Fawazhay - 2/20/2017 03:07 So I am not a sucker for gimmicks. But, we have a $3000 set of pots and pans and it was me that pushed for them. We had AlL Clad stainless and some teflon coated non stick pans. So, the traveling salesman was given our number by a friend. He came and cooked a meal. I wasn't really impressed but the food was good. Then, he asked me to get a teflon pan, All Clad pan, and one of his. I put two cups of water and two tablespoons of baking soda in each. We brought them to a boil and then turned off. Once cool, we all tasted a spoonful of the water out of each pan. The expensive ones tasted like baking soda and water. The All Clad had a distinct metal taste. The teflon cooked water hurt my mouth. It was so disgusting. I thought an aluminum pan with teflon was not what I needed to cook on and I didn't like how everything stuck to the All Clad. The expensive surgical grade stainless was not too sticky and no metal taste in the water. I wrote him a check.