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All-Clad Stainless 9-Piece Cookware Set | 
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| Brand: All-Clad
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $569.99
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Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 33051
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25
Dimensions (in): 21.6 x 19.3 x 13.8
Warranty: 1
MPN: N24
Model: 5000-9
UPC: 000000000000
EAN: 0011644500092
ASIN: B00005AL0K
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| • | Set includes 2-quart covered saucepan, 3-quart covered saute pan, 10-inch fry pan, 3-quart covered casserole pan, 6-quart covered stockpot | | • | Three-ply: stainless-steel layers sandwich pure aluminum core for even heating | | • | Comfortable lid and stay-cool pan handles riveted for strength | | • | Dishwasher safe, but hand washing recommended | | • | Lifetime warranty against defects |
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Product Description
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Amazon.com Review
The bestseller among All-Clad's renowned cookware collections, the Stainless line provides serious and professional cooks all the virtues that make All-Clad's worldwide reputation unsurpassed. Key to its high performance is a three-ply, bonded construction. Sandwiched between layers of stainless steel is a thick core of pure aluminum that spreads heat evenly across the bottoms of pots and pans and all the way up the sides. The interior is highly polished 18/10 stainless steel, so it's stick-resistant as well as stain- and corrosion-resistant. The exterior is gleaming, magnetic stainless steel that works on induction as well as conventional stovetops, and, with care, remains beautiful during this cookware's lifetime warranty against defects--and beyond. This nine-piece set of Stainless cookware consists of a 10-inch fry pan, a 2-quart covered saucepan with lid, a 3-quart covered saute pan, a 3-quart covered casserole pan, and a 6-quart covered stockpot. Polished 18/10 stainless-steel pan and lid handles are riveted for strength and grooved on the top for comfort. The pans' long handles (holed for hanging on hooks or pegs) stay cool on the stovetop but won't be harmed by an oven's highest heat. Although Stainless cookware is dishwasher-safe, hand washing is recommended. --Fred Brack What's in the Box
10-inch fry pan, 2-quart covered saucepan with lid, 3-quart covered saute pan, 3-quart covered casserole pan, 6-quart covered stockpot From the Manufacturer
All-Clad Stainless Construction
 Each piece of All-Clad cookware features a unique metal bonding construction. All-Clad Stainless cookware sandwiches a thick core of three separate layers of aluminum between an easy-to-clean, highly polished 18/10 stainless-steel cooking surface and a magnetic stainless-steel exterior. The aluminum core retains heat and evenly distributes it along the bottom and up the sidewalls of the cookware. The stainless interior is stick-resistant and cleans easily. The magnetic stainless-steel exterior gives the cookware a gleaming finish. All-Clad Stainless also features the company's signature "stay-cool" long handles, lids fashioned from gleaming 18/10 stainless steel, and highly durable stainless-steel rivets. All-Clad Stainless cookware is one of five collections from All-Clad Metalcrafters. Designed to work on conventional gas and electric ranges, as well as induction cooktops, All-Clad Stainless cookware is the best-selling collection in a full line that includes All-Clad LTD, Cop-R-Chef, Master Chef 2, and Copper Core. Features and Benefits
All-Clad pans with a stainless interior cooking surface are oven-safe up to 500 degrees. All-Clad pans with a non-stick cooking surface are oven-safe up to 400 degrees, but should not be used under the broiler. We recommend using a low to medium temperature when cooking with All-Clad. Higher heats are not necessary and may cause discoloration (see cleaning instructions below). Other features include: - Beautifully polished, magnetic stainless exterior layer.
- Pure aluminum core that not only covers the bottom of the pan but also extends up the sides. This allows for great heat conductivity as well as an even heat distribution so you won't have "hot spots" when cooking.
- Stainless-steel interior layer/cooking surface.
- Long, polished stainless, stay-cool handles.
- Sturdy, non-corrosive stainless-steel rivets won't react with foods.
- Polished stainless-steel lids fit evenly with the pan's edges to seal in flavor of your foods.
- The All-Clad Stainless collection is compatible with an induction stovetop (with the exception of a few pieces) in addition to gas and electric stovetops.
- The Stainless collection is dishwasher-safe, excluding pieces with a nonstick cooking surface.
