Customer Reviews

Chicago Metallic Commercial 6-Piece Bakeware Set

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One of the few really good sources for all metal baking pans. I am pleased with my purchase.

Thank God these pans are not non-stick. As a retired Hazardous Chemical Materials Consultant, I take this opportunity to warn all reading this post of the dangers of non-stick cookware. Unfortunately, the Washington chemical lobby has prevented the banning of non-stick cookware. The company who developed this plastic has been hiding the truth for decades.

Above 350 degrees non-stick materials begin to degrade releasing many hazardous chemicals. Some migrate into the food, others are released to the air where they are inhaled. Hydrogen fluoride gas realeased destroys lung tissue causing permanent lung damage. The higher the temperature the more deadly the results. Asthma-like symptons are some of the first symptoms to appear, also flu-like symptoms with headaches, dizziness etc. Over time with each exposure damage can progress to COPD, and in worst cases, Bronchiolitis Obliterans.

Other vital organs can also be affected including the liver, kidneys, bladder and brain. Fluorides have an affinity for brain tissue leading to memory loss and dimentia.

For the sake of your health and your loved ones avoid Fluoro-polymers used in the food industry. These include cookware, oven coatings, food packaging especially micro-wave meals in plastic containers. Their grease resistant coatings are also fluoropolymers.

I was just shocked to see the 2 negative reviews about this set of pans. I bought this commercial line of Chicago Metallic bakeware long time ago and tossed away all my other non-stick stuff. I have loved the result of baking in these pans. One time, I even compare the cookies baked in different brand pans and Chicago Metallic commercial pans easily produced the best-looking cookies with more even browning. Even though this line is not covered with teflon- thank goodness it is not- with a little cooking spray, the baked goods come off the pans normally really well. I even own a pullman bread (pain de mie) pan of this line, my perfect long squarish loaf falls out everytime without leaving anything behind. It's my newest addition to my bakeware and I just love it. This line is endorsed by King Arthur Flour company as pans for serious or professional bakers. Unless people get defective products, this absolutely does not deserve any poor rating.

I've been baking for over 50 years now, using many various brands of bake/cookware. Chicago Metallic is the best, hands down. I prefer the Commercial line and have been using it for several years. It's very easy to clean, foods cook perfectly, and never, ever stick. I highly recommend this superior product line.

America's Test Kitchen highly recommends Chicago Metallic bakeware. I love this set. It is very sturdy without being too heavy. This is perfect for baking as it doesn't burn or over-brown baked good like some non stick bakeware does.

This is an excellent set of high quality baking pans that deliver quality results consistently. With these standard sizes, its a good starter set as well. These pans don't rust and don't have non-stick coatings to get scratched and start peeling into your baked goods (delivering who-knows-what-kind-of-chemicals as well!)I expect this set to last me a lifetime, and while I have added other pieces from Chicago Metallics to my bakeware to finish a basic set up, this was the cornerstone set. Cakes come out more evenly baked, cookies bake consistently, bread bakes consistently and muffins/cupcakes are consistent. I was so tired of pulling pans out of the cupboard after months of disuse only to discover that they were crusted with rust (Gotta love Louisiana's humidity!)or discovering that the non-stick coating was starting to peel, rendering the pan useless. I also did not like how cookies baked on a non-stick cookie sheet, nor how cakes reacted to the non-stick finish.

I'd buy this again, and I'd recommend this set to anyone who was serious about baking.

Extremely sticky kitchenware, will ruin anything you'll try to bake without baking paper in it. When I bought this set, the website's description didn't tell that it was coated in aluminum, so in addition it's not safe to cook in it, because the metal is toxic. Never would recommend to buy it to anyone - pure frustration.

I bought these on sale at Amazon for myself and ended up giving it to my daughter in law, as she loved all the different pieces!!

They are a good size and made of strong material.

Great variety!

Arrived in perfect condition and very quickly. Good range of sizes. Easy to use and clean.

After one trip through the dishwasher two of the pans are already substantially rusted and had to be thrown out (the product description says that these pans won't rust but that is obviously not true). The 13 x 9 cake pan and the loaf pan both have huge deep gaps in the corners that will make cleaning impossible. I don't know how long the final two pans will last since the others are already bad.

Don't waste your money on this set.

For shame on Amazon for selling such a poor quality item.

This set is nothing special, not as heavy as what I had hoped. I bought a Hoffritz set from Costco a few years back and that set is much heavier and nicer for around the same money.

The large flat baking sheet is nice enough, it is a little thicker than the others for some reason. All have rolled edges. I bought my set on the gold deal for $34.99 with a free Kaiser blending spoon thrown in. Would be an okay starter set for newlywed but it is typical China stuff.

Update jan/2009. After having used the pans for a few months, I take back some of my negative comments. The pans wash up nicely and do not warp when baking so are thick enough. I still think the price is a little high but if you can get a good deal on them, the set is above average for a China baking set. Overall, I am happy with them and would purchase them again.