As a budding gourmet cook, I purchased this cookware set as an upgrade. My prior set, under the brand name of a well-known entertaining guru, not only wouldn’t come clean, but was touted to “cook food faster.” It seems the entertaining guru forgot that sautéing onions in butter takes time. This is just for starters. So far, I’ve only cooked a two-egg omelette, but I couldn’t get over how fluffy the eggs cooked. I’m hooked. The cookware is a beautiful color, and cleans up very easily. I am confident it will last until my next upgrade. I only gave it 4 stars because Kitchen Aid makes you WORK to get the sticker off each item. One would think they’d use easy-to-remove stickers to insure you don’t scratch your brand new cookware.