This AnolonX saucer is very sleek, stylish, but also sturdy and solid. The textured bottom did concern me at first because I worried about cleaning and if food particles would eventually get stuck in the textures, but thus far that has not been a problem. I have made homemade marinara, alfredo, and cheese sauces and this has done very well ----- nonstick, clear lid for monitoring food, most of all, easy cleaning without scrapping afterwards. If you have a gas stove (like me), I'd recommend starting temps on a lower setting just to get your groove with this saucer, because the gas stoves heat up quicker and can burn the sauce or decrease the "non-stick" nature of saucers. However, I can't imagine that with this one because it is of a clearly higher quality than my other cooking pans.