Customer Reviews

Berndes SignoCast Classic 11-Inch, 4-1/4-Quart Saut? Pan

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I own two BERNDES skillets and am saving for a third larger one. The 8-inch skillet makes the BEST omelettes.
If you are shopping for a non-stick skillet buy Berndes. I'm not kidding. I've tried several (recommended by Cooks Illustrated) and those skillets died a quick death. Berndes non-stick seem indestructable, the weight is balanced and they clean so easily that I'm shocked every time.

I use All-Clad saucepans, and Berndes skillets. I'm a happy cook.

The Berndes Signocast products are excellent. They are strong and sturdy, but not as heavy as Le Creuset, they are very very easy to clean--a swipe or two in the dishwater and they are clean (use steel wool pads occasionally on their bottom aluminum cooking surface), their bottoms are flat unlike some stuff that warps leaving you wondering what is touching the electric element, and stuff in them cooks amazingly well. I'm gradually replacing everything else I've bought with these. These are a bit expensive, but they hold up, and good tools are important to the home chef and are well worth the money just as I feel good hand tools are well worth the money to someone wanting to do household repairs, etc. I have owned some pots and some skillets that needed lots of effort to scrub and clean--these Berndes items are truly soak-for-10-seconds and wipe clean, no matter how mean you've been to them. Because of their heft, it does take a bit longer for these to heat through, but maybe on the order of 30 seconds more--not a big deal, but still something to remember. No matter if you're doing soup, gumbo, bacon, pancakes, veggies, steaks, ham slices, potato pancakes, crab cakes, Chinese, goulash, etc., the cleanup afterwards is amazingly easy. Did you hear that, not only do they cook well but they clean well.

I have no financial interest in Berndes or in any of their distributors in any way. But I really like their stuff.

The best skillet/saute pan/ whatever you wanna call it - it does it all, and heats food throughout absolutley perfectly. Well worth the price. I have had it for 10 years, and it gets better with time. Would buy it all over again if I had to.

I don't cook well, but this pan help me a lot to be a better cook. And the size is just right for our 3-person-family for almost everthing. The surface is easily damaged. Take good care when use it.

Bought this pan to replace the one I have used for 10 years It is that indespensable!I have used it to stir-fry, sautee, simmer, and even stovetop-to oven baking.May have taken advantage of it's versatility, as finally the handle broke, (heat exhaustion at 450 degrees!)
The design and craftmanship makes for a comfortable fit for the hand, heat resitance to the touch and sturdy flat bottom for even cooking wwith no hot spots.

I bought this to replace an old Berndes pan, I had purchased at a major kitchen supply retailer about 11 years ago. I absoultely love the Berndes products.

After years of teflon and nonstick pans that aren't really "nonstick," I found Berndes....I had previously purchased and returned, not one, but two Calphalon sets of nonstick pots and pans because after a few uses, the bottoms appeared to be losing the coating and were discoloring. And they were not really "nonstick." I purchased the Berndes after Mary McDougall, cookbook author and queen of low fat cooking, told me about this fabulous saute pan that is truly nonstick. She told me that I would love it and she was right. I truly love it and it just wipes clean or sometimes needs just a little soak in warm water and then it wipes clean. I have yet to scrub or use dish detergent on it at all. I didn't even need to pre-oil it. I truly can cook without fats not and I am delighted.