So when it comes out of the box, it's so shiny and prerty, i didn't even want to cook with it!! It's pretty heavy and solid.  I put it to the test with cooking bacon, although it was turkey bacon so it wasn't as bad, there's obviously less grease and doesn't really stick like normal bacon.  This pan almost instantly turned black from cooking and I had it on level 5 so that made me a little worried about the clean up. The bacon didn't stick which I wasn't expecting anyways.  It cooked evenly. The handle stayed cool the entire time cooking a whole package of bacon.  After cooking the bacon, i let the pan cool, which that took a VERY LONG TIME.  Then I soaked the pan a little with some Dawn soap and warm water, then wiped it with a sponge, I then had to really start scrubbing.  There's still marks from the bacon that didn't come out.  That's why I put a 3 star.