[Hendog]

Back before I knew her, my wife bought a set of Salad Master cookware. Back then it was made of surgical stainless steel. I use it to this day and it works well. The frying pan cleans off quite easily. We once had a handle break on a pot and got a new pot to replace the broken one, and got to keep the broken one. It was expensive back then too(mid-late 90s), wasn’t around for the bill but I think in the $5K zone.

I think you’re essentially paying for a good product (okay, sure) but more so for $in$urance due to it’s “LIFETIME” warranty. I suspect any quality SS product will do just as well.