The Best Cookware Sets of 2022

From individual skillets, saucepans, and stockpots to complete sets, KitchenAid® cookware is designed for better temperature control. These pots and pans are built with lasting quality, convenient features, and timeless design, to fuel the creativity of kitchen creators and cuisine innovators. Available in a variety of materials – including hard-anodized nonstick and stainless Cookware Sets steel – to suit all cooking styles and techniques, for endless possibilities in the kitchen. Frypan skillet covered 2- and 3-quart, and 5-quart saucepans, covered stockpot, four glass lids, one stainless steel steamer, and three black nylon cooking utensils in the 14-piece cookware set. This easy-to-clean set from GreenPan is a personal favorite among our kitchen pros.

Enjoy grilling your favorite veggies, fish, or meat with this nonstick grill pan from Blue Diamond. The 11-inch pan is lightweight, making it super comfortable to handle. It’s even oven and broiler safe up to a whopping 850 degrees Fahrenheit. Reviewers love getting grill lines on their food from the convenience of their indoor kitchen, but some wish the pan came with a lid.

For those in the market for an affordable set that doesn’t skimp on design or function, check out the GreenLife Soft Grip Healthy Ceramic Nonstick Set. Make great family meals with this 11-piece Farberware Cookstart Aluminum DiamondMax Nonstick Cookware Set. Click to add 3qt Stainless Steel Pot With Lid to your favorites. Click to add 6qt Hard Anodized Non-stick Pot With Lid to your favorites. Click to add 7qt Hard Anodized Multi Use Pot Slightly Blemished to your favorites. Click to add 2qt Speckled Casserole Pot With Lid to your favorites.

The Caraway Home set is shipped in recycled cardboard with no plastic bags. Plus, the ceramic coating releases less CO2 when manufactured than traditional nonstick coatings. Unlike other pans on this list, which feature traditional PTFE coatings, Caraway’s pans have a ceramic coating. These pans were truly nonstick in our tests, but you’ll need to cook with lower temperatures to preserve their coating.

Our testers noted a distinct “nonstick” smell when these pans are heated. Cookstart nonstick cookware with DiamondMax nonstick technology has been engineered to perform 3X better than traditional ceramic nonsticks. The inside of each piece in the Multiclad pro cookware set is composed of polished aluminum, giving them a beautiful appearance. Our complete set has everything you’ll need for healthy cooking in your kitchen, staying organized with both our pot and lid holders, and looking good while doing so.

Cookware Sets

Unlike induction cooktops, halogen stovetops are compatible with all kinds of cookware. Overall, halogen hobs are quite convenient, practical, and easy to clean. You basically get the convenience of electric cooking combined with speed and precision of gas hobs. Furthermore, heat is evenly distributed across the cooking surface so you never have to worry about hot spots appearing.

Triple-layer bases with extra thick, heat-conducting aluminum evenly distribute heat from edge to edge. Stainless steel bases feature a layer of heat-conductive aluminum Cookware Sets that spreads heat quickly and evenly to grill, boil, and simmer with ease. Thick, forged induction bases spread heat evenly for consistent results on any stovetop.

There are a huge variety of pots in different shapes, often for specific uses, like crepe pans or grill pans. In general, wide, shallow pans are best for cooking foods where evaporation is desired. Tall, narrow pots are best when the goal is to limit the evaporation of liquid, like when you’re cooking pasta.