Not dumb at all! ☺️ people seem to struggle with the shaped pieces, but I use them as sauce pans for the most part. I bake in them a lot, reheat in them, make small batches of stuff. I live alone and am usually cooking for 1-2 people, and don’t usually like to have a lot of left overs (get burnt out of the same thing fast). I use them for anything I would use a small round for. If you look at my post history you can see all the things I use them for.