Bread knife is like new after 15 years of slicing hard crust breads :-)

tart tamper -- a wooden piece that looks like a dumbbell. It's great when you make tarts or quiche in a mini muffin pan -- I've had mine 20 or so years.

I love the Pampered Chef scrapers (silicone spatulas).

My first ones were nearly new garage sale finds. Liked them so much that I bought a new set when a friend had a party. They get used everyday--I've had them for at least 15 years and they are still in great shape.

I also have a larger one but the two on the right are the main workhorses. Once in a blue moon, I find another one at a rummage sale and grab it. Pricey as they are from PC, they're still worth the cost.

Do they go in the dishwasher?

I avoid most parties like this. I have the meat mix n chop and really like it.

Mix and chop is wonderful. I love several items, cookie scoops, scrapers and kitchen shears. Oh and the metal serving spatula's both sizes.

Oh I love those silicone scoop spatulas like the one on the right. I have both sizes and they are used a lot.

Socks, I hardly ever put many things like this in the dishwasher. Things like my good knives and cookware are hand washed. It may be DW safe though, top rack.

I don't see them on their site, but I've purchased 3 or 4 of their knives that the covers have a sharpener built in. (if that makes any sense) Everytime you pull the knife out to use, the blade is sharp! I love them!!

I really like the Chef's knife! Good quality.

Naah I quit them when Warren Buffet got involved and used all his profits to the encouraging of killing babies.

I should have added....if you don’t have anything to contribute to the subject matter, just scroll on by. I don’t have time to read or comment on anything unrelated to my question.

Yeah, exteme comment.

We avoid any of the pyramid selling, home "party" products. There are almost always better choices to be had from normal sources.

I don't have a lot Pampered Chef but went through a period where nieces were having the parties - I'd place an order to not appear indifferent ;0) as I'm another who is not a fan of party products. I do like the All Purpose Dill Mix (a lot) for pasta salads, fish, dips and keep that on hand. I have several of the small nylon turner/server spatulas - they are great for taking to picnics and pot lucks, the world doesn't end if I don't get them back so I keep a supply.

I have more than several of the Quikut knives, half dozen in a drawer and probably another 25 put away for when those become too far gone to sharpen. Perfect for cleaning clams! And lots of other little jobs that don't require better knives. They may have been discontinued but the $10 set of three paring knives works as they do.

I have the spatulas too. The demo actually stressed the fact that heat wouldn't harm them, up to some very high temp. Even simmering sauce wont discolor them, so they surely are DW safe. I like using the large one to gently mix large amounts.

Mine were mercy buys too, {friends daughter} but I like them better than expected.

The silicone scoop spatulas in the dishwasher? Yes, mine have been thru the DW probably hundreds of x. The silicone part, per PC website is heat resistant to 650 degrees F. The nylon handle heat resistant to 450 degrees F.

They are great for making sauces, puddings, etc. stovetop because they hold up to the heat. I never park one in a hot pan because I don't want to test the heat resistance of the handle.

I second the tart tamper. I have had two of the stoneware muffin pans for about 20 years and wouldn't dream of using anything else for muffins.

I also have some of their silicone spatulas that have been fine. FWIW, I don't recommend their cookie scoops. They broke fairly quick, were replaced and broke again.

Just thinking it's been a long time since I've heard Pampered Chef mentioned.

I had never ordered anything from Pampered Chef before but last week my 2nd cousin had a virtual party and I ordered 1 item to support her. I don't know what it is called but it helps chop up ground beef in the frying pan, I thought the $8 shipping charge was a bit high and I almost cancelled my order

I just saw in a magazine that a pastry cutter is great for breaking up ground beef! I’ve heard from a couple of couple the their pizzas stone's are great!

Their pizza stones are great. I think that was one of my first purchases years ago. They ‘age‘ and become seasoned sort of like cast iron, and only require a light greasing with oil before rolling out the dough. I have used for other purpose too like rolls and biscuits.

As I was browsing through the items today, I ran across a couple of other things I have and like. The hand chopper is one I use a lot for onions and nuts. And in a fairly recent order I bought the new measuring cup set and really like them.

"I just saw in a magazine that a pastry cutter is great for breaking up ground beef!"

That would work! Years ago I started using a potato masher for breaking up ground meat or poultry. Works like a charm, especially if you let the meat brown and firm up a little first. Just helps with the "crumbling."

some of us ladies were frying hamburger for something I cant remember what it was but it was a lot and one of the ladies had brought along her biscuit cutter for chopping the hamburger. That worked good too.

Another handy kitchen tool tip is for a potato ricer. I use frozen chopped spinach fairly often for certain dishes. My ricer does a great job of squeezing the liquid out of the thawed spinach.

MIX and CHOP is for ground burger, sausage turkey....... Incredible. I have 2, worth while purchase. Elmer, I feel sad you are so set in your ways.... Tupperware and pampered chef are wonderful products. I guess you will never know.

I'm not set in my ways at all, far from it. I like to read respected equipment capability and safety reviews and buy best of class products.

Tupperware, especially older items, contain dangerous chemicals that are not recommended for food contact. We store food exclusively in glass containers. As far as other party distributed items are concerned, how come few are ever recommended by respected reviewers.

It may be you who is inflexible to learn and change, it's not me.

I got a knock off Mix & Chop from Amazon (Goodcook Meat Chopper). I don't like it nearly so much as I thought I would. Works OK for chopping but not so much for mixing. I seem to end up flipping the meat out of the pan. But, the design on mine is different. It looks like the PC one is better designed. The pinwheel design probably makes for it being a better mixing tool.

I do not recommend the Goodcook one--the handle is too fat for my hand (average size, long fingers; I buy Men's medium size work gloves), so it is a little uncomfortable to use. Also, it doesn't come clean in the DW. Since I had never used one, I decided to cheap out and buy it because is was under $5 w/ shipping. Didn't realize that PC offered one when I bought it...

Since so many of you like it, maybe I'll get the PC version before I give up on the concept.

My favorite item is the Grandma’s Helper....I think that’s the name. It is a jar opening device. It is wonderful.

Look up the Brix Jar Key. I think I heard about it on this site some number of years ago.

$5 for a small device that makes unopened jars open as if a grandmother had tightened them. Any lid, right off. It works by breaking the vacuum seal that holds the lid tight. Simple and easy, my 5 year old grandchild loves to use it.

I have a rectangular pizza stone that was a gift. I don't use it often but it is nice for pizza or biscuits. I do not like the "party" style of buying housewares.