Hi everyone, first post here...
So I got my wife a set of these beautiful cookware for the holidays and while we love the look and make of them, they are nothing but trouble and we are not sure what to do. I have read reviews from Kohls, Wayfair, Dillards and so many others with people saying how wonderful they are, how they clean up, etc...
Our problem is simple, keep in mind, my wife is a stickler for cooking and is very careful in her approach to cooking correctly and cleaning of the items.
After the first use of one of the pans, the entire copper outside discolored and the silver lining in the point was impossible to clean out and still is to this day. We have no clue how to clean these pots and keep there color let alone protect the inside to keep things from sticking.
Online everyone says no high heat, warm the pans up first before food, etc..We have tried with no luck and of course Onieda pretends like these items don't exist since they are special made for online companies, so they have clue how to tell us to use them and clean them, their suggestion was to return them and purchase another set at no cost and see if the first set was just a bad set.
My goal is to see if anyone has experienced this before with this set or something similar and what is the proper way to clean and cook with them? What are we missing....
Here are some photos to show you the brand and the issues.. PLEASE HELP!! , thank you.
Hi everyone, first post here...
So I got my wife a set of these beautiful cookware for the holidays and while we love the look and make of them, they are nothing but trouble and we are not sure what to do. I have read reviews from Kohls, Wayfair, Dillards and so many others with people saying how wonderful they are, how they clean up, etc...
Our problem is simple, keep in mind, my wife is a stickler for cooking and is very careful in her approach to cooking correctly and cleaning of the items.
After the first use of one of the pans, the entire copper outside discolored and the silver lining in the point was impossible to clean out and still is to this day. We have no clue how to clean these pots and keep there color let alone protect the inside to keep things from sticking.
Online everyone says no high heat, warm the pans up first before food, etc..We have tried with no luck and of course Onieda pretends like these items don't exist since they are special made for online companies, so they have clue how to tell us to use them and clean them, their suggestion was to return them and purchase another set at no cost and see if the first set was just a bad set.
My goal is to see if anyone has experienced this before with this set or something similar and what is the proper way to clean and cook with them? What are we missing....
Here are some photos to show you the brand and the issues.. PLEASE HELP!! , thank you.
There's bad news and worse news. The Worse News is that you don't have copper cookware--you have stainless steel cookware with a copper coating that is, as the Pa. Dutch supposedly say, "chust for pretty" and has zero effect on cooking. The finish isn't hammered, just pressed in by machine. In short, you have expensive high-maintenance crap. (I've been collecting copper for about 50 years, and I've learnt my lessons the hard way.) And fyi, it won't work on induction stoves.
What to do? Apparently you can';t get a refund, so you could ask for a prepaid return shipping label and accept a new set. Frankly, I doubt that that'll do any good. And Oneida might say you have to pay shipping!)
If you keep the current set, just accept the fact that the interiors will never clean up to new condition. (The happens with real tin-lined copper as well.) If your have actual stains, you can scrub all you want with whatever you want, but the mirror finish won't return. If you have cooked-on residue (you will be able to feel in on your finger, eyes closed), you can gently scrape it off with a single-edge razor blade (unaided, from an art-supplies store, or in a small holder by Stanley, Hyde or Red Devil, from hardware store).
For the exteriors, I posit 3 grades of care. 1. Sanitary Care & Cosmetic Negligence.: clean the pot but pay NO attention to shining the thing, just let it naturally patinate, and get used to the fact that at best it will look like old pennies. I suspect your wife will not like that, but there are plenty of people who say "Look--it's a POT not a work of art." 2. What I call a Restaurant Shine I achieve with ease: wash pot in hot water and, while still hot, slather it with the cheapest store-brand ketchup you can find. Let it sit for a bit, then rinse. Result won't be perfect; you might want to do a second round. At that point, you've gone as far as the easy way will get you. Rest assured they will look nice enough to hang up for display, but they won't gleam. They'll glow. A little. (White vinegar+salt slopped onto a rag also works, but is nasty.) 3. For holiday dinners, or when I want to show off, or when I want everyone to leave me alone for a day, a Martha Stewart shine is called for, and that means polish. I experiment often with various products, and I am now very pleased with this one: Autosol Metal Polish (2 75ml tubes $9.90, Amazon) It’s new to me, and it is, I think, the equal of the gold-standard, Simichrome. (For lagniappe, you get twice as much for a couple of bucks less.) Both from Amazon, along with Noxon, nearly as good, and Brasso, pretty good too.) Autosol works so well I now use it on my Zwilling Pro Line knives, and I wish I’d found it sooner.
Always remember: your results may vary. Not all copper is created equal.
Here’s how I marthastewartize my pots: wash, polish, wash again to remove any residue--god only knows what's in that stuff. And always dry by hand: water spots will NOT come off.--Bill Marsano is a home cook whose daughter calls his kitchen “Dad Mean-o’s Restaurant” because she hates eggplant.