All-Clad Stainless 9-Piece Cookware Set

All Clad is probably the best known brand among the listed manufacturers. The 9 piece set is priced at about $570 and has been very well reviewed at Amazon, averaging 4.59 out of 5, based on 53 reviews.

Pros:

Durable
Very high build quality
Easy to clean once you know how

Cons:

Uncomfortable handles
hard to clean
expensive $570.00

Amazon Stats:

ave rating 4.57 out of 5 based on 52 reviews
#14,678 in Home & Garden

CIA Masters Collection 7-Ply Copper Clad Stainless Steel 10 Piece Cookware Set

The CIA-Masters 10 piece set sell for about $510, making it a less costly alternative to the All Clad. These pans are heavy and well-made. Although there are only 5 reviews at Amazon, all but one reviewer gave them a 5 out of 5 rating. One reviewer has used both the All Clad and the CIA-Masters and prefers the CIA, based one better low-heat performance and superior handle design.

Pros:

Durable
Heavy
Great low-heat performance
Larger pans have a second “helper handle” for easy manuvering

Cons:

Heavy

Amazon Stats:

4.57 out of 5 based on 7 reviews
#18,925 in Home & Garden

J.A. Henckels International Classic Clad 10-Piece Cookware Set

The Henckels set is the most affordable, priced at just under $250 for the 10 piece set. Owners cited excellent low heat performance heavy quality construction. The few negative comments were actually regarding their non-stick line, the “Twin Cast”. The Classic Clad line featured here is does not have a non-stick surface.

Pros:

aesthetically appealing
comfortable handles
good low-heat performance
price
capacity markings on the inside of the pans

Cons:

hard to clean
non-stick surface comes off in their “Twin Cast” line (not featured here)

Amazon Stats:

ave rating 4.2 out of 5 based on 5 reviews
#347,101 seller in home and garden

It turns out that there are actually several types of stainless steel, and one variety is actually magnetic. The magnetic stainless is made without Nichol. This is known as 18/0 stainless, with the 0 indicating the lack of nickel in its composition. The stainless alloy with the nickel is typically 18/10. Adding to the confusion is that many cookware sets are made in a sandwich configuration, and in some cases both magnetic and non-magnetic stainless are used in the same piece. The best and easiest way to determine if your stainless cookware is induction ready is to simple take a common refrigerator magnet and see if it sticks to the bottom surface of the pan (the surface that is in contact with the cooking element, not the food). If it sticks, then the pan is induction ready. It’s really no more complicated than that. By the way the All Clad Stainless Cookware line is one product line that has been confirmed to be induction ready.

An inexpensive induction ready pan is the old cast iron fry pan. Being made of ferrous material, it qualifies as magnetic, and if you have on already, it provides you with an easy way to try out induction cooking. All that is needed is to purchase a portable induction cooktop, starting at around $75.

Link to Fagor Portable Cooktop

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