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[Wilco500]

Am I a victim of marketing or are they actually good? Need a whole new setup for the new house, if not, any suggestions? I do enjoy cooking.

[ambuletz]

Probably belongs in the food section.

Overpriced for what they are. If you know how to use various pans and take care of pans then a waste of money. If you enjoy cooking then just learn how to use different pans, and what's good for what.

[Steve H]

Alternative view.

I have a couple, they work very well and I have so far completely failed to destroy them.

Expensive, yes. But so far (18 months of regular use) I am happy.

[Aluminati]

Was there not a suggestion re cancer causing toxins or suchlike ?

I also like cooking, use a lot of cast pans, and pans from John Lewis. They do what they need to for a fraction of the price .

[21TonyK]

Aluminati said:

Was there not a suggestion re cancer causing toxins or suchlike ?

There is proven health risk with PFOAs used in the production of PTFE (Teflon) but not PTFE itself. Plus PFOAs haven't been used in years.

Its a bit like the "risk" of aluminium pans and Alzheimer's.

[Crumpet]

I just kept finding conflicting information about them. Half the people would say they’re the best pans in the world ever. The others say they’re made in China and contain a coating that harbours ‘forever chemicals’.

In the end I bought handmade English stainless steel pans from Samuel Groves and they’ve been brilliant.

[Sway]

We're very happy with our now decade old Le Crueset stainless steel saucepans, however I am tempted to get the Our Place Always Pan Pro as I'm fed up of having to constantly 'manage' the carbon steel frying pan we have.

The joys of keeping teenagers...

[DavePanda]

Aluminati said:

Was there not a suggestion re cancer causing toxins or suchlike ?

You'll note that all these suggestions etc come from America where they claim you get cancer from just looking out the window