Our Food Editors Swear By Stainless-Steel Cookware, and Right Now *All* of Caraway’s Options (and Then Some) Are on Sale for Black Friday

If you ask me, the deal on the brand's coveted four-piece stainless-steel cookware set (was $745, now $476) is worth jumping up and down about. It comes with a 10.5-inch frying pan, a 3-quart saucepan, a 4.5-quart sauté pan and a 6.5-quart Dutch oven, all of which will help you pull off healthier cooking at higher temperatures for under $600. The pieces are crafted from strong 5-ply steel and designed to evenly distribute heat so your food comes out sizzling to perfection every time. And don’t fret about the lack of nonstick coasting. Gillen explains, “As long as you preheat the [pieces] and use a cooking fat, it can be just as slick [as nonstick options].”

Caraway’s stainless steel is also purportedly super easy to clean, but I’m not surprised. As Gillen shares, “[stainless-steel] is generally more forgiving to take care of (e.g., you can use metal utensils, and it won't scratch,” plus, “there are no fancy cleaning products or precious methods required to maintain your pots and pans.” In other words, this stunning set can totally replace your existing collection to fit all your cooking needs. As a bonus, it comes with vertical pan and lid storage holsters to easily store and organize your new kitchen essentials.

If you’re still unsure about going the stainless steel route (those pretty pans don’t come cheap), PureWow’s food team also highly recommends Caraway’s ceramic nonstick cookware. This four-piece set (usually $635, now just $421) comes with all the same handy pots and pans at the stainless steel set above, but is made of ceramic and treated with a non-toxic non-stick coating. All four pans are oven-safe up to 550°F, and can be easily cleaned with soap and hot water (just be sure to let them cool first to maintain that non-stick coating).

“Non-stick cookware often favors function over form, but Caraway really is as gorgeous as it is functional,” says Gillen. In her review, she was pleasantly surprised by just how slick the non-stick coating proved to be. As she admits, “I never fully believe the brands that claim, ‘you can cook with no oil!’ (you can’t do that), but Caraway is slippery enough to fry eggs, fillets of fish and delicate crab cakes with a touch less oil than I’d use with stainless steel or cast iron. It’s also super easy to wipe clean.”