Gotham Steel Modern 11 Pc Ceramic Pots and Pans Set Non Stick, Kitchen Cookware Sets, Non Stick Pots and Pan Set, Ceramic Cookware Set, Pot and Pan Set, Non Toxic Cookware Set, Dishwasher Safe – Navy

Nice and Study
The product is good. I was not originally happy with the small scratches on the lids but I’m fine with it now. I did use the pots immediately. It survived oxtails with rice and peas. No issues of the food sticking to the bottom of the pots, so you get what’s advertised. The clean up was a breeze, just use a soft sponge. The pots are heavy enough but the lids, not so much.

Pretty and non stick
Looks nice, nice weight to it and really is non stick. Easy to clean. But handles do get hot, otherwise it would’ve been perfect.

Handles get very hot! Be careful not to burn you hands!
Beautiful pots, non stick works well. Handles will burn your hands!

Great pots, but lid damaged. Gotham uninterested.
I am NOT a fan of anything non-stick. I’m a stainless steel, cast iron sort of gal. But I was also very curious since these claim to be totally safe and non-toxic (we’ll get to that when I discuss the lid issue…). Well, I have to say, these were amazing. They cooked my food fantasticly and so even. I tested three different pots that day – two stainless, and this, (one stainless pan not from a set, two from this set, one from another stainless set). I cooked a chicken thigh in each pan, all at the same setting, all pans claiming they cook well for gas, electric, ceramic, and induction (do yourself a favor unless you get these, though I would still – get separate pans made for induction and separate pans that are not made for induction). Each pan was set to number 4 on my electric stovetop (10 being the highest, 1 the lowest), and each getting the same amount of olive oil in the stainless steel pans (well, I eyeballed it – I’m Italian…it’s how we cook), no olive oil in the Gotham ceramic coated pan. Results: Out of the two other pans, the one that was NOT from a set did the worst. It, shall we say, “blackened” the chicken thigh. The one from the stainless set almost blackened the chicken thigh. Both of those were not cooked all the way through. All were cooked for the same amount of time. The Gotham pan cooked it perfectly, all the way through with NO olive oil, in the same amount of time. It browned the outside of the thigh to perfection (skinned, with bone in, as was each thigh in the other pans – and only a slight amount of olive oil was used with those. I cooked them how I normally would in my regular stainless steel pans that were not used in this test and do not “blacken” my chicken). I also cooked my pasta in one of the Gotham pots. There was no starch ring, and the water did not rise above the pot. Nor did any single strand of pasta stick to the pot. It cleaned up seamlessly, as did the pan I cooked my chicken in. These were amazing!
So why three stars? Well, the lid on one of the pots came damaged – It was clearly a manufacturing fault where something made a deeper line through the top of the lid, about an inch and a half to two inches long (give or take), the line is irregular, and clearly not supposed to be there. I reached out. Nothing. Reached out a second time after more than enough time had gone by. Nothing still. Got a hold of Gotham. They were rude, dismissive, did not listen at all, and just gave me amazon’s digits. Now, if a manufacturer won’t listen, respond, or care about their product, how do I know if their claims about toxicity are true or not? These are two hundred dollar pots. Customers deserve to know the information they seek, and corrective actions should be taken when a product comes damaged, especially when it’s the manufacturer’s fault. I leave it up to you as far as a recommendation based on this review. Whatever you decide, you are surely thinking about pots and pans, so, happy cooking with whatever you choose!:)