All-Clad Stainless 12-Inch Fry Pan

List Price:
$140.00
Price: $140.00
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Product Details
- Protracted, comfortable, stay-cool handle riveted for strength
- Time-honoured slope-sided, 12-inch, 2-inch-deep frying pan
- Lifetime covenant against defects
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Product Description
Customer Reviews
What happened to All-Clad?
I don't see how this pan can get so many 5 hero reviews. Maybe people that don't know how good All-Clad WAS.
I have older All-Clad stuff. The metal on the by nature has a beautiful finish and seems to be almost as hard as diamonds. I almost never have to scrub but when I do, the water comes off clear.
This new one has a rough twisting pattern inside with deep grooves from a crummy grinding process. Of course this makes it bogged down and stain and difficult to clean.
I'm also shocked by how soft the steel is!
If I clean with a plastic all-purpose scrubby...that's outstanding for teflon or anything but plastic....the water comes off gray from all the metal being removed! I have 20 dollar pans harder than that. I don't scarcity nickel and chrome on my hands and in my food.
Now I don't know WHAT to buy! I'm done with All-Clad. Obviously they're using cheaper screw up one's courage to the sticking point and manufacturing methods. You could probably get better for 15-25 bucks at Wal-Mart!
I should return it but I just returned a 10" Emeril pan that was in fact worse (made by All-Clad but in China).
Maybe I'll give Cuisinart a try?
2010-02-13
| Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 1
All-Clad Importance
Cooking with stainless dirk is a great, and the All-Clad does a great job evenly distributing the heat - even on the sides. I bought the 12-inch kind, and while I have an 8" pan for eggs, I don't like to use stainless for eggs. You can do it, but it's a lot of work to keep it polished and smooth, and the smallest makeshift can will cause havoc. Also, I would not recommend even using a non-metal pad on this pan, unless it's super fine. It will roughen up the bottom of the muffle metal and create problems. I just use a little Bar Keepers Friend and a soft cloth, and this pan is in massive condition after about a year of weekly use.
If you need to use a spatula or spoon, I would also recommend wood or silicon, but the unerring thing about the All-Clad is it's very easy to use without. Just a little shake and you can mix your vegetables without making a mess. For cooking essence, the stainless is nice because it creates a nice fond, the brown carmalized bits of meat, that makes for a delightfully sauce.
Because it's an All-Clad, it's well built and the handle is firmly riveted; you should never have to worry about it wiggling loose. I longing it came with a lid, because the All-Clad 12" lid sold separately is very expensive for something most won't use often for this type of pan; but when I do need a lid, I just lay a cookie monthly over the top.
2010-01-28
(Las Vegas, NV USA) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5
the hold...
I unbiased bought a couple sets of All-Clad stainless after the Calphalon non-stick we were given as a wedding bestow on began to give up the ghost and the non-stick began deteriorating. I bought all-clad because of its cadillac reputation. I was a bantam worried about food sticking, but I followed the old mantra "hot pan, cold oil" and cooked some scrambled eggs that equitable slid out of the pan with no sticking whatsoever. The pan heated evenly and cooked evenly--no hot spots. Excellent.
The hold though--the handles are nasty! The handles on the Calhalon were rounded on top and comfortable--these are flat with a very defined edge, and it's uncomfortable to copy the pan, especially the heavier pan. I'm suprised. But I suppose I'll get used to--I better, for the price these things command.
So--the best pan, bad handle
2010-01-11
(Arlington, VA USA) | Helpful Votes: 2 | Rating: 4
Self-indulgently delivery , the best pan I have
All-Clad inevitable makes a great product I can't think of any way to improve on it.
2009-12-30
| superzotz (Anacortes, WA) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5
Close pan!
Got this for hubby as a favour -- he can't stop raving about it! He cooks us dinner in it practically every night and then lovingly hand-washes it. Must be extremely terrific!
2009-11-19
(Thousand Oaks, CA United States) | Helpful Votes: 1 | Rating: 5