when cooking. When I had a previous brand, they had the black Teflon coating and of course, things can burn quickly. And that is what happened. My DH suggested just using the pan that had burned but since I did not feel comfortable with that idea, I threw that one out and once this set came in I gave the other pots and pans away. I actually adore these. My favorite color is green and these look so pretty and cheery. The only thing I seem to notice on this set is that it does not heat up as fast as those with the black teflon coating. That is fine, I just start my burner earlier or I just turn up the heat a notch or two.

Update 4/9/2016. Hey I've used these pots for one year and they look like the day I bought them except for a scratch in my frying pan where my husband decided to cut the fat off a piece of ham right in the pan. I saw him and catch him before he made the next cut, thus the scratch. They wash up great and I still love them. The bottoms of the pots although finely ribbed does not scratch my stove top. I use only the teflon like tools. I forgot on prior review to add a teflon large spoon and slotted spoon came with my set.Added shortly after the review below: I washed the pots and pans and that gritty feeling in the largest frying pan is gone. Also because these are aluminum they can't be used on induction range. The bottom of the pots and pans do feel ridged like they could possibly scratch a glass top stove and I have a glass top stove and will report back on this in a few weeks.Just received item today. I did not know the inside is a shimmering type finish like it has ground up glass or mica in the finish. Because it is made in China I am very concerned about that. The set feels of a substantial -moderate weight and you can see the aluminum in the product where the outside paint goes up to the top edge of the pots and pans but does not cover the top edge. The set looks very nice in appearance and says it can be used on all cookware types except induction. The lids fit well have a vent hole, and sets handles are riveted on and feel nice to the touch. No where in the one folded 1 page leaflet nor on the box does it say that the coating on these pots and pans are free of harmful chemicals. When you take your fingertips and run across the nonstick interior bottom of the largest frying pan, you can feel those shimmering things in the paint under your fingertips like fine ground up glass but smooth in the other pots. I will be BOLD and use these a while and give you an update on whether the interior of large fry pan continues to feel the same way,or is getting perfectly smooth because if smooth you will know that this interior is coming off in your food little by little.The box says"nonstick coating" gives long lasting superior nonstick performance. The Box also has written in a Circle.Premium on top of circle , Ceramic on the bottom of circle and NONSTICK very big through the center of the circle.. So is it the outside or inside that is ceramic. I will definitely update you folks later because it took me a long time to makeup my mind which set of Ceramic Interior Cookware I wanted to order as things can look different in person. I included photos of these pots and the bottom so you can see for yourself. If anyone knows for sure that the insides are "ceramic or white Teflon" lets me know because I have that question in my mind.ceramic??? I do not want to be misled. My other Ceramic interior pot does not have shimmering glass looking specs all in the paint.

I have had these for 2 months now and love them!Pros- They are non stick and Ceramic for safer cooking- They clean up easily- They are sturdy steel pots/pans with sturdy glass lids that have a steam hole built in- No funny smell while cooking- Food tastes greatCons- you cannot use silverware or metal utensils with these as it will ruin the ceramic finish, but you can also not use those with any teflon products either. You can use wood or the hard plastic utensils when cooking with this set.- You cannot place them in the oven (because of the handles) nor the microwave (because of the steel).**HINT/Word of advice for caring for this set...I place old dish clothes in between the pots/pans when I stack them in my cupboard so the bottoms of the pots/pans do not scratch the ceramic finish inside.I also do NOT put these in the dishwasher, this is my preference so they will last longer.***AS for the recommended for low/medium heat I have boiled water in these several times and it's not ruined/damaged the pots. I have also fried eggs on these and had no problems. I boil noodles on med-high and start the water on high to get the water to boil, and they work just fine. (I say this because someone wrote a review that they are not for anything over low/medium).

This company accidently sent me the wrong color. When I tried to return it they let me keep the first one they sent as a gift and then sent me the correct one. Which I thought was amazing. And I really appreciated how quickly they sent the correct one. The quallity of the product is very nice. I will give one as gift and keep the other.

