The good thing with glass 'Vision' cookware is that you can see how the cooking is doing at a glance but the best pan that I have used was a lidded cast iron hob to oven pan. It did hold the heat so I had to make sure I was wearing extra thick oven gloves but it was a good solid pan and being able to transfer it to the oven saved me from having to transfer the food to a casserole dish and also left the hob free for anything else I wanted to do.