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Our Place Cookware?

JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:13:39 GMT

Have it?. I'm thinking about this set...

Love it?
Like it?

Hate it?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

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faeriemoon — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:29:11 GMT

I think it's a fad.

I think if you're really into cooking you're better off with a higher end, restaurant quality, stainless steel pan.

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Carmie — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:59:26 GMT

I have it in almost every piece they offer. I have three pieces in Green, two in the taupe and one in the terracotta.

I like that food doesn't stick, they are easy to clean and they work on all cook tops.

What I don't like is how hot the handles/knobs get...on the the pans and on the lids. The company really needs to correct this problem. It gets extremely HOT. Using the silicone holders is a pain. I just use a pot holder, but I have burned myself a couple of times.

I bought mine on e-bay with free shipping, way, way less expensive than what QVC or Our Place sells it for. ($30 -$50)

It was all brand new in sealed boxes. I just kept checking every day until I found some great deals....that's why I have different colors.

I would never pay full price. It's nice, but not worth the full asking price.

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OKPrincess — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 03:59:30 GMT

I've never heard of it. I'm not in the market for new cookware.

But if it appeals to you, try it. Like the color.

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MariotaMurielle — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:11:32 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
Have it?. I'm thinking about this set...

Love it?
Like it?
Hate it?
Thanks in advance for the feedback.

@JeanLouiseFinch, I have the pieces shown in your post and the bake ware set. this cookware is very light weight and cleans up easily. very rarely does anything stick and when it does there is no staining.

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Nonametoday — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:08:58 GMT

I am rather confused about this cookware. It is made of aluminum and said to be so environmentally safe and health-safe. But I thought aluminum was what was causing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Has that changed? Or am I reading the makeup of the pans incorrectly. I have stainless steel pans that I bought long ago and although I love them everything sticks to them and I was looking at these for nonstickiing. Help me if I am wrong about the aluminum part.

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on the bay — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:03:58 GMT

@Nonametoday,

Everything I've read says aluminum is "considered safe" but can leach into food especially with acidic or alkaline? foods.

However, If you read what aluminum does to the human body and brain I think anyone would question the "considered safe." Search it, esp on NIH.

I think by using labels like environmentally friendly, etc, they hope that people will assume or hope that they are non toxic and safe even though made with aluminum. Or just not care that it is, thinking oh a little won't hurt. Anondized aluminum prevents it from leaching into foods to some extent, but not completely.

Why can't cookware be made without it?!

It can but I think it is probably cheaper to make it with it while keeping the non-stick and other features people like and manufacturers hope people will buy.

If I see aluminum in a pan, I don't buy it.

There are great pans to buy that are made in Europe without all the toxic chemicals. I always get mine from Homegoods.

I really think it is false advertising to claim something is environmentally friendly or safe when made with any toxic material even if it gets the "generally considered safe" label.

I'd rather there be no question at all whether it is safe or not.

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CamilleP — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:09:09 GMT

I have the skillet, and if I had a chance to remodel my kitchen and increase my cupboard space, I'd buy everything they make! It's so lightweight and cleans up very easily. I do concur about how hot the handles get, but I use kitchen gloves to handle it when I'm cooking, just like I do for using LeCreuset, so I only burn myself incidentally, like if my arm brushes the edge of the pan accidentally. I need to learn to cook as carefully as I used to handle scientific ware in the job I held for 35 years and retired from 8+ years ago, but outside of that job, I guess I'm doomed to be a klutz.

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CamilleP — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:22:25 GMT

@Nonametoday This cookware is coated with many layers of ceramic, both outside and inside, so that the food does not contact the aluminum. Just like LeCreuset is coated with enamel, so the food does not contact the cast iron it is made of. You are at more risk cooking in stainless steel that some alloy in that steel might leach into your food than you would be using the Our Place cookware, where there is fired ceramic between the metal and your food.

