If you've got a Sam's club nearby, check out their stainless set. It's 100%
tri-ply and costs only $179 for 12 or 13 pieces. I bought it as a gift for
someone, but personally own the old Kirkland tri-ply. If I had to choose
the new Kirkland disk-bottomed set vs. the Sam's Club set, I'd choose the
latter in an instant. The Kirkland set is pretty, though.

C



"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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>
> "TK" > wrote in message
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> > Had anyone had experience with Kirkland brand cookware from costco? I
saw
> a
> > set of pots and pans there yesterday and they loook pretty good, but
> before
> > I plunk down 200 bucks, I thought I'd check around. They're 18/10
> > stainless, aluminum, and copper, all sandwiched together (all clad
style,
> > but I'm pretty sure the copper and aluminum are just in the base).
> Anyway,
> > thoughts, experiences? TIA
>
> I have a couple of the old style Kirkland non-stick skillets. They are
the
> tri-ply design, not the puck type. They have been great. The only
cookware
> that I have seen recently at Costco has been the disk type, not the
tri-ply
> design like All-Clad. That said, I think they would be fine. I have a
set
> of Wolfgang Puck cookware with the disks and I have no complaints. My
only
> issue with the new Kirkland cookware is that it isn't a great bargain for
> $200 - not exorbitant, but nothing to write home about. When the original
> tri-ply cookware was selling for $149 it was a steal. When it went up to
> $199, it was still OK. But, the disk type cookware for $199 doesn't
> interest me. You can get disk bottomed cookware at discount stores (TJ
Max,
> Marshall's, Homegoods, Tuesday Morning, K-mart, ...) or online from
HSN.com
> for well under $199 for 10 pieces.
>
> If this is the cookware you are talking about, then please note that they
> say that the BOTTOM is bonded, not the entire piece:
>
http://www.costco.com/frameset.asp?t...8&log=&NavTop=
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>