Great buy

Great Set

I absolutely love this set! With proper techniques, nothing sticks! I love knowing we won’t be eating Teflon or anything else besides the actual food I cook. BKF has kept them looking like when I took out of box. Beautiful and sturdy set! I do have to use silicone handle holders for hot lid handles but I don’t mind at all. I’m teaching my college sons to use them correctly for when they have their own homes. Hopefully I can find these again to gift to them. It took a month to see these in stock to order but so worth the wait!

Using the set for only a few weeks I've been very fastidious about adding salt to anything before it's boiling. Yesterday I used the large pot and calendar together to steam cauliflower. No salt was added to the cauliflower no salt was added to the water. After dinner upon washing the pots I discovered pitting in the bottom of the pot. Very disappointed

I was very excited to see this set available at Sams. But I'm sad to say I would return them if I still had the receipt because everything, and I mean everything sticks in these pans. No matter what your cooking, bacon, sausage and even this mornings eggs. Even using olive oil, PAM, or butter.

I did a bunch of research-I have some very good cookware-le Crueset, caliphs, copper pots...etc... need a new set for our NYC apt. Bought these and am blown away. First of all-heat up at medium heat-no need to blast these pots and they are great-absolutely netter than anything I own. And they were not currently sold Out I may consider another set

I have owned these for over a year now and I absolutely LOVE them. These pans are very HEAVY duty and will last a lifetime. I was unsure if I would like stainless steel but am loving them. If stuff gets all over the bottoms you just need to soak for a while and they come clean. The secret to keeping them looking like new is a product called Bar Keepers Friend. This product takes away the discoloration you may see and makes them beautiful again. These are not lightweight and should be the last set you ever buy. I loved this set so much but also wanted some non-stick fry pans. To my surprise Viking also makes a set of matching stainless steel fry pans that are coated on the inside with a non stick coating. I love these fry pans too and so happy they match the rest of my set.

We bought this set a couple of years ago. The quality is excellent. We love it. We are thinking of buying the same set as a housewarming gift for our best friend couple who moved into their first new house. The problem is that neither of them like to cook!

After several written attempts, customer service finally followed up. They without requiring further discussion sent a new sauté pan. 5 stars to customer service. I have had no further issues. Happy with nonstick capabilities and no problems with clean up. I’m happy. Mahlon

Yes they are made in China. Viking cookware seems to be made by Clipper, the lower cost sets are made in China. I see no reason to trust Chinese manufacturing with regard to safety etc but I do expect the quality people at Viking/Clipper to control quality attributes important to the US Market. They look to be quality the edge seems to be sealed meaning the stainless is closed and the aluminum core is not visible. One of the brands of three ply had the aluminum open and it oxidized. I don't know that it was necessarily a problem but clearly not good finished quality. The first cleaning should be by hand and the cooking surface should be cleaned with Barkeepers Friend or equivalent. You will get a grey dirt that is probably oxidation or from the manufacturing process. Many would not find it appetizing and soap and water or a dishwasher will not take it off. There will be a learning curve to frying, Search Youtube for how to prep the fry pans and how to use stainless fry pans. It is not politcally incorrect so they don't censor the information. Educate yourself, if you are considering stainless I suspect you are the type that knows you don't want your food touching Teflon or aluminum. Oh, Viking customer service did answer the phone when I called...or maybe it was Clipper? I will not comment on water spots and keeping them showpieces, I don't really care. I will not give 5 stars until they perform for 5 years.