Silverstone by Farberware Culinary Colors 13-Piece Cookware Set Red

Silverstone by Farberware Culinary Colors 13-Piece Cookware Set Red
I decided to look for a new set of pots and pans when my expensive 55 year warranty ones from a famous shopping channel decided to shed their coating. Of course that company has since gone out of business so the warranty is no longer good. 

Money is tight for us and I did some looking around. Found this set at Big Lots store for $49. It is a good value for the price. While my other pans had the very heavy bottoms, this set does not. The good thing about this, however is that they are much easier to pick up, especially if you are using a large pan and it is full. 

So far they work great. The only downside is that the seem to very easily slide all over my gas stove. I have had to be extremely careful about that. They heat slightly faster than my old heavy bottomed pans (which makes sense) and of course do not hold that heat quite as long. Having said that, there doesn't seem to be a huge amount of difference when it comes to getting them hot and then turning down the heat on them to continue the cooking process. 

The handles are made of silicone, something which I initially didn't think I would like, however so far they are washing up fine and seem to resist heat well. The 3 tools that come with the set are fine..I have used them but I prefer wood. Would prefer to have another pan in place of the tools :) 

The only things missing were a large 12" fry pan and a larger 3 qt. pot (in between the 2 quart and the dutch oven). Our Big Lots had the 12 inch fry pan separately so I purchased that. They did not have a larger sauce pan however I know that there are available and may purchase one. 

My pans are the silver/gray color. I bought them with the hopes that any scratches might not be quite so obvious. I did notice at Big Lots that some of the open stock pans that were silver/gray were deeply scratched and not very obvious so hopefully these will be the same. Thus far they do not seem to scratch very easily and the insides are holding up well. These are much slipperier than my old ones ever were, I have had to actually be careful not to slide food right out of the pans when stirring or shaking. 

All in all, I am very pleased with my purchase, particularly at that price. I have only had the pans now for about 4 months but in that time I have been very happy with their performance.