The whole family enjoyed cooking with those pans. We've done fish, ground beef, and different veggies, it did a great job cooking, and it was a breeze to wash (we only hand wash). Now pancakes were a little different since it requires a long period of cooking over several pancakes, the oil and residue seem to stick to it more than what we experienced, and the cleaning required a little more scrubbing (with the other side of the sponge). However, it did go away, and the coating came out intact. The cooking with those is excellent, heat spreads nicely and evenly. We are storing those with a towel in between to protect the coating. I think those will last a long time, that's our hope.