Wow! This cookware is absolutely beautiful and a joy to cook with. The quality is top notch, not thin or flimsy in any way. I wasn't sure about the cooking without at least a coating of nonstick cooking spray but cooked a 3" steak as my test run. It turned out perfect to my amazement!This was my first experience with ceramic coated cookware. I was concerned that I stained them (I know that's impossible) when I made my homemade spaghetti sauce but cleanup was effortless. I can't say enough good things about this set of cookware. In fact, I was so WOWed, I bought the red set for my mother.

I've had since November and they are beautiful I have been careful to not use any metal utensils as to not ruin the surface but it's clear that the non stick surface does wear after some time. Everything used to glide off no matter what now things are starting to stick. Still not that bad though. 5 month review.

Good quality. I dont feel like the screws to the handles were tightened appropriately. No more or less than other products.I took it apart. Put some high temp industrial loctight and put screws back. They wont move ever again! Just a pointer, not a product defect.Quality is key here. No a single complain! =)

After a month of use I can happily say they are great. I took a star off because there is a little screw on the underside of the handles that can get very hot, my husband has burned his index fingers several times. On the small frypan he bored the hole deeper, but on the double handle he is just careful. Other then that, we love them. They look wonderful and fit nicely in the dishwasher. I would buy again.

I've had these for a couple of months now, and I really like them. They are VERY easy to clean, food that would normally stick on just slides right off. So far, they are still in great shape, too. I have tried to take good care of them so far though -- no metal utensils, only hand washing, keeping a cloth between them when stacking them away.A couple of complaints though. The short handles on the dutch ovens get pretty hot, it's tough to even hold them to drain pasta. My other complaint is the green paint is starting to scratch off on the bottom of the large skillet and the large dutch oven (those are the ones we use the most.) That may be because we have a gas stove and it's just rubbing the paint off. The ceramic insides that you actually cook on are still in great shape, though.Overall, I think they have been a great value at this price point!

This is a beautiful set and is everything I was looking for. I wanted a cook set that offered the advantages of non-stick cooking but is still environment friendly and healthy. I was really skeptical about letting go off my non-stick cookware but we really wanted to live & eat healthier. After lot of research, we bought this set. Here are the advantages1. It has a ceramic coating that's free of PFOE, PFOA & Teflon/lead (per manufacturer)2. It has a true non-stick surface, is very easy to clean and handle.3. Very attractive looking.I thought its too good to be true for the price tag. However with time, I learnt that the set may not last very long. I have had it for a few months and had to already throw away one pan and others are showing some scratches and damages telling me that it's time to look for another set. I never used metal utensils, always hand washed. I use it on low/medium heat. However below listed maybe few factors that might have caused the damage.I made eggs on it a few times and it started to stick after the first couple of times. I also tried to make pancakes which I think is a major trigger in spoiling the set. You will notice the yellowing...then slowly blackening of the pot surfaces.I used sponge and seventh generation free & clear dish soap (hand wash only). Most often I just rinse it avoiding soap to save the lifespan of the pot if it looks clean.I am not sure if I should have been more careful with the set such as definitely avoiding making pancakes and perhaps things such as eggs and certain type of sautéing.Bottom line, this is still a great set for the price if you are prepared to replace the set in about 6 months or so. I don't know if you will definitely need to but I need to replace the most often used ones. I may pick a different and slightly more expensive set this time around though my husband told me we could get the same set again if we wanted to with the expectation that it needs replacement in another 6-7 months down the lane.

