@yakkoTDI That’s an odd question, even from you.

The answer is that maybe they cannot count. The “11-piece” set above contain 12 pieces, if you count everything, including the covers and the manual.

Another answer: Since there are 4 covers, whether the number of implements is odd or even including covers depends on the number of pans/skillets/extras, and I guess they like to go with an odd number of those because of the use situations.

@yakkoTDI I’d like to know why they don’t supply lids for the frying pans! Sometimes the lids to the sauce pans fit but sometimes they don’t!

@yakkoTDI Probably some marketing / psychology explanation where odd numbers result in 27% more sales or something. So sell an odd-number of pans with a 99-cent price and you’ll rake in the cash.

@yakkoTDI I make it 12 if you include the manual. Possibly doubles as a skillet lid - I’m at a loss to know what else to do with it. Perhaps it tells you which part of the pan to put on the burner?

@ergomeh @yakkoTDI V1: put pan on cooktop. V2: put pan on stovetop, handle facing away. V3: put pan on cooktop, flat side down, handle facing away.

@ergomeh @mcanavino @yakkoTDI
Manuals mostly tell you what not to do, in my experience. So you don’t get injured somehow or burn down your house and then sue them.

@ergomeh @Kyeh @mcanavino @yakkoTDI Except they don’t actually care what you do, as long as they can say they warned you when you try to sue them. And if they can establish the pattern of them not being liable for anything, then people won’t even bother attempting to sue, which is even better for them.
(Of course, you will probably prefer to not get injured or burn your house down, but most often common sense will prevent those.)

@ergomeh @mcanavino @xobzoo @yakkoTDI Of course - that’s why you get stupid warnings like the one on a car sunshade I had: “Do not operate car with sunshade in place.”
Can you imagine having to come up with every possible idiotic thing someone might do?

@yakkoTDI
It’s a 10 piece +
1x 20cm-Pasta insert, also referred to as a strainer. Wife is very happy with 20cm insert!

@ergomeh @yakkoTDI I make it 23 - the first item listed is an 11-Piece Hard Anodized Cookware Set.

@Xtoff Likely, doesn’t say it will always be attached to the pot though.

@ergomeh 🫠

@ergomeh @Xtoff Right, the pot is just where it starts its infinite journey through the water supply and our internal organs.

@awk Nothing quite adds that spice like forever chemicals.

@plymouthdave don’t buy ‘easy anodized’ it’s just not worth it.

@plymouthdave It’s a surface treatment that creates a coating of material.

@plymouthdave I was going to say: Hard anodized what?

Probably aluminum making them completely useless for induction cooktops unless it has a steel plate. Which, if it did, I’d expect that fact to be advertised.

Hard pass.

@ciabelle @plymouthdave Says it works with induction. You can also burn the manual as a heat source.

@plymouthdave no, no- it’s just “soft anodized” treated with sildenafil because Viagra is a registered trademark.

@ciabelle @ergomeh I think it’s lying. I’m guessing aluminum as well. I have some anodized and I like it, but no, it does not work on my induction cooker. Biggest negative.

/giphy liar

@ciabelle @ergomeh @katbyter I bought this set during the mehrathon last week for $99. The bottoms are all stainless and the box definitely advertises that the pots and pans work with induction stoves. The set is otherwise anodized aluminum (aside from the handles and lids) with some sort of additional coating to make it dishwasher safe. Apparently anodized aluminum turns chalky and white in the dishwasher without said coating.

How well do they work with induction?

@ciabelle @plymouthdave I suppose that:

Safe for all stovetops: Electric, glass ceramic, halogen, induction,
and gas

technically only claims that it is safe with induction, not that it actually works.

But still . . .

@Xtoff But wait! Order now and we’ll include a 65 page manual, written in 3 languages; no charge!

@Larry1977 Technically, it only says:

• Safe for all stovetops: Electric, glass ceramic, halogen, induction, and gas

(emphasis added)

So, if I read their parseltongue correctly, they’re trying to imply that it works on induction stoves, while legally only saying that it’s safe to use there.
(I’m assuming this is from Cuisinart, not from Mediocre/Meh…)

This is also the first time I’ve ever heard of a halogen oven. I’ve now read Wikipedia on it and am still curious how that can be better than traditional methods.

@Larry1977 @xobzoo They have stainless bottoms to work with induction stoves. Does it work as well as a completely stainless pot? No idea. I don’t have an induction stove.

@jforrister @xobzoo “Not all stainless steel is magnetic so you will want to perform the magnet test to be sure.”

I read the Q&A section on Amazon and someone answered that these won’t work. I’m not buying these just to find out the magnet test fails

@andymand i assumed it was a joke about Cuisinart being a small company.

@Maccaroney Ah, that makes sense. The irony was (obviously) lost on me!

@MrNews

Tramontina

I haven’t used their cookware but they make great machetes and knives.

@detailer These will eventually get funk around the rim that you simply can’t get to. It’s not super bad, but you’ll see it.

And those little gaskets under the handle will be breaking any day now.

@Pufferfishy You mean the Cuisinart? My Henckles is fine after 3 years of frequent use.

@detailer The Henckles. I got mine in 2015. It’s not terrible, but it’s visible…

Still, this is by far some of my favorite cookware, along with All-Clad 5-layer.

@Pufferfishy Probably…but at no extra charge like prewashed jeans.