I have used the skillets quite a bit. We have made bacon a lot of times in teh skillet. DH actually prefers it that way now (he over crisps it IMO...but that has to do with him, not the skillet.) I recently found a recipe about roasted beans in the oven, but have decided I think I would rather "saute" them in the skillet (I kind of did it on accident already when filling from my quesadilla fell out...quesadillas in a skillet is delicious.)