This set is great for what it is. The non-stick coating is far superior to Teflon. I've had this set since April 29 2014 and I have been fairly rough with it. We have cooked on all the way high many times, and it has not warped or otherwise damaged the pan. I have stacked these one inside the other while both clean and dirty, and I still do not see any scratches on any of them. There are stains on the outsides where we have spilled food while cooking which are very hard if not impossible to get off without damaging the paint. One handle to a pot is coming loose also. But despite all that, it cooks evenly, doesn't even need to be oiled to fry something sticky without a mess. These pots hold heat reasonably well, and the food comes out tasty. Cleanup is extremely simple. Just wipe the pots out with a soapy rag and then rinse them. The non-stick ceramic coating lives up to its name, and any food that is still stuck to the ceramic after cooking can simply be wiped off with a soapy rag with little effort. Definitely not perfect, but taking cost into consideration this product deserves about 10 stars. You could get yourself off aluminum/teflon products and use safe, yet surprisingly effective and cheap for very little with this set. That is what we did.

An inexpensive set to use for camper. Not the best quality, however attractive and lightweight.

The cookware is beautiful. But it is aimed for the occasional cook.If you cook 10+ times in a week, these will barely survive 9-12 months. I bought mine a year ago and 2 pans are not really usable any longer and the rest will lose its non stickiness relatively soon. The pots' handles are made of a different material that the pans' handles... and boy do they get hot!!! Careful here.The ceramic coating is relatively poor quality, in my opinion. Some of the coating outside is chipping as well, you can see some yellow material below the green.

I had these for two years and recently gave them away when I moved. They are still usable but are definitely worse for the wear. The smaller frying pan developed brown scorch marks inside which were impossible to remove completely and all of the handles have gotten very loose. Also the outsides of all the pans have black and brown marks near the bottom and one became yellowed inside after I made Indian food with turmeric in it. They are pretty non stick and don't scratch easily as long as you use wood and silicone implements though. Overall just OK for the price. Not for serious cooks.

I bought these as a gift to myself for Christmas. Five months later and I'm looking for a new cookware set. They look lovely and they cook "alright". The lids are great and the sizes are great as well. I love the smaller two-handled pan. That said, the handles on my set are always coming loose and it drives me crazy. I started keeping a screwdriver in the kitchen to save the trip to the tool case (I'm having to tighten the handles at least once per week). They are only really useable on low to maybe medium heat, otherwise the pans get scorched. I have no metal cooking utensils in my house... only bamboo... and they are showing signs of scratching and wear. They are okay for the cost and I wouldn't dissuade anyone from buying these. I'm just here to say that I'm already looking for something else. This is sad because they really are very pretty!

This cookware is very beautiful and feels solid, the non-stick feature is great, but the coating is already chipping after only a few uses despite my having been excruciatingly careful, not using sharp utensils or abrasive sponges.I bought this set because I didn't want teflon coated cookware, but after just 1-2 weeks, I'm wondering how long these pots and pans will last. As they are made in China, I'm not sure how healthy the metal underneath the chipped ceramic is.It is possible that the chipping is occurring during washing in the sink, but we really can't handle them any more delicately than we already are. 2 out of the 3 pots/pans we've used in the past couple of weeks are already chipped. I will update this review if we find a way to stop the chipping or to report how long they last before we have to throw them out.For those who like pros and cons:Pros:• Very solidly constructed• Nice rubber handle that feels nice on the hands and doesn't get hot• The red color is beautiful• Lids are also very nice with nice handle/grip• Very non-stick makes cooking oatmeal and eggs easyCons:• Coating chipped after first couple of usesNote - neither pro nor con:Due to the solid construction, the larger pans are quite heavy, so that's something you might want to consider if buying these as a gift for an older person or someone who isn't very strong. When they're filled with water/food, they can be really heavy, so if you have a bad wrist or don't have strong arms, you'll need to be careful.

Bought these three months ago. LOVE the green color. But after three months the color is chipping off and the handles are becoming loose. Since I can't return them, now I am stuck with new pots and pans that are falling apart.

These were originally pretty nice, but after two months or so the ceramic coating on the skillet has lots of little chips (specks of the underlying metal are visible) despite gentle treatment, and it has lost much of its non-stickiness. The pots have held up better, but after 5 months are starting to develop similar problems.

