Farberware Reviews

I might be doing something wrong. The user manual says that the waffles are finished when the handle can be easily lifted. I found by the time the lid can be opened the waffles are very well done. Too done. They are edible but a bit brown. Maybe more experience would help. I lived with a two slice waffle maker for years. It took forever to make waffles. Now the time is cut in half. No seams to worry about either. Easy cleanup. Nonstick works great. Just brush with oil or butter and it's good to go. Just poor in the middle and put the lid down. Glad I bought it!

What you see in the picture and what they describe is not what you get in the box. I sent Amazon an e-mail about this many months ago and recieved only a vague response. It says a few times on the product page that these are FORGED knives leading you to believe that every knife in the set is forged. It grieves my heart to tell you that the six steak knives are cheap, ugly, stinking stamped steel. I consider their quality to be drastically inadequate. The scissors aren't much more impressive than the crappy steak knives. Also included in the set is a rather large meat cleaver which is not mentioned in the ad. This is not a complaint but how did it get in there?
The remaining blades are not bad. They cover almost every cutting, slicing, or chopping job I have come up against and they have held up rather well. If you are not the type of person to base your sense of self worth on the quality of your steak knives and you don't need a reliable pair of scissors than this set is worth considering for the price.

I read ALL the previous reviews, and I especially appreciated the comments by the person explaining chrome content, carbon content, and the propensity to stain. I bought the set expecting some staining if I machine washed, so I wasn't surprised when it happened.

Considering cost, this product is a five. Considering function alone, I rate it a 4. I don't find the longer carving knife very useful. And who doesn't already have a ton of steak knives and bread knives that work just fine. The reviewer that said she thought she would cut herself with the steak knives because she was left handed made me laugh. I warned my little left-handed brother anyhow. He laughed too. I really bought the set for the chef's knife, utility knife, and cleaver. I wish the set had a stone sharpener, but I'll get that later. And I still am looking for a better carver.

We couldn't help but enjoy this purchase. Amazon slashed the original purchase price by over 75% (Thanks, guys!), reducing the cost to $49.99. My employer had recently given me a $40 gift certificate for my years of service, and since this item qualified for free Super Saver Shipping, that, together with the gift certificate gave us a final price of $9.99! Unreal. Only $9.99 out of pocket. It is undoubtedly one of the best deals we've ever gotten . . . anywhere.

And the fact that this is a high quality item doesn't hurt either. Excellent quality.

The sharpener is made from a split plastic mold. Mine split when I put pressure on it from extended use. I epoxied back together but I think the ceramic insert lost it's availability to sharpen.

I've switched back to the old fashioned way using a whetstone.

This sharpener seems to be doing a decent job of keeping my knives in shape. I don't get the impression that it would be the right tool for a major sharpness restoration job, but if you use it regularly it does pretty well.

This is a handly sharpener for all knives and is one of the best non electric ones. It is easy to hold and does a good job on all the knives I have tried on it. Even for a quick touch-up it works well. Great for the price.

I have farberware cookware but no lid for the 8 inch saute pan.I was unable to find any 8 inch lid in the local stores so looked in Amazon and found just what I needed. I am very pleased with it and use it on my crockpot nas well as the saute pan.

These pans are adorable, and their shape is definitely their drawing factor. They baked evenly and produced yummy angel food cake.

Even so, though, you have to keep in mind some practical difficulties that arise from using mini pans like these. The flipping-over-to-cool-upside-down-on-a-bottle presents the most difficulty because there aren't bottles that have narrow enough necks to balance the pans on. What I ended up doing was to balance the handle edges on two cup lips (one on each side). There might be a better way, but I didn't have time to figure out something more handy.

Another thing that I noticed was the pans were a lot smaller than I'd expected. From the description, it sounded like the two pans would fit the recipe for one regular 10 inch pan. That was definitely not the case in my experience. I used a recipe I got off the internet that was supposedly for a 10 inch cake and I halved it, thinking it would be enough for one of these mini pans. Instead, I ended up using both pans for the halved recipe. It could just be a quirk of the recipe, but I would definitely use caution the first time I baked with these mini pans.

Overall, I like the mini cake result because it helps with portion control, but I did run into some practical difficulties in executing the cake in the end.

I bought a Farberware Kettle. The boiled water had black specs in it. No amount of cleaning ever made it come out with water as clean as went into it.

This is exactly what I wanted and for a fraction of the cost at the stores. It whistles loud enough for me to hear in another room and is very attractive sitting on the stove. The only thing to remember is not to leave it near something you are frying because it spatters on the outside.