Warranty
From date of purchase, All-Clad guarantees to repair or replace any item found defective in material, construction or workmanship under normal use and following care instructions. This excludes damage from misuse or abuse. Minor imperfections and slight color variations are normal. Cleaning Instructions
For daily cleaning, warm soapy water is sufficient. Clean your All-Clad thoroughly after each use. Food films left of the pan may cause discoloration and sticking. To get rid of stuck-on food or discoloration and stains from using too high of a heat, we recommend cleaning your All-Clad with a product called Bar Keeper's Friend. To use the Bar Keeper's Friend, simply use a soft cloth or sponge and water and make into a soupy paste. This can be used on the interior, as well as the exterior of your All-Clad (excluding the Cop-R-Chef). The Bar Keeper's Friend can also be used on the exterior of the All-Clad Stainless collection, LTD collection, and MC2 collection. For cleaning of the Cop-R-Chef exterior, simply use a brass/copper cleaner. If your water has a high iron content, you may notice a rusty discoloration. Use Bar Keeper's Friend to remove it. All-Clad Stainless Selection
In recent years, a professional-size 14-inch fry pan was added to the Stainless fry pan assortment, as well as several popular specialty pans, including: the small-size petite brasier with a dome-shaped lid; petite roti roasting pan; and the beautiful, large-capacity Dutch oven and French oven oval roasting pan with roasting rack. Both of these one-pot comfort food specialty pans comes with All-Clad's popular high dome-shaped lid. Other specialty pans include a larger brasier pan with domed-shape lid; a complete family of round-shaped saucier saucepans for versatile stove-top cooking; a flare-sided Windsor pan in two sizes, designed for reduction and the creation of rich sauces; and a contemporary "Soup for Two" 3-1/2-quart soup pot; casseroles; an open stir fry; a versatile wok-style chef's pan; and a "Pasta Pentola" 7-quart stockpot with colander insert and lid. All saucepans, casseroles, saute pans, stock pots, and specialty items come with lids. Double boiler and steamer inserts, including the large steamer insert for 6-quart, 8-quart and 12-quart stockpots, are available as well. Stainless cookware sets are available in various sizes, from a starter 5-piece to a complete 10-piece set. About All-Clad Metalcrafters
Based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, All-Clad Metalcrafters markets premium quality cookware to department and specialty stores in the United States, along with premium All-Clad bonded bakeware, All-Clad All-Professional kitchen tools, and a growing assortment of kitchen accessories, including All-Clad's upscale tea kettle, measuring scoop set, stainless-steel mixing bowls, kitchen colanders, and 1-cup measuring cup. Featuring a unique metal bonding process, All-Clad cookware is used in many of the finest restaurants in America, and is sought by serious home cooks seeking all-professional cookware to enhance their cooking experience.
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 The Standard in Multiple-Ply, All-Stainless Cookware October 7, 2008
New England Yankee (Northern New England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having owned or used all sorts of cookware over the years, including Wearever (the original heavy aluminum stuff from 50-60 years ago), copper, cast iron (enamelled and not), Cuisinart, KitchenAid, Revereware, Farberware, Corning & Pyrex (glass), odd pieces from All-Clad's direct competitors, and a host of others, my wife and I can say with complete confidence that All-Clad is the best of the high-quality stainless steel, multi-ply, all-purpose cookware.
That's a lot of qualifiers for the All-Clad! ... But the qualifiers are important! We use the All-Clad pots every single day. We also regularly use a non-stick electric skillet and various non-stick frying pans, a lovely copper and ceramic double boiler, a 20 quart stainless restaurant supply brazier (non multi-ply), a Romertopf clay pot, a very large beaten-steel wok, the aforementioned cast iron and glass pots, large single-ply stockpots, a couple of enamelled tinware pots, and various other specialty items. What's been tossed or passed down is the collection of general purpose cookware the All-Clad replaced several years ago.
So the complaints in these reviews about the All-Clad pots not filling every need is perfectly true, but also 100% applicable to any other general purpose pot, of any construction, and by any company. They should also not affect the ratings - these are intended to be general use cookware, and fulfill that purpose admirably. Look at them in that light, and know also that All-Clad is consistently rated as THE best cookware in professional reviews, even by reviewers who will then turn around and recommend something entirely different for some specialty purpose! There is no conflict in that whatsoever!
Compromises are many. Stainless does not heat as well or as evenly as aluminum or copper. It is relatively expensive, at least for a quality stainless alloy, and All-Clad uses a top-line alloy. It is far more expensive than aluminum, which also performs better. Riveted handles are exceptionally strong, but make the pot a bit harder to clean. Highly polished surfaces are hard to maintain.
