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Curtis Stone vs. Good Housekeeping pans

WORKING GAL — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:21:43 GMT

I ordered the Custis Stone 9X13 pan with rack from HSN yesterday. I have a couple sets of Good Housekeeping baking pans. They both claim to have 5 layers of non-stick. If anyone has both brands of pans, which do you prefer and why. My SIL has a number of Curtis Stone and says they are great. I am very satisfied with the GH pans from QVC but I need a 9X13 and it came with a non-stick rack for $19.95. I thought that was a good deal. TIA

Re: Curtis Stone vs. Good Housekeeping pans

KBEANS — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 22:41:04 GMT

His former sous chef, Rochelle is the vendor for those GH pans on QVC now. I would think they are a copy of Curtis' line.

They're probably similar.

edited to add

I just read that he helped develop the GH line for them...so there it is. 😆

Re: Curtis Stone vs. Good Housekeeping pans

Carmie — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:47:19 GMT

I don't know if Curtis' pans are a new type or not. At one time, I bought four of his 9x13 pans in red.

They were horrible. They stained and the finish peeled off. They also rusted around the rolled edges. I was extremely disappointed. They were ruined in a few months. Picture is included.

I have three sets of his square and rectangular frying pan and they're great, but his baking pans were junk.

I am back to using USA pans.

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Texas Gray Wolf — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 13:41:42 GMT

I absolutely love his Dura-pans items....no problem with them.

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Haoo — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:54:31 GMT

I totally agree with Carmie. The pans are horrible and don't even last a month before they rust, start chipping, and everything sticks to it. I had a large set and got rid of it quickly. However, CS cookware is fantastic. I had several sets and are still like new. They are light and durable. I love CS pots and pans. BUT, the baking pans are extremelly bad. My pans looked like the photos Carmie just posted. Hope this helps.

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jannabelle1 — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 23:00:46 GMT

Interesting comments about the baking pans. I have a number of them in various sizes and they all look the same as when I got them. I've had no problems at all with them except that one of them is a little lopsided. I generall use them in oven temps from 350 to 425 and always wash by hand. They've worked well for me and certainly weren't junk for me!

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SouthernBee — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 00:28:09 GMT

@Carmie : I had the same problem. I bought set of 4 for me and another set for a special friend. I was so embarrassed and upset. I started purchasing USA pans.

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WORKING GAL — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:31:16 GMT

@Carmie- I have a 9X13 USA pan for a few years and used it a lot in the oven at 350-400 degrees. It has totally discolored to a brown color and is no longer non-stick. I ordered the CS pan with rack to replace it. I hope it works for me. My SIL has some of his baking pans and says they are very good. Time will tell.

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Carmie — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 21:51:46 GMT

@WORKING GAL Some of my USA pans are discolored. That happens, but they are not rusted, warped or peeling.

I never even knew they had non stick on them. I usually use parchment paper with my pans.

I admit I am hard on cookware and bakeware. I cook a lot from scratch. When pans go bad only after a few months, I consider them junk.

Curtis Stone's cookware is excellent. I have had some pieces for a few years now, and only one pan had the paint chipping off on the outside on the top edge. That pan is red.

I have his blue and turquoise fry pans that are in excellent shape and I use them a lot.

I do know that I will never buy any if his bakeware again.

( I wonder if there is something wrong with the pans in the red color)

What color does everyone have?

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WORKING GAL — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:35:54 GMT

@Carmie- USA pans are a commercial grade pan with a silicone non-stick according to the label that was with the pan upon purchase.

Re: Curtis Stone vs. Good Housekeeping pans

Renata22 — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 16:07:52 GMT

I have both the CS Durapans and the Good Housekeeping. They are both amazing and I've had no trouble with either. I use a small skillet of CS everyday and another bigger one often. Nothing sticks to them after years of use. I also have his newer 9x13 pan. It's heavy and non stick is the best.

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WORKING GAL — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 21:01:10 GMT

@Renata22- Thanks for the review. I love the Good Housekeeping pans and my CS 9X13 is supposed to be delivered on 8/2.

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mittie — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:15:45 GMT

Rochelle is still on. HSN with him. Curtis Stone and Rochelle developed CS pans I assume they did GH pans also. Thru seem to be no difference

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mittie — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:18:14 GMT

Mine sure didn't last long either. My pans from Deem brothers outlasted CS pans.
i bought my sil some too. Hers didn't last as long as mine. She cooks daily, I don't

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Sooner — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 03:22:31 GMT

We had two sets of the CS skillets. Both lasted maybe a couple years, discoloring and staining the whole time.

We just replaced the last set with Green Pan and Caraway ceramic coated skillets. WOW are they non stick! We will see how they hold up.

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781Florist — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 06:15:00 GMT

@Sooner I hope you have a better experience with your GreenPans than I have had. I bought a GP that looks like a 10"frying pan but instead of the long handle it has two grabber handles on the sides. (I am certain there is a name for this kind of pan but I cannot call it to mind.)

I am a single senior who hand washes everything and I use non -abrasive sponges and wood or silicone utensils on non-stick surfaces.

After about 10 months I noticed the non-stick property starting to lessen, and then white spots started to appear on the bed of the pan. At first I thought it was stuff that

resisted the non-stick, but then the spots began to be more numerous and I realized that the "diamond coated ceramic non-stick" surface was coming off bit by bit!

I am junking the pan and hope to find a non-stick pan that does what it claims to do! I have seen Anolon pans and they are nice but are just a bit less money than a couple of weeks on Cape Cod so I will have to bite down hard to try them.

I also bought Kitchen Aid baking sheets because they were extremely strong (solid!) and also non-stick.

They are strong, and are fairly non-stick, but the first time I heated Pepperidge Farm turnovers on one of them the sheet has the brown image of turnover triangles that is apparently going to still be there when my surviving relatives come to clean out the apartment after my funeral.

Is there anything that lives up to the hype anymore?!?

Re: Curtis Stone vs. Good Housekeeping pans

ID2 — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 09:47:12 GMT

Hexclad

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gardenman — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 10:10:17 GMT

"Is there anything that lives up to the hype anymore?!?"

Probably not. One of my favorite things in the old "Great Chefs of Wherever" series was looking at the cookware/bakeware they used. These were some of the highest-end professional kitchens in America and they used some of the junkiest-looking stuff imaginable to cook in. Disposable foil pans were used a lot more than you'd think for everything from making delicate sauces to baking. Bent, dented, beaten-up pans were used a lot. You rarely saw nice-looking, high-quality pans or cookware being used. And they could afford the best.