About Great Jones
Great Jones is a cookware brand that aims to enhance the pleasure of making food at home.
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The direct-to-consumer brand sells aesthetically pleasing yet functional pots, pans, and bakeware for the budget-conscious, yet quality-driven chef in all of us.
The brand has made an appearance in The New York Times, Goop, Glamour, Vogue, Design Milk, and countless other publications.
In only 3 years, Great Jones cookware has collaborated with pastry chefs and culinary experts such as Claire Saffitz Kelis. You can even find a Great Jones Andy Baraghani interview on their “Great Ones” cooking blog.
This Great Jones cookware review will take a look at the brand, its story, promotions, and most popular products.
Overview of Great Jones
Great Jones was founded in 2018 by childhood friends Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis. Moelis was a former product manager at Zola, and Tishgart was a James Beard award winner, food writer, and editor.
The pair combined their passion for cooking, aesthetics, convenience, and design to create Great Jones.
The brand is especially dedicated to demystifying home cooking by equipping aspiring chefs with well-crafted cookware, recipes, personalized advice, and more to make cuisine easy and enjoyable.
The business was inspired by the cookbook editor Judith Jones, who helped “shape the way Americans cook by launching the careers of then-unknown culinary authors” such as Julia Child, Edna Lewis, and other culinary greats.
Tishgart and Moelis also pay homage to their hometown of New York City, which is where the brand’s headquarters are located.
To warm up this Great Jones cookware review, let’s take a peek at some of the pros and cons.
Pros
- A variety of non-toxic, scratch-resistant cookware and bakeware is safe for induction stoves, ovens, and dishwashers
- Handles are ergonomically designed
- Laser-etched measurement marks inside pots save time when cooking
- Pots, pans, sheets, and dishes include color options and personalized engravings
- Their advice hotline, “Potline” offers real-time cooking advice and recipe suggestions
- The brand’s blog, “Great Ones” profiles professional chefs to provide inspiration for their customers
- Comparatively affordable
- Free shipping for U.S. orders of $100+
- Refer a Pal promotion gifts your friend 10% off their first purchase and gives you $15 in-store credit
- Rewards Program
- 30-day trials and free returns
Cons
- Small Fry and Large Fry are the only products with a non-stick finish
- No international shipping
Great Jones Frying Pans Review
Things are heating up in this Great Jones cookware review! Reliable frying pans are the core of any great kitchen, and the brand has conceived different sizes to suit your basic needs.
Two of these popular pans are also offered in a set called the Fry Family. Let’s take a look.
Great Jones Large Fry Pan Review
The Large Fry is Great Jones’ take on the essential skillet pan. 10 ¼” wide by 2″ tall, this pan is perfect for making breakfast for your entire family.
Featuring a Great Jones fully baked stainless steel exterior and a non-toxic, non-stick ceramic rivetless interior, the pan promises to heat up your food evenly while requiring a minimal amount of cooking oil.
It is also scratch-resistant and will survive ovens, induction stoves, and dishwashers. Pairing the Large Fry with the Great Jones Large Lid, also available on their website, both available in silver with gold accents.
The Large Fry is currently available for pre-order for $70. It is one-half of the Fry Family set.
Great Jones Small Fry Review
Great Jones’ Small Fry is an original non-stick pan. It features a safe, non-toxic German ceramic coating and stainless steel exterior, measuring 8 ½” wide by 1 ¾” tall.
Great Jones recently upgraded the Small Fry’s traditional non-stick base to stainless steel bonded with aluminum. This Great Jones cookware review recommends this pan for eggs and bacon.
Easy to use, and easy to clean, the pan is scratch-resistant and oven, induction, and dishwasher safe. Along with its rivetless interior, the ergonomic handle sits comfortably in your hand and stays cool to the touch.
The Small Fry sells for $70 and is backed by Great Jones’ 30-day trial, with free returns. As you might’ve guessed by the names, it’s compatible with the Great Jones’ Small Lid. It is also the other half of the Fry Family Set.
Great Jones Saucy Review
The Saucy pan from Great Jones is designed for mixing up some ingredients for soups, and of course, making sauces.
This 8 ½” wide by 5 ½” tall stainless steel pan features fully clad, wide, and flared walls. With a spout and 2 handles, you’ll have maximum pouring control while avoiding the mess all over your stove.
This 5-star rated pan has laser-etched measurement markers on the inside, “that save you from dirting a measuring cup and the headache of converting a cup to a liter” for easier, faster cooking.
The Great Jones’ Small Lid sits nicely atop the Saucy pan while leaving a little bit of room around the pour spout for steam to escape! Grab this lid for just $85.
Great Jones Reviews: What Do Customers Think?
This Great Jones cookware review found that customers were stunned by the performances, appearance, and quality of the products. Finding complaints or reviews under 5/5 stars was a difficult feat!
As it is a direct-to-consumer retailer, most feedback is on the brand’s website, discussions about Great Jones are buzzing on platforms like The Spruce Eats, Reddit, and Facebook.
On the cooking blog, The Spruce Eats, The Dutchess was weighed on their:
- Beautiful designs
- Generous sizes
- Moderate price points
The blog concluded that “The Great Jones The Dutchess Dutch oven is big and versatile enough to cook practically any dinner.”
On the brand’s website, most products were given a 5-star rating with customers loving the Family Style cookware set. “If you love cooking (I’m a simple home cook) and are able to splurge and “treat” yourself, it will be well worth it!”
In a Reddit discussion circling the Great Jones stockpot and other products, a professional cook admitted, “I have tested all pieces from stovetop to oven and have been impressed.”
Comments about the weight of the cookware have also been floating around, saying that The Dutchess “is quite heavy, even when it’s empty.” But, this Great Jones cast iron dutch oven is just as heavy as many other ovens on the market at 15lbs.
A Facebook user, and Great Jones customer, shared that their entire order arrived broken, but luckily, customer service resolved the issue immediately:
“I was unlucky since everything arrived damaged. Probably not handled with care since the pie dish was broken. I emailed the company and was so impressed by their customer service.”
