Just as good, if not better, than the highly advertised hybrid pans
So far I love these pans. I followed the product advice to season the pans. I washed all the pans with a little bit of dawn dish soap and a dawn dish brush to remove any residual chemicals and dried the pans thoroughly. I heated them slowly on medium heat (setting of 4 on my stove, others will vary I am sure). I let them take 5 min to come up to temp, then added enough grape seed oil to sufficiently coat the bottom. I let the oil stay there for 5 min before removing from the heat. Using a pair of tongs and a saturated paper towel I spread the oil around the side walls to ensure the entire inside of the pan was exposed to a bit of oil. I let it cool for 5min before transferring the oil to another pan. Then I wiped the pan out with a dry paper towel. I created almost an assembly line, starting from the larger size pans where as one pan is warming up without oil, the previous pan is in the 5min cool down so at the end of the 5min the oil is ready to be transferred to the now heated pan.Fried eggs are a still tricky for me. Not that they stick, but I haven't sufficiently found the right temp to make fried eggs turn over without tearing the whites. I tried 2 fried eggs in the 8in skillet but discovered that my turners were too large and this created a issue turning them. My 2nd attempt was in the 10in skillet and this time I think my issue was the temp was not high enough leaving the whites on the fragile side when I tried to turn them. They still came out great in both cases, they just did not look as pretty as they could have.My second test was cooking pancakes in the 10in skillet. I used the simple Sams Club just-add-water pancake mix and coated the skillet with cooking spray (the sams brand olive oil variety). I used a portable Nuwave induction heating coil and set the temp at 275F. I have to say these were some of the best pancakes I have ever made. They stayed golden colored and I never ran into a situation where the 3rd+ pancakes cooked much faster and started to get dark brown. Instead they were golden with crispy edges.Last night I used their 12in saute pan (sold separately but similar to the smaller one in this set) to make smoked sausage and cabbage which caramelized well. I also used the sauce pot to make Zatarans Red Beans & Rice with some smoked sausage and also came out with no issues.So far I am really enjoying these pans. If I run into any issues down the road I will update this post. If in 6months you see no update, just assume everything is still working fantastic.