One Sunny Sunday Afternoon (Argos 10 Piece Bakeware Set)

Member Name: Emmald

Product:	Argos 10 Piece Bakeware Set
Date:	01/06/09 (78 review reads)
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Advantages: A value bakeware set.

Disadvantages: None

If the sun is shining and all is well with the world then we generally head off in the direction of the local garden centre on Sunday afternoon but yesterday the Other Half decided in his wisdom that he fancied a trip to Argos. Our nearest Argos is only a couple of minutes drive away but no, we can't go to that one ! Why ? The Argos store that is at least twenty minutes drive away displays Managers specials, goods that are ex-display or may be slightly marked and there is ever such a teeny weeny chance that we may get a bargain !

Men are from Venus and women are from Mars ( or maybe it is the other way around ) , whilst he gazes at longingly at all of the latest Black and Decker gadgets I drool over the latest Brabantia waste bin - this is called life in the fast lane !
Over the last couple of years I have been ruthless with my possessions, I am sure that you know the feeling, when you have filled your kitchen cupboards and never thrown a single plate away for the last twenty years then it is time to throw out the old and bring in some new.

My bun tins are disgusting! They have baked billions of buns and are blacker than black and that doesn't imply that they are Teflon coated either. I admit to having dreamt of wielding a Spontex scourer and rejuvenating them but I'm afraid that has only ever been a dream.
My roasting pan - don't go there. It is hidden away at the bottom of the oven behind glass doors.

The Argos catalogue is fascinating, look up the product number, punch the number into a machine to see if that particular product is in stock and then take the order slip to the cash desk.
What could be simpler? On a hot Sunday afternoon when the store is heaving with short tempered customers all waiting for their number to appear on the collection screen I am tempted to think that the garden centre may have been the better option.

Item 861/2249 - 10 piece bakeware set. Price, £12.69.
My, my what a giveaway price! But quantity doesn't always mean quality does it ?
But when you need some retail therapy then the quality seems to be forgotten about, the price is the uppermost thing in your mind.
A 12 cup bun sheet, I have never owned one of those in my life! All of mine have been six cup, a large roasting pan, a 4 cup Yorkshire pudding tray, a 1lb loaf tin, 3 small pie tins and 2 round sponge tins.
Forget the Armani, the Jaegar and the Country Casuals just let me have that bakeware set!

The Argos bakeware set is very lightweight, it has a non- stick coating and this very morning I have used that new bun tin.
I realise that this set of baking tins isn't top of the range but it is affordable and very useful.
I have a habit of buying good equipment and then putting it way because it is too good to use, have you ever heard anything so ridiculous.
The roasting pan is a good size and I am sure that it will perform as good as any other mediocre roasting pan on the market.
The only three items that I may not use are the individual pie dishes but they will find a home in my cupboard. The bun tin has been used, cleaned and is now taking a short break.
The Yorkshire pudding tray is an excellent size, ideal for the two of us ( two puds each)

I would have liked to have seen a plain baking sheet in the collection but then I have always been demanding.
The cookware set retails for an amazing price, so if we only use some of the pieces we are still getting good value for money. As I said the bun tin has performed and cleaned up well, so I am heading in the right direction.
A lightweight baking set that no one can expect miracles from but it is functional and budget price.
If it lasts me a year then I will have had my moneys worth out of it.
I am now looking for a use for my old roasting tin, any ideas ? ( I had considered drilling holes in the bottom of it and using it as a bulb planter - but then again maybe not )

Summary: I am sure that I will get my moneys worth from it.