I bought these for my mother for Christmas 2015. We didn't have them more than 6 months and the coating faded and everything sticks now, and yes we also hand washed them and used non metal cooking utensils. We have to grease down the pans before anyone cooks in them. 3 months after we bought them the lid handle for the large pots and pans broke off and we were unable to fix it. They were great at first but they have turned into a bad buy. I tried to contact the company several times but never recieved a response. If you want to buy this item, I personally would not. Buy one that isn't a coating or go with something else.

I purchased this product in June and the pans have now lost their non-stick properties after only 6 months of normal use. I would not recommend purchasing this product if you want long lasting quality and also cannot figure out how to contact that seller for a replacement.

I've had these for almost two years of moderate use and they are not holding up well. The screwed on handles are rusting and loose, the ceramic coating is chipping and scratching off after using only wooden and plastic utensils. They are also staining on the larger pot which are used more. They take forever to heat up and distribute the heat unevenly. The lids never come clean, even after vigorous scrubbing and soaking. I am upgrading to nicer stainless steel set and these will be given to someone else. Save up some money and buy something that is going to last longer than two years. Or if you cook everyday. buy something that will help you want to cook more.

I have searched and searched for pot and pans in ceramic of good quality yet afordable price. the sizes of this set was perfect for our household and the reviews seemed pretty ok. Correct me if i am wrong, it does say it can be washed in washing machine. but the metal of the handles turned dark and and leaves a dark stain in the hand while holding it. and it also gets really hot. particulary with the bigger size . also the rims are getting the ceramic off. please note i am carefull and i dont overload dishwahser. maybe should have done washing by hand but who has the time to do all that. I have had for a few weeks. Wish i had spend a little more and gotten something that would last longer and not burn my fingers.will post photo later today. dont have on my computer right now.

Update 1/13/2016: Only had these for a year and are a complete waste of money. I took care of these, babied them. Hand washed them and air dried. Plastic/rubber cookware. Pans are ruined. They lost their coating and EVERYTHING sticks now. For the price I could have gotten a T-Fal set for 10 bucks more through Target. These are fine as I was just starting off on my own and thought these would be great. Now I'm shopping for a new set. My pots are fine, but for whatever reason, the pans are absolutely useless now.Also, that white coating is thin and useless. Even with using rubber and plastic, it's still managed to get scratched through. It's a weak coating.I've been using these for about 5 months and they're great if you take care of them.This is a problem for the lazy people out there that think dishwashers are amazing. Like me I love my dishwasher and use it on near everything. Those of you complaining that they start to get ruined need to stop being lazy and just handwash them. The drying heat of a dishwasher gets pretty damn hot and can ruin these things.Anything I truly care about and don't want to have ruined I handwash, including my knives.Use plastic/wood utensils.DO NOT COOK WITH MARGRIN AS A "grease". I don't know why but margrin and these pots/pans do not play well together when using it as a coating. It's SUPER hard to clean them after.Pros: The non stick is amazing. They're well built. If you take care of them by handwashing them and using wood/plastic utensils, the price is perfect.Cons:Boiling water takes pretty long. These are good at retaining heat, but to get anything warmed up and going, especially boiling water takes longer than normal. I dunno if it's the ceramic coating or what. If I'm cooking I let them heat up for about 5 minutes before doing anything. Def use the lids otherwise it takes forever.The bottoms. These do not play well with glass top stones. There's grooves that will scratch the glass to hell and back and if there's so much as a drop of water in the grooves you'll hear a constant sizzling until you lift the pan up and let the steam evaporate off the bottom. Never had this issue with flat bottoms.The cons aren't really anything that big a deal though. For the price, I love these and have had a good experience thus far.

Not with it. I thought it's cheap. 2000 people found it interesting - but not worth it !!Scratch easily. both of the pans are full scratched. the brown is visible on the white - and now we can't use it.took good care. no dish washing - but it gets scratched easily. Go to woot or other places to get stuff cheaper - if you need it to last a few months.

