Scanpan Classic Ceramic Titanium 3-Piece Fry Pan and Dutch Oven Starter Set

by Scanpan

Product Features

• Set consists of 9-inch fry pan and 9-inch covered low Dutch oven
• Made in Denmark of pressure-cast aluminum with ceramic-titanium nonstick finish
• High-density phenolic resin handles securely attached without rivets
• Break-resistant glass lid with metal rim allows monitoring of cooking
• Oven-safe to 500 degrees F; dishwasher-safe; metal utensil-safe; lifetime warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20 x 11 x 6 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0000CDUU6
• Item model number: SPN10205
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #225,669 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Cook everything from pancakes to pot roast with this three-piece Scanpan Classic cookware set. The versatile 9-inch skillet and 9-inch low Dutch oven with a domed glass lid make a great starter gift, especially for someone with limited kitchen space. Made in Denmark of pressure-cast aluminum, the heavy-gauge pans distribute and retain heat evenly and feature a ceramic-titanium nonstick finish that is safe for use with metal utensils. The high-density phenolic resin handles are securely attached without rivets to facilitate stirring and cleaning, and are guaranteed not to come loose. Each piece of cookware is oven-safe to 500 degrees F, and while dishwasher-safe, washing by hand is recommended to preserve the nonstick finish.

In response to environmental concerns regarding nonstick finishes, Scanpan in 2007 introduced its Green Tek nonstick technology. Working with its suppliers, Scanpan is the first cookware company to completely eliminate the use of the harmful chemical PFOA from the entire process used to make its nonstick compound. The new PFOA-free nonstick finish is now found on all Scanpan Classic and Professional cookware. Scanpan covers its cast-aluminum cookware with a full lifetime warranty. --Ann Bieri

What's in the Box
3-piece cookware set. The set consists of: 9-inch skillet; 9-inch low Dutch oven; glass lid. 3 pieces total.

Product Description

Scanpan combines the latest technology with elegant, functional design and old world craftsmanship to manufacture the ultimate non-stick cookware today. Made of pressure-cast aluminum with ceramic-titanium non-stick surface.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good while it last, February 5, 2008

By	E.Z. "Eve" (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scanpan Classic Ceramic Titanium 3-Piece Fry Pan and Dutch Oven Starter Set (Kitchen)

I have both of these items for a few years and don't use them anymore. The skillet is not non-stick anymore and the dutch oven is flaking. So for a price of the set and a couple of years of use I don't think it's a good deal.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Be afraid...be very afraid. ZERO STARS, April 7, 2009

By	Norton South, "Decoder" (Out West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scanpan Classic Ceramic Titanium 3-Piece Fry Pan and Dutch Oven Starter Set (Kitchen)

Starter set? ... better to start somewhere else. One of these 5-star reviews could easily have been mine about five years ago. I was over the top about them at first, but am feeling a bit different about SCANPAN these days, and I'm also in the process of replacing my entire collection for which I paid more than I care to admit.

Reading through the Amazon reviews (back then in March 2004) and reviews elsewhere, I was convinced I would be investing in the best cookware on the planet, and it would serve me the rest of my days with its lifetime warranty. At first it performed well, despite the limited size assortment of sauce pans in the titanium Classic line ... the largest being the 3-quart size, which is barely big enough to boil enough spuds for two servings of mashed potatoes. But the pans distributed the heat very well, and food didn't stick to the nonstick surface.

Though I knew I could, I never put them in the dishwasher and, as is my style, I took very good care of the cookware. Living alone, I would describe my use of the cookware as "light" ... I was the only one who ever cooked on them. Even with the surface rated tough enough for metal utensils, I never used anything but nylon or wooden spatulas, spoons, etc. I also never used PAM on the surface. I pampered this cookware.

The covered sauté pan that I used most often was the first to show signs of discoloration on the cooking surface, along with a mass of little bubbles. Some of the bubbles lost their tops, others didn't. This started within 12-15 months of being new. Slowly this worsened and the cooking surface took on an unsightly dull gold/orange hue. Though disappointing I could have lived with discoloration, but within two years food was starting to stick to the surface. REALLY STICK.

A few pieces in the collection still look like new, but only because they're used less frequently/rarely. The two pots I've used the most are not as discolored as the sauté pan, but are bubbled, spotted and scuffed/nicked. The sauté pan is now officially "toast," and I tossed it out today. I'd consider sending the pans back for warranty replacement if it was an isolated defect, but it isn't, clearly all the pots/pans are headed in the same direction ... south. The so-called titanium nonstick surface simply doesn't last. Caveat emptor.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WON'T TAKE A LICKING, AND SOON STARTS STICKING., April 19, 2009

By	Angela (Roseburg, OR) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scanpan Classic Ceramic Titanium 3-Piece Fry Pan and Dutch Oven Starter Set (Kitchen)

Like many other reviewers for Scanpan pieces/sets, my experience with this cookware has been awful. I've tossed a complete set out after just four years of use. I'm aware there is a warranty, but why replace bad with bad? Besides, the process for warranty replacement has less appeal than a root canal. It's a joke.

YOU REALLY OWE IT TO YOURSELF to check around on the Internet for consumer feedback/reviews on this overpriced and overrated cookware. Again and again you'll read about how the nonstick surface eventually discolors, then forms little bubbles, the surface degrades, then finally loses all its nonstick qualities. Take the time to read customers' 1-star ratings here on Amazon for both sets and single pieces, and you'll read the same thing over and over again. SERIOUSLY, FOLKS, THINK TWICE.