Also, there are no studies that prove that aluminum "causes" either Parkinson's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease. Those neurological diseases are incredibly complex and may well have significant genetic components we don't yet recognize, as well as environmental causes and triggers. It may be years or even decades before we can pin down true causes enough for either condition to even hope to prevent some cases, let alone all of them, or ever hope to cure them once symptoms start.

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JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:01:34 GMT

@Nonametoday wrote:
I am rather confused about this cookware. It is made of aluminum and said to be so environmentally safe and health-safe. But I thought aluminum was what was causing Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Has that changed? Or am I reading the makeup of the pans incorrectly. I have stainless steel pans that I bought long ago and although I love them everything sticks to them and I was looking at these for nonstickiing. Help me if I am wrong about the aluminum part.

@Nonametoday - I avoid having aluminum come in direct contact with food. This cookware has an aluminum base, which is a good heat conductor and also lightweight for easier handling, but then it's coated with ceramic which is more ideal and safe for contact with food. Wooden or silicone utensils are used, to prevent scratching and maintain the ceramic surface.

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Bri369 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 11:02:43 GMT

I have those pieces and love them. I also have Caraway cookware. I think they both perform equally as well. Nothing sticks, and they are both oven safe. They are much lighter than my Le Creuset pieces. Clean up is a breeze. Just remember not to use metal utensils with them.

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Nonametoday — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 12:31:57 GMT

@CamilleP wrote:
@Nonametoday This cookware is coated with many layers of ceramic, both outside and inside, so that the food does not contact the aluminum. Just like LeCreuset is coated with enamel, so the food does not contact the cast iron it is made of. You are at more risk cooking in stainless steel that some alloy in that steel might leach into your food than you would be using the Our Place cookware, where there is fired ceramic between the metal and your food.

Also, there are no studies that prove that aluminum "causes" either Parkinson's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease. Those neurological diseases are incredibly complex and may well have significant genetic components we don't yet recognize, as well as environmental causes and triggers. It may be years or even decades before we can pin down true causes enough for either condition to even hope to prevent some cases, let alone all of them, or ever hope to cure them once symptoms start.

@CamilleP

I did a paper on aluminum and Parkinson's in the 1990s. That is why I asked if it had changed. My references were NIH, National Library of Medicine, Mayo, Cleveland Clinic and Johns Hopkins. In order to keep my state certification I was required to do x amount of papers per year. I distinctly recall that as my mother had Parkinson's at the time and was interested in it. My daughter uses LeCreuset and I had some a few years ago. I can no longer lift it so I gave it to her. I am interested in obtaining a fry pan for scrambling or cooking overlight eggs for DH. Those are things on his diet that he can have but not in excess. So, I was looking for a fry pan that was safe for him. He had 2 brothers with Parkinson's and one with Lou Gehrig's and he has a familial tremor as does his twin sister. So I am very protective about the cookware and dishes we use.

I know that studies change over time and science is not a "true" science as physics is not as science can change and that was why I asked, if that had changed, that aluminum is no longer felt to be a contributor to neurogenerative disease.

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Bonkers1 — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 13:55:38 GMT

I like the color but I never buy anything that has handles that get hot.

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ScrapHappy — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:54:53 GMT

My daughter will be moving into an apartment. I plan on getting the "frying pan" style one for her. I like the functionality. I don't think she needs a set or a lot of different pots and pans.

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Puzzle Piece — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:23:21 GMT

Nice looking. I am blessed that I purchased my Revere Ware 40 years ago when it was made in the USA. Stainless steel indestructable. It will outlive me.

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Carmie — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:15:29 GMT

@Puzzle Piece I still use Revere Ware too. I bought it for my hope chest when I was in high school. I have been married almost 52 years, so mine is old.

I have some with copper bottoms and some with SS bottoms.

I have so much cookware, I could open a store. But I am hard on cookware, so most of it doesn't last as long as the Revere Ware.

I have some huge Revere stock pots that could hold a small child and still close the lid.