The benefits are many too, versus other materials. Less cost by far than copper. Easier to clear by far than copper. Far more durable than aluminum. Stainless is the easiest to keep sanitary. It is chemically neutral. Stainless does not corrode. Is is hard to pit (don't leave chlorinated water standing in stainless, however). It can be cleaned of scorches and burned-on material as well as food stains to as-new, if desired, and can be cleaned with substances that would destroy other pots (e.g., caustic, acids). From a brand perspective, the All-Clad pots work as an ensemble, with many lids, inserts, and other set paraphenalia in common from pot to pot. All-Clad stainless is induction-ready. When cooking with induction, performance differences among pots becomes a footnote.
Our choice of the all stainless, aluminum core version of the All-Clad pots was based on several things. First and foremost was general purpose need - everyday cookware that is known to work well and doesn't present any unusual issues in cooking or care. We prefer the stainless exterior to the version with the stainless interior and aluminum exterior. Although the aluminum exterior pots perform better, aluminum simply doesn't hold up - it dings, scrapes, deforms, pits, corrodes, and eventually turns into a mess. That may take many years, but our choice was to purchase pots once (and once only). We long ago abandoned maintaining the high polish. It just isn't necessary. While we never use steel wool on our cookware, we don't hesitate to use the milder green scrubbies or Bar Keeper's Friend on the All-Clad pots, which have acquired a brushed appearance over the years. The pot handles stay cool (the lid handles do not, unfortunately). We toss them into the dishwasher all the time, depending on what was cooked in them, and it works great. We don't worry about the odd stain. After a few uses, any stains disappear or can be removed with a chemical cleaner. Ours have been heavily used, occasionally (accidently) abused, scorched and burned here and there, are used on stovetop, in the oven, on grills, and who knows where else. No deformation, no delamination, not even a lid dent.
Although we bought the aluminum core pots because of cost, our choice in All-Clad would be the stainless in and out with copper core first for best performance (but pricey), the stainless in and out with aluminum core second, and, frankly, would never buy the aluminum exterior version.
Fully deserving of their reputation.
Six years later ... August 24, 2008
crimcard (Seattle, WA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this exact set six years ago from Amazon as a birthday present to myself (back when Amazon did birthday discounts) just starting out on my own after college. I had a limited income but knew that this was an investment so I saved and saved and waited for a good deal. I highly recommend it. I cook 80% vegetarian, 20% meat. I do have two Le Creuset French ovens and Lodge cast iron but the All-Clad are my favorite. I have bought and since thrown out several Calphalon nonstick pieces which were great while they lasted but did not last long. This is not peculiar to Calphalon; my roommate bought the 12" All-Clad nonstick frypan and had awful luck with it -- stay away from nonstick in general, I'd say. And, yes, we followed all the usual nonstick rules.
I have only cooked on cheap apartment-grade gas and electric cooktops, and I think the quality cookware has made a real difference in my ability and willingness to cook, which over six years has saved me a lot of money. So I don't think All-Clad is only for people with too much disposable income on their hands. I considered it an investment in my health and finances and have never regretted it. I kept the original boxes and have moved this set half a dozen times through four states. It's great cookware to learn on because you really can't screw up too badly. Prior to buying the All-Clad I had a few Cuisinart pieces that I picked up at discount stores. These were great also, but they are not clad up the sides. Side by side, there's no comparison, but Cuisinart is a great starter brand. Mine have been gifted to others.
The 6 qt stockpot is the biggest pot in my kitchen right now. I use it for making chicken stock, beans, soups, and pasta. It's the only pot I have that's big enough for steaming corn on the cob.
The 3 qt casserole is my least favorite because I would prefer a 4 qt saucepan in its place. Even when the 3 qt casserole is full of liquid, if it had a long handle, I could lift it with one hand, but because of the short handles, you have to use 2 hands every time. The benefit is that it takes up less space in your cupboard and on your cooktop. Great for cooking pasta for one without messing up a big pot, but if it had one long handle, I could drain the pasta into a colander with less fuss. I also cook soups in this, even though I have a 3.5 qt Le Creuset. Sometimes you just want the lighter piece, and the performance is great. So even though it is my least favorite, it is among my most used.
The 3 qt saute pan I use for larger stir-frys. I used to think that I had to have the 12" fry pan, but I really don't. The lid for this pan is exactly the same as for the 6 qt stockpot (you get two of the same lid). The 10" fry pan is great for single servings of fried rice or pasta with vegetables. I prefer this to nonstick and have learned to control the heat to avoid sticking (even things like rice, egg, and tofu). Even when things do stick, the cleanup is super easy. Between these and my cast iron skillets, I do not find it necessary to have a single nonstick piece in my kitchen.
