Zepter Cookware

ReviewCooks buying goods for midweight stainless-steel cookware at a mid-range price may well have found their match with this cookware set from Cuisinart. Equipped to handle most mutual cooking tasks, the 14-piece set includes a 1-1/2- and 3-quart covered saucepan, an 8- and 10-inch covered skillet, a 4-quart covered saute with helper, and a 9-quart covered stockpot, as well as a 7-3/4-inch covered steamer insert and 9-1/2-inch covered pasta steamer insert. As part of Cuisinart’s Chef’s Classic line of cookware, all pieces are made of 18/10 stainless steel that has been polished to a brilliant mirror finish and that won’t react to acidic foods. An inner core of aluminum ensures that foods heat speedily and evenly without hot spots that may burn foods. The riveted stainless-steel handles on the cookware stay cool on the stovetop and the corresponding 18/10 mirror-polished stainless-steel lids seal in moisture and nutrients for healthier, more flavorful results. In addition, the cookware pieces provide tapered rims for drip-free pouring and all pieces are dishwasher-safe. All cookware in Cuisinart’s Chef’s Classic line is oven-safe up to 450 degrees F and covered by a fixed lifetime warranty. –Cristina Vaamonde Inspired by the outstanding French kitchens, Cuisinart begun making professional cookware almost 30 years ago. Top quality construction joins the premium stainless exterior with solid aluminum encapsulated into the base, ensuring unsurpassed heat distribution. Bonded to a stainless steel interior, Chef’s Classic Stainless offers the professional performance that lets you celebrate the fine art of cooking , with systematically delicious results. A more prominent covered stockpot with a pasta insert and a universal steamer insert make this deluxe set even more versatile. The covered saute is larger, as well and the 10-inch skillet comes with it is own tightfitting lid to let cooks lock in flavor and texture after frying or browning foods. The set includes 1.5-quart saucepan with lid, 3-quart saucepan with lid, 4-quart saute pan with helper handle and lid, 9-quart stockpot with lid, 8-inch skillet, 10-inch skillet with lid, 20 cm universal steamer with lid (fits 3-quart saucepan) and a 24cm pasta insert. Zepter Cookware Photo Zepter Cookware Photo Zepter Cookware Image Zepter Cookware Photo

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49 of 51 persons found the following review helpful.
Dissapointed by quality – Not like my other Cuisinart
By JeanE
I purchased this set a year ago. I already had the 12 inch skillet, the 5 qt. saute pan and a 2 qt. saucepan, which I LOVE and use on a regular basis. I expected this set to be the same quality as these other Chef’s Classic pans that I had purchased individually, but the pans in this set just don’t measure up.

The primary thing I noticed is that these pans are lighter weight. The 3 qt. saucepan from this set is much lighter than the 2 qt. saucepan I already had. This would be okay, except that feed have a tendancy to stick more without apparent effort to the 3 qt. I think the botton of the pans in this set will have to be thinner than my other Chef’s Classic. Also, these pan do spot more- I use Barkeepers Friend for all my Cuisinart, but I find the pans in this set discolor each time I use them, which is annoying.

My biggest beef is with the pasta insert. I chose this queer set because it included the pasta insert, but the pan is not just useless – it is a menace. The holes are way to small, and the water drains out very slowly. The initial time I used it, boiling water flooded over the top and splashed over the stove and onto the floor when I lifted the insert out of the pot. I’ve tried using less water, lifting the pasta insert slowly, etc. and it still splashes whenever I use it. Today I purchased a Faberware 8 qt. pasta insert- it has much more prominent holes and when I tried it tonight I couldn’t make it splash even when I practically jerked it out of the pot.

Compared to other cookware the quality of this set is decent, but my other Chef’s Classic is so much better quality that this set for the most part sits in the cabinet. If you want to buy a set, go with the 10 or 12 piece set. You’ll save a good deal of cash and you may use it to buy a pasta pot you may actually use.

82 of 89 persons found the following review helpful.
A Dose of Reality
By SplitEdit
I want to add a dose of realism to the some positive reviews here. We’ve had this cookware set for when it comes to 5 months. It comes packaged very nicely, seems well made and looks very good. And there’s the rub. Unlike a lot of stainless cookware, these are very shiny. If you like that, you’ll be satisfied, but you will have to bear in mind that the finish is fragile. It’s easy to scratch and easy to discolor. We use the steamer each day and on one occasion I in an unintentional manner boiled it dry. I took the pot off the heat very quickly, but the result was a faint gold tint on the outside that can not be removed. I don’t actually mind the color change, but it worries me.

I’ve applied the frying pan a couple of times to make eggs and here again the shine isn’t inevitably a good thing. Butter genuinely beads up on the surface as it melts and you have to use an amazing lot if you want it to cover the bottom of the pan.

The instructions warn you a heap of times not to use steel wool for cleaning. So far, we’ve been okay with a plastic scrubber pad, and, specially after a soaking, things clean up easily. But the fact that I’ve been admonished not to use the most evident cleaning method is worrisome.

Pot handles do in truth stay cool. The lids, however, may get very hot. Also, the edges of the lids face up and out. This is mutual now, but my older pans had lids that that were turned into the pan. The outward-facing design warrantees that condensation will form on the undersurface of the lids, and will drip beauteous seriously when you introductory remove them from a boiling pot. One good feature of the lid handles is that you may hang them on a pot rack.

Finally, the steamer has various extra ridges around the bottom and vegetables inevitably stick to those areas. Again, a soaking is necessary to get them clean.

All in all, a useful, sturdy set, well made, and a good value — but with the caveat that the shine might not be what you want.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful.
Excellent Cookware Set!
By Zee
I am no chef but I do love to cook, and I purchased this set for myself after moving cross-country and giving away an old set of Farberware stainless. I have been using these for the last month and a half and I couldn’t be more pleased. I utterly love them!

They heat evenly and the handles do, indeed, stay cool. The pots clean up beautifully. There has been numerous minor discoloration on the frying pans but that’s to be expected, I think, given their purpose. But the saucepans and stockpot come out of the dishwasher looking as pristine as when I took them out of the box! They are SO pretty… Lastly, these pots and pans are not too heavy, which was sa concern for me. I’d tried out other pots and pans (like the Emerilware) at division stores and found them exceedingly heavy to lift; the Cuisinart Chef’s Classic are the perfective weight for me.

You do have to be careful when it comes to keeping the heat lower, though, or things do burn. The other thing I’ve found is that, while the handles on the pots and pans stay cool, the handles on the lids do not…just be careful when lifting the lids!

Although I think it’d be nice if the 14-piece set included a 2-quart saucepan too, but other than as supposed or expected it comes with everything you need to cook a big or little meal. There are littler sets, though, for those who aren’t ready to take the plunge.

I heartily commend this set.

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