This is an excellent value for the price.  The bottoms are very flat (important when cooking on a ceramic stove top) and the heating is very even.  The only down-side is that the inside stainless finish gets food stains from cooking.  But, we just got some BarKeeps Friend and it cleared it right up.  I guess this is part of stainless cookware maintenance.  And, BKF can also be used to clean the ceramic cooktop.  BTW, the stains don't affect cooking at all and the food does not stick because of it.  Overall, an excellent buy for the money and very well built.