Gotham Steel cookware: what each set holds

Gotham Steel’s Stackmaster, Ceramax hybrid and tri-ply stainless sets and its 14-inch pan: what each holds, oven limits, stoves, care and where it is made.

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Which Gotham Steel set

The Stackmaster 10-piece is the one built for a small cabinet: five pans that nest, and three glass lids that Gotham Steel says fit across the saucepans, the stockpot and the frying pans. The Ceramax Hybrid 8-piece gives every pan its own lid and sets an etched steel pattern into ceramic nonstick, as HexClad does. The Tri-Ply 12-piece is uncoated stainless steel with a three-layer base, for searing, or for a cook who wants no coating at all.

Count the pans, not the pieces: the Stackmaster holds five pans and two utensils, the Tri-Ply 12-piece five pans and four pan protectors, and the Ceramax four pans and four protectors. None has a sauté pan, and the biggest pot in any of them is 5.35 quarts, enough for a pound of pasta but not for stock or a double batch of soup.

On its own, the 14-inch Natural Collection family pan is wider than the biggest frying pan in most sets here, room for pancakes or chicken thighs for four at once. It comes without a lid and wants your largest burner.

Oven, stove and care

Gotham Steel gives one oven figure for each set and none for the glass lids: 550°F for the Stackmaster, 500°F for the Ceramax, the Tri-Ply set and the 14-inch pan. It says all four work on induction and every other stove. Each goes in the dishwasher, but every page’s specification also lists hand washing as recommended, and its care notes for ceramic pans ask for low to medium heat.

Gotham Steel sells the Stackmaster and the Ceramax for metal utensils. For the 14-inch pan, its care notes suggest wooden, silicone or plastic tools, and say metal ones are safe if they have no sharp edges. It says its coatings are made without PTFE, and the Ceramax and 14-inch pages add PFAS.

Where Gotham Steel is made, and the warranty

Gotham Steel says its designs come from its own studio in New York and are tested with its manufacturing partners; it does not say where the cookware is made, so our tables say “Not stated”. Every piece here carries a 10-year limited warranty against defects.

Its 5-quart ceramic Dutch oven isn’t listed here: the page calls it cast aluminum in one line and stamped from a single sheet in the next, and sells it for sourdough without giving an oven temperature. Ask Gotham Steel for the limit before you bake bread in it.

Where is Gotham Steel cookware made?

Gotham Steel’s product pages for the cookware here do not say where it is made.

Gotham Steel warranty

The warranties Gotham Steel names for these products: 10-year limited. To make a claim, start from the warranty or support page on Gotham Steel’s own site and keep your proof of purchase.

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Scroll sideways for every column; tap a heading to sort. “Not stated” means the maker doesn’t publish it.

Contents, cooking jobs and model-specific limits
Gotham Steel Stackmaster 10-piece stackable setCeramic coated5 / 3Skillet, Saucepan or saucier, Stockpot or Dutch oven, Nonstick egg panWorks on induction550 °F / Not statedDishwasher safe; the maker recommends handwashing
Gotham Steel Tri-Ply Stainless Steel and Copper 12-piece setDisk-bottom stainless5 / 3Skillet, Saucepan or saucier, Stockpot or Dutch ovenWorks on induction500 °F / Not statedDishwasher safe; the maker recommends handwashing
Gotham Steel Ceramax Hybrid 8-piece set with 4 pan protectorsHybrid4 / 4Skillet, Saucepan or saucier, Stockpot or Dutch oven, Nonstick egg panWorks on induction500 °F / Not statedDishwasher safe; the maker recommends handwashing
Gotham Steel Natural Collection Family Pan, 14 inCeramic coated1 / 0Skillet, Nonstick egg panWorks on induction500 °F / No lidDishwasher safe; the maker recommends handwashing

Questions before you choose

How are these products ordered?

Products that cover more everyday cooking jobs come first, then those with more pots and pans, then more lids, then by name. It is not a quality ranking, and what we earn from a link never changes the order.

What does “Not stated” mean?

The maker does not publish that figure for this exact product. It does not mean there is no limit; ask the maker or pick a product that states it.

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