This really isn't non-stick. Like many steel cookware sets, you have to lubricate your pan and at high heats you can still scorch foods to the surface. They heat evenly and quickly which means you have to make sure you lubricate it well. Cleaning requires the special "Barkeeper's Friend" baking soda-base cleaning product as opposed to dish soap to keep from water stains. Not too bad but I'm a bigger fan of true nonstick coating pans.