I upgraded to mostly Demeyere during Covid. I'm happy with it. I have primarily the mid-grade (Industry or something 5), but I have a couple of the high-end Atlantis pieces as well. The high-end ones heat amazingly, but they are heavy. They all heat much better than what I had before, though.

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Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

+1. I have one Cuisinart non-stick pan for certain things that really need it, but I use a well seasoned cast iron pan or All Clad most of the time.

+2 I have a "nice" non-stick Cuisinart that I use when people are over but otherwise I buy the cheapest non-stick pans I can find and toss them once they go bad. I'm weird and I don't use cast iron at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

+1. I have one Cuisinart non-stick pan for certain things that really need it, but I use a well seasoned cast iron pan or All Clad most of the time.

Anonymous wrote:Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Non stick just does not hold up. I think it is better to buy cheap and replace frequently. I have changed to cast iron.

How did you manage to ruin Le Creuset?
No nonstick pan is going to hold up well under very high heat.

I used Scanpans in a cooking class I took and they were wonderful.

At home I have a mix of All Clad, Le Creuset, and the Cuisinart Multiclad stainless steel. I prefer to cook in cast iron and have one great antique skillet, but I’m not great about upkeep and am lazy about reseasoning!

Any recs for good nonstick cookware that holds up?

Another one for Cuisinart pans. They have held up the best.

All Clad, Stuabs, Le Creuset.

My favorite sauce pans and skillets that I routinely reach for are Cuisinart. I reach for them time and again. For my Dutch Oven, I reach for the Staubs before I reach for the Le Creuset.

Cuisinart Multiclad Pro. It's an All Clad knockoff, but it's really good quality and I find the handles and the balance for handling the pans a lot better than All Clad, which I kept feeling like I was going to drop.

I like Calphalon nonstick. My Calphalon Contemporary has held up really well. I think they've discontinued that line, but it looked like they offered something similar last time I was in that section of Crate and Barrel.

I have All Clad and honestly, it is heavy and I find the handles abnormally long. That said, it conducts heat very well.

What the heck are you doing to your cookware that it’s not holding up? Don’t buy Creuset if you’re going to use it like a wok. This is not a brand problem, it’s user error.

Huh, well I came here to say that we use a combo of Le Creuset and All Clad and are very happy with it. Our Le Creuset Dutch ovens are in constant rotation and I love my non-stick All Clad pans

You can bring Le Creuset back to life with some baking soda and a little elbow grease if the enamel is still intact. We've had ours 15 years and only lost one small sauce pan to a total scorch incident. Everything else looks a little beat up but still cooks perfectly.

Time to buy a new set of cookware. I bought a set of Le Creuset in 2014, but they are pretty scorched and banged up now. I've never owned a set of cookware that I really liked. My daughter and I are both chefs, so we put a lot of wear and tear on our cookware. Me not so much, as I'm a pastry chef. My daughter is a savory chef and she turns the heat up too high. I have to continually remind her that we are cooking in a home kitchen. We do not have a commercial stove at home.

I just ordered a new Scanpan cookware set that is nonstick. Gordon Ramsay uses this cookware in his Masterclass. I have not cooked with this brand of cookware yet, but my daughter has and approves of it. I've purchased copper, Calphalon, and Le Creuset in the past. I don't like the look of All Clad. I get lifetime warranties on everything, but realistically nothing lasts that long.