I have now had the opportunity to cook with these several times.  I can keep the heat a lot lower on these than I am used to and get my food to cook very evenly.  Even when I have burned cream as I was learning to ad just to cook with these I was able to clean them fairly easily.  I haven't washed them in the dishwasher yet, but hand washing is a breeze.  I love these pots and because they are so pretty I love cooking with them.