I used these pans to make pasta/homemade sauce.. It was great, the pans heated up quickly and got the water boiling. I used both a metal and plastic spatula on the pans and nothing scratched it. Easy to wipe out and clean, no grease residue stuck to the bottom of the pan. A clean paper towel would have cleaned these products back to the original. Very sturdy and long handles on them makes it easier to manuever on the stove.