Pots and pans set

My aunt got me a full set of Magna-lites along with the gumbo pot when I graduated college. Not the prettiest set, but damped good.

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Don't buy anything in a set. Buy a decent 4-quart saucepan w/lid, a 3 or 2-qt saucepan w/lid, and a 12" Scanpan nonstick skillet. You can cook most anything with those

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This is good advice. I'd also look at buying some cast iron (skillet and dutch oven) to go with the other stuff.

You might also want to pickup a soup pot.

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Don't buy anything in a set. Buy a decent 4-quart saucepan w/lid, a 3 or 2-qt saucepan w/lid, and a 12" Scanpan nonstick skillet. You can cook most anything with those

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This is good advice. I'd also look at buying some cast iron (skillet and dutch oven) to go with the other stuff.

You might also want to pickup a soup pot.

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Agree with both of you. But for non-stick, I make the assumption that somewhere down the line, I'm going to mess up and let it get too hot.(See my avatar.) That makes it less non-stick and bows the bottom out so it no longer sits flat.

So my strategy is, every year or 2, I buy a relatively cheap, new non-stick pan in the size I need at Sam's. The brand name is Bakers and Chefs and I love them. It's pretty much what a restaurant would use and cheap enough to replace frequently.

51.94 on Amazon

Professional for $72.22



Also, DISCLAIMER I've never bought anything from this website but I THINK some on here have:

All-Clad Irregular cookware

This website has irregular items that are scratched or dented but still carry a full manufacturer warranty on functional issues.

They seem like a really good deal.