The 2 qt saucepan is the darling baby of the group. I use it daily for oatmeal, cocoa, reheating soups, small pasta sauces. I had no idea how spoiled I was until I made oatmeal at a friend's house using a thin-walled regular pot. The cleanup was pretty awful even though I didn't burn anything; I couldn't believe that soaking with hot water and soap for hours wasn't enough to loosen that oatmeal. With my All-Clad I have never had to soak longer than a few minutes or scrub hard, no matter what. Bar Keeper's Friend and soap is all you need for even the most stubborn problems. I left oil heating on the fry pan and forgot about it. The blackened mess that ensued was a small nightmare until I discovered BKF.
So what's missing, you ask? Well, I did get a 7" fry pan at an intro price, and this is useful for frying one egg and toasting sesame seeds and almonds and whatnot. If you cook for large groups you will definitely want a larger stockpot. I might consider getting a 1 qt saucier at the intro price just to have another small pan in the arsenal for when I have a lot of things going. I am recently the lucky recipient of a large Williams-Sonoma gift card and will probably get the 7 qt Dutch oven, 4 qt braiser, and 17" oval roaster, which are larger pieces that can be used for serving as well.
You might consider the 10-piece set at Williams-Sonoma even though it is more expensive because it comes with an 8 qt stockpot, a 4 qt saute pan, and the 4 qt saucepan instead of the 3 qt casserole. This means that for the same footprint in your cabinets, you get a larger stockpot, larger saute pan, and a more functional saucepan. You also get the 12" fry pan (which I would probably never use because of my 12" Lodge skillet). But even in hindsight I'm not sure I would have bit the bullet quite that hard back then. Now, with a slightly better income and still-limited cabinet space, it would be a no-brainer.
 Over priced - worthless warranty August 18, 2008
Simple Cook (Chicago, IL)
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Not a terrible bad product, but way over priced for what you get. Not much of a warranty either. If you buy any All Clad products don't count on the warranty - it's there to convence you to buy the product not support it. I recommend looking at the Calphalon products. There waranty is bar none and the products are as good as All Clad if not better.
Best Value in Cookware March 21, 2008
Jennifer Wells (Vancouver, WA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I use this cookware every day. It's my opinion that All-Clad is the best value for your cookware dollar, as you'll only buy cookware once. All-Clad has a lifetime warranty and I'd recommend that user/reviewer S. Flask have the unsatisfactory piece replaced.
Beyond the basics of durability, this cookware heats evenly and quickly on all cooking surfaces (I've used it on gas, electric, and glass tops). I love that I don't have to think about what my pots and pans are doing, I only have to think about what's going into them. The bottoms of my pots (I've had some for 14 years) have always stayed flat; they don't roll around on the cook top.
I love that the cookware is made in Pennsylvania (except for the lids) and I love that they are made with American metals. But more than all of that, I love that All-Clad has made my cooking better and easier.
Oh, and it even cleans up well. I do recommend using Barkeeper's Friend on it with dish soap. Barkeeper's helps to keep the cookware shiny.
 a few things to consider October 9, 2007
S. Flask (the Pequod)
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
i've been using this set for over three years now, and have been very happy with it.
durability: no issues with handles coming loose, etc. almost all of the pans have remained even completely ding/dent free. my only complaint is that the bottom of one pan has domed slightly, so the pan does not lay completely flat on the burner, and heat distribution is affected. so while overall durability has been good, i'm knocking them down a point for this flaw.
cooking: these pans perform well. with the exception of the one mentioned above, all conduct heat evenly. no problem getting good crystalization of fats from meats, or browning vegetables in the oven. i think you definitely need a wider array of pans in your kitchen - a nonstick and a cast iron are two i can think of right off the bat - as well as some different types of metals for different applications. but this isn't something that you can hold against this product. just understand that this set won't cover ALL your pan needs.
cleaning: i've seen a lot of reviewers talk about how hard it is to clean these pans. it should be noted that pans are harder to clean, and stick more, if they're used less frequently. i think some of the issues people are having is because they're not using the pans frequently enough, or are not cooking foods at the proper temperatures. i've had no problems cleaning these pans.
pricing: aside from my issue with durability mentioned above, the is the only other area i feel detracts from this product. if the price is no object, or you can appreciate the cooking qualities of the pans and need something that looks good, i can see spending the money on this set. and i certianly wouldn't refuse it as a gift! however if you're on the fence about the price, and it's a financial stretch for you, i think you could put together a set of pans that will work just as well for much, much less. professional restaurant supply stores will sell pans that will work just as well as these for much less. they just won't be as pretty. so understand that you don't HAVE to spend this kind of money to get the same results.
so overall i'm happy with these pans. i'm disappointed one has warped slightly - i should see if it's eligible for a replacement - but aside from that they're great.
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