As a complete novice With regards to cooking this frying pan is perfect, the green good to go symbol on the handle tells you when it’s the perfect time to  start cooking. The heat is distributed evenly across the whol frying pan rather than just the central area where the pan sits on the hob. Non stick and a dream to clean this is such an easy frying pan to use, highly recommend it, just have to purchase a bigger one now as my hubby who is the avid cook likes it so much but wants a bigger option.