This Fagor set is a good value. Not "cheap junk", but not outrageously expensive either. The bottoms are heavy-duty and work very well on my electric stove. I do what the book recommends, and start on one burner set at "high" and then move to a second burner pre-warmed to "medium", and that works great. The stainless-steel cleans up very nicely, but per-recommendation, I wash by hand.
The combo of 4-qt and 8-qt is just right, in my opinion. The little one works well for rice or veggies, and the big one can handle most roasts. There is also a 4qt & 6qt set available, but I am glad that I bought the 4/8qt instead. Pressure cooking has opened up a whole realm of menu possibilities for things that had been too long and difficult before. Doing a roast in 60-minutes package-to-plate rather than 4-6 hours really expands the options.
So far, no complaints with the product at all."..." Read more
- John in Pennsylvania