Ceramic Nonstick 10 Piece Cookware Set

Unfortunately, this cookware is not everything a girl could dream for. Full disclosure – I’m not a cook/chef by any stretch. I hate cooking. I’m one of those people who eat to live, rather than live to eat. As such, I’m more interested in the nutrition of my food than doing complicated, fatty-but-delicious stuff. So I wanted a nonstick cookware set to minimize the oil in my food, clean-up is easy, and I don’t have to treat it with kid gloves. I watched a very entertaining youtube video that featured a review of this, that convinced me this was the set I had been searching for. (Spoiler alert: it’s not. Maybe.) I tested the skillet last night. -First thing I noticed is that it’s very light weight, at least compared to my calphalon set I’ve had for over 20 years that needs replacing. For me, this is a good thing. For people who are “real cooks”, I gather they value having heavy cookware. I don’t know (or care) why. I put it on the gas burner, and maybe 20 seconds or so later I spooned some minced out-of-the-jar garlic into it. -I don’t know if this is a pro or a con, but the pan heated up VERY fast. I didn’t add any oil, except that the garlic-in-a-jar is floating in oil. -The garlic stuck after a few seconds. Using the spatula thingy that came with the set, I wasn’t able to dislodge it I added a bag of broccoli slaw on top. -With the liquid coming out of the veg, it was easier, but not 100%, to scrape the stuck-on garlic off the bottom. I drizzled some soy sauce on after a couple of minutes -Now nothing stuck to the bottom any more, and everything mixed in together nicely. -In that minute or two, the handle heated up beyond being able to hold onto it. After all was said and done, and I waited long enough for the handle to cool down so I could pick it up to wash it, it cleaned up very easily. No rubbing or scrubbing. So I guess beyond the initial panic with the garlic sticking, it ended up being pretty impressively non-stick, but maybe only because of the nature of what I added in there on top. On the con side, the handle got so hot I had to get out my oven mitt. Do I want to add to the inconvenience of cooking by having to have that kind of extra stuff on hand? No. Am I being unrealistic in hoping there’s such a thing as a perfectly non-stick pan whose handle doesn’t preclude actually using the dang thing? I don’t know. I’m very on-the-fence about whether this set is a keeper. I thought about getting one of the copper ones for comparison but reviewers on those say their handles heat up too, and the finish wears off. And even the youtube reviewer said the handles on these look identical to the handles on the copper ones, like they’re made by the same manufacturer. …and…wouldn’t ya know. Apparently there’s such a thing as pot handle covers you can buy (other companies? Who knows if they really are). Maybe I’ll go that route. And people wonder why I hate cooking…