Cookware sets offer great savings over collecting your sauce pans, soup and stock pots and frying pans individually. You want to find a set that has the right sizes of pots and pans for your kitchen and cooking needs. When deciding on cookware, think about owning it for life. So you want to buy quality pots and pans that last, and that you are happy with. With cheap cookware, whether it's copper or even stainless steel, your pots and pans may warp, or have lids that don’t quite fit, and will end up costing you more in the long run.