Does anyone use pampered chef stoneware?

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

My first ever post!

Last night i went to a pampered chef party and having decided I would not spend any more money on cookware or gadgets I am now tempted to get some stoneware. For example the rectangular or square baker.

www.pamperedchef.co.uk/ordering/category_details.tpc?code=FH&id=9&parentCatId=9&parentId=

A couple of friends there rated them highly as you can just 'throw' the food in and produce a good result. So for example I was told you could just put in a couple of pieces of salmon with seasoning and they wouldn't dry out - so no faffing about with putting them in foil etc. and apparently things don't stick to them so you don't have to use as much oil.

So before I spend money on yet another piece of cookware I don't need I thought I'd ask if anyone had experience of them. Or are there any other pampered chef products that you rate highly?

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

BLOODY HELL HOW MUCH?

Get yourself down to Lakeland and buy some wine with the savings.

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

Ooh my first thread rather than post. I am so non-techy I knew I'd get the jargon wrong.

[miggy]

I have the circular stone dish thingy
TBH I just use it as a casserole/pasta bake type dish. Have never been able to do the seasoning and not washing up thing they advise (dont like the thought!) so an expensive pasta bake dish really!

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

That's what I thought, i'm a lakeland fan too, but everyone was so enthusiastic and I did wonder if the wine was influencing me.

[Bowlersarm]

I have one of those and tbh I don't rate any any higher than any other ovenproof dishes I have. It is a pain in the arse to clean, can't put it in dishwasher, can't use washng up liquids etc. it's fine, but I prefer other cookware.

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

Don't worry, your link works. Welcome I wouldn't pay that, sorry. It'll end up in the back of the cupboard and you'll feel like kicking yourself whenever you see it.

[Bunbaker]

I think it is overpriced and no better than some of the stoneware I have bought at the 99p shop.

I did succumb to buying the pizza stone and the Yorkshire pudding/muffin thingy, but was so unimpressed with them that I donated them to a church sale. Things do stick even after "seasoning" and the pizza stone just produced soggy pizzas, Don't waste your money.

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

They ply you with wine so you're too pissed to say no. Bastards You don't need one. Ignore anyone who tells you that you do.

[Piffpaffpoff]

Don't like the stoneware. The only thing I've ever bought from a Pampered Chef party that I actually use on a daily basis is the glass batter jug with lid. Everything else just sits in the cupboard being expensive.

[miggy]

Bowlersarm_i just wash mine up normally, with washing up liquid, use it once or twice a week (good size for our family) and its been fine. Looks as new though, not like the brown things they demo!

[Bowlersarm]

By the way, I love the measuring jugs with the lids from Pampered Chef and I use them a lot. Would recommend if you want to buy something from them. Mind you, it's a while since I've been to a Pampered Chef party so they may have some lovely new things. It is good quality stuff.

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

You can buy measuring jugs from the pound shop. A jug's a jug. You don't need anything expensive fancy. There's things that you should invest in, like knives and saucepans, never stoneware pizza bases or measuring jugs though. Spend it on wine.

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

I liked the measuring jugs with lids too but as with the stoneware it's a bit hard to justify buying one when I already have enough. I also like the 'dobber' ie tool to squash pastry balls into pastry cases for canapés and it's only £4!

[Bowlersarm]

Miggy-that would make my life a lot easier so I shall try washing it now with washing up liquid. They drum it into you so much not to, i'll feel like a rebel. Although at the moment I hardly use it because it takes ages getting grease and food remnants off it, so would be good to give it another go

[treaclesoda]

Funnily enough, I'm quite cynical about these things but I love my Pampered Chef stoneware. I find it really easy to clean - scrape most of it off, then pour a kettle of boiling water over it, give it a wee brush, and everything else melts off. I'm so tragic that I actively rush to wash it before DH gets there and does it first . And I find nothing ever sticks to it, and it doesn't get tainted with the flavour of other food, no matter what you cook on it.

I certainly wouldn't say you need one, or that I couldn't live without it, but I do use it a lot, and feel I have got my money's worth.

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

So miggy, bowlers arm what do you cook in yours? (when you do use it that is)

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

Xpost. Treaclesoda what do you use yours for?

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

But, Johnny, you can use the top of a lemonade bottle for free!

[Runningblue]

I think lakeland has cheaper options than pampered chef. I succumbed and wished i hadnt bothered. I just dont use them
I do however use a pizza stone a lot, and is good for making bread too. I think they have that in the range.

[treaclesoda]

I really just use it as a glorified baking tin/sheet. If I were cooking something like chicken goujons, on they go and they come up nice and crispy and they don't stick. I stick sausages on it and put them in the oven to cook. Roast vegetables on it. Anything and everything really!

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

Treaclesoda I can't imagine anyone ever rushing to be the first to wash something up in my house

[FreakoidOrganisoid]

I also love the stoneware. I use kitchen roll to get most of the grease off then hot water and the scraper. I do wash it up sometimes too though. My square baker and big rectngular flat one get used most days.

[JohnnyDeppsfuturewife]

Ladymary I was thinking it would be a nice gadget for my dds (who are 4 and 2) but maybe I should use what we have already.

[LadyMaryQuiteContrary]

Pound shop, Johnny.

[Freddiemisagreatshag]

Bacofoil release. Does the same job - nothing sticks - and it's a lot cheaper. Buy it in Tescos for a couple of quid.