We wade through the marketing terms to talk about the nonstick cookware you should—or shouldn't—actually be buying.

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It's often used in stainless steel cookware as well to help it heat faster. You'll also often see "anodized" or "hard-anodized" aluminum, too, which is a process that makes aluminum more durable.

The Kirkland Signature (Costco) Hard Anodized is part of the Cookware test program at Consumer Reports. In our lab tests, Cookware Sets (Nonstick) models like the Hard Anodized are rated on ...

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