Anolon Professional 12-Piece Nonstick Cookware Set | How to Care for Hard-Anodized Aluminum Cookware

Anolon Professional 12-Piece Nonstick Cookware Set | adequate set

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highly recommended

How to Care for Hard-Anodized Aluminum Cookware

If the extrusion is stiff enough, smooth and kept clean, and if the all the anodizing steps are done properly, cookware made of hard-anodized aluminum should last ten years or more. Most failures of cookware that happen in the home are due to the abrasion - corrosion (pitting) cycle. A pit may take months, or even years, to become visible - when it does any surface (non-stick) material will fail along with the hard-anodized aluminum failure. Most non-cookware hard anodize failures are due to poor initial design, improper processing, or hot to cold flexing. Corrosion is not usually a problem. That means with proper care cookware will not pit for many years.

Unfortunately, in the home when speaking about cookware, corrosion causes most of failures. In this environment, abrasion (from utensils or the food items cooked) is the principal agent initiating the corrosion possess. Then, alkaline cleaners, sanitizing chemicals and frequent wash downs exacerbate the problem; accordingly, home cleaning is considered a corrosive environment.

Tips for proper care of cookware made of coated (non-stick) hard-anodized aluminum:
1. Never clean with soap
2. Never put in the dishwasher
3. Never prepare food items that have the potential to scratch
4. Never stack
5. Never contact with metals of any type
6. Never use in home "professional" ovens on broil
7. Never use in home ovens where the cooking surface is exposed within 8" of an element or "fire"
8. Never direct heat at the cooking surface
9. Never go from hot to cold (oven to sink...) without a near room temperature cool down period
10. Never use (kidding - but, they will look best hanging when just out of the box)

Hand wash with salt water (mix the salt in the water first, do not scour with salt) - dry with a soft white towel. Paint (using a soft paint brush dedicated to the process) a very fine coat of olive oil on all sides of the hard-anodized aluminum - lightly polish with a white towel. Before each use sanitize with heat (stovetop or oven under 450) and a bit of olive oil.

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adequate set

I think it's a good value. They seem to last. As others suggest, i wouldn't scrape them clean or dishwash them, but it all depends on how long you want the lifespan to be for the product..

Use for a few years an toss

The manufacturing is decent. The non-stick is great at first, but if it ever scratches, it all goes downhill. Most non-sticks from good manufacturers only seem to last a good 2-3 years of use. Less if you're using somewhat abrasive cleaning pads and throwing into the dishwasher. I must admit that I fall into the latter sometimes and just lack the detail to wash it by hand and get lazy and throw it into the dishwasher. They still lasted me a few years even when doing so.

As for warranties, whether it's Calphanlon, Analon, Circulon, etc...it's not worth the shipping to get the pan back. Heck, the set here is now only $135. For that price, you could buy two sets, use one set for 3 years, toss it and then use the next set for another 3 years. I've sent woks back to Calphalon and the costs and downtime are just too great.

The 'care' for non-sticks are a joke. If you read the reviewer below, it basically means, don't use if you don't want the non-stick to peel. if you want to stir fry, sear or pan fry with high temps, it's not recommended on non-sticks as the temperature is very high.

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