Calphalon 7-Piece Mixed Utensil Crock Set

 (5 customer reviews)

Love these utensils. They don't scratch up my pots and pans (like my metal ones) and they're easy to clean (dishwasher safe). The crock it comes in is big enough to hold all your other utensils as well. Great quality, great price! I even bought a set for my friend as a house warming gift and he loves it as well.

I'm thrilled with this purchase. The utensils work great and are a pleasure to use and to easily clean up. The stainless steel crock is a beautiful addition to the kitchen counter and complements stainless steel appliances wonderfully. The spatulas are flexible and work way better to "get it all" when scraping mixing bowls than any spatula I've ever owned before. The only pieces that I'm not the hugest fan of are the wooden turner (it is too thick to be able to easily get under a lot of things that need to be turned) and the large nylon turner (it is a little too big and quite a bit too flexible, which means it's hard to flatten out meat with it in the skillet). I supplemented this purchase with other individual pieces: the Calphalon soup ladle, potato masher, and a simply wonderful Oxo brushed stainless steel turner, for using against hard surfaces like Corning Ware or my glass baking dishes. These things get too hot to use nylon utensils on, anyway.

The Nylon items are quite good and so is the metal holder that comes with it. The problems lies with wooden utensils which are cheap and were damaged upon arrival. They are not smooth and quickly become worn. The checks or cracks in the wood have grown as to make the utensils unusable.