Just got my "new" Lifetime SS pressure cooker. It weighs a ton! 16 pounds.

I'd say its early 1950's as it matches my other Lifetime cookware from the same era that is also SS.

All this 1950's Lifetime ware is magnetic so it all works on my induction cooktop too !

Just cleaned it up today. She was a grimy cook !

I bought these 1950's pieces as larks but now that I am using them they are fast becoming some of my favorite day to day cookware!

Holla! I loved the Dinah Shore Chevy Show! My first TV show.

Thanks for telling me she was was the pitchwoman.

but I find the finish in these direct market pans to be of a much higher standard - they tout "surgical steel" wether thats true or not -  in reality they are so well polished that they are non stick if you use them as directed - "medium to low; is all ya need to know". And nothing ever sticks , and they clean up better than non stick cookware.

So there is something to be said for the higher price point. Once I got my pans and started using them, I gave away my All Clad. No comparison.

I was just adding that sometimes the higher price does mean higher quality. But saying that I would never buy these items new, used on ebay or estate sales they are a steal!

They hardly wear out, you can still get parts for them and they still perform in a superior way.

Yes I agree just slapping some titanium on a drill doesn't make it a good drill at all !

Now I do buy Cutco direct from little cut Cutco College Boy. He delivers !! 

I know Greg is notorious for buying broken Cutco at estate sales and getting it replaced with NIB pieces. I never see it at estate sales here.

the Lifetime cookware works so well on my new GE Cafe Induction cooktop!!

At the Wichita Home show a few years ago.  I was quite impressed, but knew they were expensive just from the fact that the presenter refused to disclose the price until the end of the presentation.

When he finally passed around the "confidential price sheet" I just about died on the spot.  $7,995.  BTW--you had to sign a purchase agreement or decline before you were allowed to leave the area, and you had to give the "confidential price sheet" back to the presenter before you were allowed out of the roped area.

You know I am just so derned happy with my Calphalon Tri-ply.  But I do think I will eventually pick up a few pieces of All-Clad to complement my cookware.  I can add a lot of accessory items and still not spend almost eight grand.

And I'm not lying.  So I can assure you it was the "truth" at the time I was sitting there.

I was there.  Now you could have gotten the starter or "Personal"  set for $2,995.  I believe it was a six piece set.  The $7,995 set was the gourmet set. 

If you needed a payment plan, then you made your down payment there, and then made your monthly payments for 24-36 months.  They would ship your order to you after your payments were complete.

Here is the professional set on Ebay, at Ebay prices, they state the Retail is $4,600.   The Gourmet set also included the bakeware.   

At the home show you did get the food grinder, hand cranked food processor, for free if you ordered then.  You could also purchase the electric skillet for 1/2 price at the time of order.  

There are differences between the brand names of the D-T-D cookware.  Some are heavier weight than others, edge or lip of the pans, lids are different shapes and vented/non-vented, etc.  It's best to shop around at Goodwill, estate sales and the like to find pieces or entire sets and try them all on for size.  Different shapes, handles, weights all play into the cookware, each cook prefers something different for reasons all their own.  My mother bought a set of Wonder Ware (Regal) along with a set of Cutco knives when she married in '65 and still has them all.  Several warranty replacements of lid knobs and sharpening/replacements of knives is all that she's needed.  That said, she's likely to fight for her Revere 1-1/2 qt. saucepan and lid among a few other oddball pieces that she compliments the WonderWare with.  

I have various pieces of Queen (Amway) and Seal-O-Matic that I enjoy using right along side my All-Clad and Kirkland Signature 5 ply as well.   I don't think I'll ever let my 4 quart All-Clad saucepan or non-stick skillet get too far away and I'm growing to love my All-Clad 2  quart "everyday" pan just as much.