USA Pan Bakeware 1300ST Aluminized Reviews Summary

Weight and Handling

Pros:

• "These pans are the perfect size ... and have a nice weight."
• "They are heavy and well constructed."
• "This is seriously the nicest pan I have ever owned... built like a tank yet still lightweight, and awesome quality."
• "I can't get over how strong and heavy they are."
• "They are heavy duty with a no warp and non-stick features."
• "These pans are heavy and sturdy which allows cookies, bread and other food to be cooked evenly."
• "I love these pans. They are beautiful, heavy and sturdy."

Cons:

• "This pan is way too heavy."
• "I am in my 80s and cannot handle such heavy pans especially when they are hot right out of the oven and hot cookies are on them."
• "This thing is so heavy that when I picked up the box at my front door, I thought for sure it was full of bricks!"

Warping

Pros:

• "These pans are a cooks dream. They are sturdy and thick do not bend or warp and food does not stick to them."
• "They are sturdy pans that don't warp in the oven."
• "The pan is very thick and does not warp."
• "These pans won't warp in high temperatures."
• "Excellent all purpose sturdy baking pan that will not warp or bend."
• "The USA Pan will not warp, bend, wiggle or loose its shape and cleans up effortlessly."
• "This pan is made in the USA and is quality at its best, no warping, no cookies thrown in the oven."

Cons:

• "However, the pan warped with the very first use at 425 degrees."
• "One of the big advertisements on this was it doesn’t warp. I have used it 4-5 times now in a 350 degree oven and every time it comes out extremely warped."
• "Both a half sheet pan and a quarter sheet pan warped in the heat."
• "The first time I used them, they bent, but when cooled, went back to their original shape and never bent again w/ use."
• "I've used this pan twice and have bad warping on it already."
• "However, they warp worse than any other pan I own."
• "The downside is that the half sheet pan developed a severe warp on the first time using it."

Cleaning

Pros:

• "Super easy to clean."
• "But this pan is so easy to clean and maintain because it’s nonstick and food/oil wipes away cleanly every time."
• "The pans have been super easy to clean."
• "It's rugged, sturdy, super easy to clean and distributes heat perfectly!"
• "Clean-up is hassle-free."
• "The non-stick coating is so effective that I have only ever had to wipe it clean with a dry paper towel."
• "They clean very easy. They don't look non-stick, but apparently they are by the ease of cleaning."

Cons:

• "Once stuff is on the pan at temp, impossible to get off."
• "I've never had so much trouble getting something clean."
• "It's incredibly hard to get grease off of them."
• "Everything stuck to the bottom."
• "Warped terribly while heating, impossible to clean."
• "Two months later and it is impossible to clean the surface because of the very narrow ribbing."
• "Boiling water in the pan with Cream of Tartar didn't help get the pan clean at all."

Quality and Durability

Pros:

• "It still releases the food and looks nearly like new."
• "These are very well made and heavy duty."
• "Very sturdy and well made."
• "These are the BEST pans I ever owned!"
• "I have been baking for over 50 years. With no hesitation, I will say that these are the most fantastic pans I've ever used."
• "I have purchased several pans from USA pans now and I am very pleased with all of them."
• "These are my first set ever of really high quality baking sheets and I am hooked for life."

Cons:

• "I'm very disappointed! I purchased these in 2017 and have taken good care of them. Yet, they are still very warped."
• "Given the higher price and supposed higher quality, I’m very disappointed by this purchase."
• "For the cost of the pans, I expected much better."
• "Felt heavy duty and nice quality but the pans began getting rusty with the coating peeling off within months."
• "The nonstick coating (which never really worked for me)."
• "The coating on the 4th pan has started flaking off and I'm very unhappy about that."
• "USA PANS HAS A QUALITY CONTROL PROBLEM WHEN 2 OUT OF 3 PANS WARP AT NORMAL BAKING TEMPS."

Performance in Baking

Pros:

• "They bake evenly and are our favorites. Can't go wrong here with USA Pans."
• "Everything I have baked on these pans comes out evenly golden on the bottom."
• "Food cooks more evenly and quickly on this pan (perhaps because there is air-flow through the ridges?)."
• "Cookies always come out evenly baked."
• "These pans create a really nice crispiness underneath everything - it is so good with salmon!"
• "I made sugar cookies among other things, for Christmas on them and they came out perfectly soft and chewy, something that I have rarely been able to accomplish with other pans."
• "I have owned several types of cookie sheets and have always struggled with irregular browning. No more!! These are great!!!"

Cons:

• "I regret I did. My food burn when I use this pan."
• "The bottom of my food always burns."
• "Everything has the same outcome. Top undercooked, bottom burnt."
• "On the USA pan they melted out, and almost burnt around the edges just to get the middles cooked."
• "The bottom on my pattie was hard and it dried out once it cooked."
• "Just know that roasting veggies or meat will stain the pan horribly."
• "If they're going to warp anyway there's not point in paying so much for them as I did with this unfortunate purchase."

Customer Service and Company Reputation

Pros:

• "Great product and the people at the company are great!"
• "I've contacted the company and will update my review if customer service is helpful in replacing with one that doesn't warp like this."
• "Edit: changed my review to 3 stars because of good customer service. USA pan is replacing these under warranty."
• "I am forever a customer."
• "I buy USA pans for wedding gifts, because they are the pans I wish I'd started with."
• "I have been so impressed with the products that I have added the USA Pans set to my wishlist to purchase at a later date."
• "I'm so impressed with these USA Pan Nonstick Sheet pans."

Cons:

• "I contacted the company about the issue and the response was that some warping can be expected. The company also declined my request to call me to ask additional questions about this issue."
• "I have contacted the company but have not gotten a response."
• "Now I'm convinced this is a shady company that has a serious lack of quality control."
• "A WARNING: Although the great majority of reviewers are highly positive about this product, there's a sub-set of one-star reviews which raise extremely troubling issues."
• "I should have paid more attention to the negative reviews as they seem to be more accurate."
• "BAD product, period."
• "I'm just incredibly disappointed. I bought this pan simply because of the reviews...and now it's warped."