LurfysMa > wrote in
:

> Since there's the raging debate over Calphalon (and All-Clad), I'd be
> interested to know how you all feel about Circulon?
>
> I have a large (12") Circulon frying pan that I have only used a few
> times, but seems to work very well. My smaller frying pans are some
> cheaper brand (Supreme?) and are wearing out. My plan it to replace
> them with Circulon pans.


From CR's last review:

NON STICK

1 Kirkland Signature (Costco) Item 783634
CR Best Buy $150 14pc anodized aluminum
2 Anolon Titanium $300 10pc anodized aluminum/titanium
3 Anolon Advanced $200 8pc anodized aluminum
4 Emerilware $250 10pc anodized aluminum
5 Scanpan Classic 20203 $400 8pc aluminum/titanium
6 Wearever Excellence $100 8pc aluminum
7 Bialetti Fusion 45459 $50 9pc aluminum
8 Berndes Signo Classic 697101 $200 5pc aluminum
9 Circulon Elite $250 10pc anodized aluminum
10 Farberware Select Non-Stick $100 10pc enamel/aluminum
11 Calphalon One Infused Anodized Nonstick $480 8pc anodized aluminum
12 Cuisinart Chef's Classic Non-Stick 66-7 $100 7pc anodized aluminum
13 Calphalon Kitchen Essentials $150 8pc anodized aluminum
14 Cook's Essentials Stainless $100 10pc stainless steel/aluminum
15 Circulon Steel $150 8pc stainless steel/titanium
16 T-Fal Encore Hard Enamel $100 10pc enamel/aluminum
17 Calphalon Simply Calphalon $150 8pc anodized aluminum
18 Farberware Millennium Soft Touch Colors $150 10pc aluminum
19 T-Fal Perfection Hard Enamel $100 9pc enamel/aluminum
20 Nordic Ware Rangeware $100 8pc enamel/carbon steel/aluminum


MIXED Only frying pans are nonstick.
1 Calphalon Simply Calphalon $150 8pc stainless steel/aluminum
2 Wearever Cook & Strain $60 8pc stainless steel/aluminum


UNCOATED
1 KitchenAid Gourmet Essentials Brushed Stainless $150 10pc stainless
steel/aluminum
2 Calphalon Contemporary $400 8pc stainless steel
3 Emerilware Stainless $200 10pc stainless steel/aluminum/copper
4 Magnalite Classic $130 8pc aluminum
5 Member's Mark (Sam's Club) Tri-Ply-Clad Item 955462 $130 11pc stainless
steel/aluminum
6 J.A. Henckels Classic Clad $200 7pc stainless steel/aluminum
7 T-Fal Jamie Oliver Professional Stainless $150 9pc stainless
steel/aluminum
8 All-Clad Master Chef 2 700393 $320 7pc stainless steel/aluminum
9 Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless 77-7 $100 7pc stainless steel
10 All-Clad Copper Core 6000-7SS $700 7pc stainless steel/copper
11 Wolfgang Puck Bistro Collection Stainless 690533 $200 20pc stainless
steel/aluminum
12 Farberware Millennium Soft Touch Stainless Steel $130 10pc stainless
steel/aluminum
13 Scanpan Fusion 5 $300 8pc stainless steel/aluminum
14 Daniel Boulud Kitchen (DBK) Generation Stainless Clad $350 11pc
stainless steel/carbon/copper/aluminum
15 Revere Copper Cuisine $60 7pc stainless steel/copper
16 Viking Professional Starter Set VSC1009 $565 5pc stainless steel


NONSTICK #7 also got a nod from CR.

Numbered by score in each category. Not including the details charts.
You'll have to pay $25/annual for the biggger picture web subscription.

I didn't see the Kirkland product listed at Costco's website. Must've
been a one-time special.

Andy