Choosing the   Waterless Cookware that’s right for you:

• Family Size & Vegetables:  Vegetables should fill or almost fill the pan.  If there is too much air inside the pan, the vapor seal will not form and vegetables will burn.  Prior to buying your cookware set, think about the normal amounts of vegetables you cook for a typical meal.   Place those in a pan with no water and put the lid on it.  Which size pan is best for your vegetable cooking needs? 
• Family Size & Meat: Meats can also be cooked stovetop.  Waterless cooking not only preserves the vitamins and minerals of all your foods by cooking them in their own natural juices but also lets you cook meats in a way that avoids the carcinogens from charring meat.  Stovetop cooking on low heat also decreases your energy consumption associated with turning on your oven. Which size pan is best for your meat cooking needs? 
• Stove top: All the pans we sell will work on gas, propane and electric stovetops.  However, only the pans with a carbonated steel ply will work on induction stovetops.  To meet this need, we provide the KT17ULTRA Set.  Since these pans do last a lifetime, what are your plans for upgrading your stove in the next 20 years?  
• Knobs:  The waterless cooking technique relies heavily on the lid creating a vapor seal with the shoulder of the pan when cooking on low heat.  The cooking process starts on medium heat.  Three types of knobs available on our cookware are designed for waterless cooking:
  • The Steam Control Knob whistles when it’s time to close the valve, turn heat to low—a natural vapor seal will form.
  • The Thermo Knob provides visual temperature confirmation—turn heat to low, allow vapor seal to form.
  • The Weighted Knobbed lid will flutter—turn heat to low, allow vapor seal to form.
  • Lids will spin easily once the vapor seal has formed and low-heat cooking occurs.   
• Stack Cooking Capability: If your goal is to learn to stack cook to more efficiently utilize your burner space and further decrease your energy consumption, you should choose a set that will allow you to stack cook.
• Oven Safe Handles: While it is possible to deliciously cook all food stovetop, from vegetables to meats to cakes, you may still want to occasionally utilize your oven.  If you’d like to use your cookware in the oven, be sure to look for oven-safe handles.  
• Accessory components: Different waterless cookware sets come with different accessory components, such as egg poachers, covered mixing bowls that also function as double boilers, vegetable grates and even deep fry baskets.  
• Informative Cookware DVD for waterless cookware: Waterless cooking, while not difficult, is different from traditional cooking methods.  We include a 16 minute informative cookware video for waterless cooking with each of our cookware sets.