VERY disappointed. I write a lot of reviews, and this is the first one-star I remember giving. Here's why:1. The inside of one of the pots turned pink after I cooked some spaghetti sauce. I wrote to the manufacturer, and they said they would send a new one. That was the good part. But, before I did that, I figured I'd soak the pan overnight in hot, soapy water. That helped, and after much scrubbing I was able to get the stain off the pot. My solution going forward was simple... don't cook any red sauce in these pots.2. Eggs. If you cook eggs... scrambled, fried, doesn't matter... don't use these pans. It takes a very, very long time to get all the egg off. Soak it... doesn't matter. I threw the smaller pan out because I wasn't about to spend thirty minutes each time I tried to clean it.3. They don't heat evenly. I couldn't get one of the larger pots to boil water. All my other pots (not of this set) were able to boil water easily on each burner, so I know it wasn't the burner. What's up with a pot that you can't use to boil water?4. The large frying pan has gotten marks on the inside. Small groups... can't tell what they are, but I can't get them out. Rubbed my finger over them... no ridge, so it's not dried on food. I'm pretty thorough about cleaning cookware.No, I haven't used any abrasive cleaners on these products.Simple advice here. DON'T buy these products.

i don't like to give not even one star.......Cook N Home NC-00359 Nonstick Ceramic Coating 10-Piece Cookware Set, RedWe have used them about 5 times and they do not clean well at all. Unlike other non-stick alternatives, I found the food was VERY hard to get off the finish. We have to soak for hours and put some scrubbing to get rid of something as simple as eggs. The finish on the skillet immediately discolored the first time cooking red sauce and little chips are already coming off on the inside. We've only used plastic/rubber cooking utensils and cleaned with mild scrubbing wands. It seemed the only good use was the first time and since then every time we cooked something, the quality of the interior has gotten worse. We were hoping to have these for some years, but after 5 uses I'm not even sure if we'll get 5 months. Very disappointing. We spent a lot of time before picking a set and decided on this for quality and price...but looks like we'll have to replace at least the skillets.

I understand these were not expensive Pots/Pans, but I haven't had mine a year and they are rendered useless. I am extremely careful and do not use metal utensils... They are not scratched, but they also will not come clean, like the food I am cooking is permanently stuck to the bottom of the pan. I do cook often, and it is the pans that did this, the pots are still fine so far, but I don't use them quite as often either.So, if I had this money to spend again, I would take it and put it toward a more expensive cookware set that would actually work.

This is a very light set of pans with a seemingly magical non-stick surface. However, after 1 and 1/2 months of usage, using only wood and plastic utensils, cleaning by hand using non-abrasive cleaning products and implements, and storing them carefully with hot pads in between the pans, the ceramic coating has unbelievably started to chip off 3 of the pans in the set I purchased. It pains me (financially) to state that this cookware set is trash. And of course I'm just barely outside the return window, so there's no real recourse here except to gripe about it on Amazon.I do not recommend buying this set of pans, unless you're okay with gradually consuming tiny bits of whatever chemical compound they coat it with in China. Of course, given that country's sterling record, no doubt it's 100% safe and won't contribute to putting you in an early grave.Junk, junk, junk. That "list price" of 212.00 (as of the time of this writing) is pure fantasy, and I should have known better than to expect anything approaching quality for 55.00. If you're looking for decent quality at a reasonable price, save your money and pick up the Kirkland cookware set from Costco.

I bought this Cook N Home set in April of 2014. Today I threw the entire set in the trash. It is total garbage. The entire set is completely stained black or dark brown on the bottom and sides. I have used several detergents and scrubbers in order to clean them and they are permanently stained. We entertain often and I am embarrassed to have my guests see their food being prepared in these pots and pans. The handles on two of the pans and two of the pots are completely loose. The inside coating has worn off in several places on both of the pans. Perhaps this is a good set if you cook once a week. We cook everyday and these items stained immediately. The handles also loosened within a few months. They are not heavy duty and they will not last. Don't waste your money.