GreenPan cookware sets

Which set

Valencia Pro comes as an 11-piece, with 8-, 9.5- and 11-inch frypans, 1.5- and 3-quart saucepans, a 3-quart sauté pan, a 5-quart stockpot and three pan protectors, or as a 9-piece without the 1.5-quart saucepan, its lid and the protectors. For one or two, the small saucepan is the piece you will miss.

Reserve Pro’s 10-piece has 8- and 10-inch frypans, a 2.5-quart saucepan, a 3.75-quart sauté pan and a 5-quart stockpot. The 14-piece adds a 10-inch crepe pan, for pancakes and crepes, and an 11-inch everyday pan with a lid and side handles. Both nest, thanks to angled frypan handles, and both have only one saucepan.

Rio puts the most in the box: the 16-piece has seven pots and pans, among them a 5-inch egg pan, a steamer and four bamboo utensils. The Rio Advanced 10-piece is smaller, with five pans, but it is the Rio that works on induction.

Chatham Pro’s 12-piece has 8- and 10-inch frypans, 1.6- and 2-quart saucepans, a 4-quart sauté pan with a helper handle and a 5-quart stockpot. Bobby Flay Copper Clad’s 8-piece has 8- and 10-inch frypans, a 2-quart saucepan, a 4-quart sauté pan and a 6-quart stockpot, and goes by hand only. No GreenPan set here has a 12-inch frypan.

What the pans weigh

GreenPan weighs each pan. Its 10-inch frypans run from 1.5 lb in Rio Advanced and 1.9 lb in Reserve Pro to 2.3 lb in Chatham Pro stainless and 3.1 lb in Bobby Flay Copper Clad; Valencia Pro’s 11-inch weighs 2.75 lb. For the pots that come with a lid, GreenPan doesn’t say whether the lid is in the figure, so our tables show only the frypans’ weights.

Questions before you choose