Made In Cookware - 3-Piece Set (8", 10

At first, it was great! I followed everything in the care instructions video. But then, six months later, I started feeling frustrated about whether to keep it or not. Their video says to soak it in vinegar to help it regain its color, but I cook with it every day, and it has its limits. Sorry, but I shouldn’t have to deal with that kind of cleaning. It's just wear and tear. I should have gone with stainless steel and been patient when cooking eggs without them sticking. No tricks, just patience with stainless steel. But if I spend more money like this from Made In, I won’t have to wait! Then, around six months later, I looked at it and trusted that its worn look was part of what makes the pans good. Who wants to start the morning using a discolored pan after 6 months of use?

I gave these to my son to start his first kitchen. He likes them and says they are good quality however he finds they are a bit of a pain to clean. I ended up buying myself a different set.

I started reading about this brand of pans back in 2020, when I suddenly had lots of time, as did we all. I wanted non-stick, solid and nothing with the 'forever chemicals' that most non-sticks have. Ceramic coatings seemed to fragile and stainless would stick more. I was willing to tough it out with seasoning these Blue Carbon Steel pans and making them our long term pans. I think these pans might have worked if an unseasoned version had been available. The packaging was excellent. 5 stars for packaging. The pans seemed perfect, until I touched the inside surface. It was rough and reminded me instantly of an emery board. The enclosed instructions said they could be used right out of the box, but that additional seasoning would be beneficial. I followed the directions on the insert and cleaned, preheated on stove, oiled with high temp oil and baked for 1 hr @ 450. I assumed the imperfections would diminish. Didn't happen. After seasoning I tried frying an egg with butter and it could not have stuck more. Horrible. I researched their site and watched the video of their product person demonstrating how to season. This showed a cooktop method of seasoning, but required SCRUBBING the inside to remove prior seasoning first. Suggested was 10+ min of scrubbing. The demonstrator used a sponge with scrub side. I did the same thing for 20 min and the factory season barely budged. Still rough, but a bit smoother. I was exhausted and this was only the 8" frypan. I tried another egg fried in butter. It was a bit better, but still sticking. ***** 5 stars to Amazon process for the refund. I left a note in the box when shipping back so that if someone else was sent these that the history would be visible. Because of the good reviews, I can only assume that this was a defective batch of seasoned pans. I wish the unseasoned version had been available. Instructions say that the factory seasoning was a combination of shea butter and coconut oil. My personal skin shea butter has bits of material in it and maybe that is what went wrong at the factory. Won't know. If you order and the pans arrive rough inside, from my experience I would predict that there is no fix and it is part of the same bad batch.

These are good quality pans. However I wasn’t impressed with the seasoning. I can’t knock them for it as they’d be ridiculously expensive if they took to the time to put a very high quality seasoning on them. I’ve never had a factory carbon pan or cast iron that was up to my liking though. The only issue I see might be the heat conduction of the handle, It’s very thin so it will conduct heat from the pan quickly. Probably will pick up a set it silicone covers for a them.

awesome pans but handles do not dispel heat very well so get the specially designed handle pads