Wednesday, August 25, 2010

All-Clad 5000-9 Stainless 9-Piece Cookware Set




Product By All-Clad(55 customers reviews)
Lowest Price : $599.95
 
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 sauté 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 sauté 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, sauté 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.

 
Technical Details
  • 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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Customer Reviews
  
"Not quite drinking the All-clad Kool-aid" 2010-02-25
By M. J Lane (USA)
I'll start off with the positives:
The pans cook more evenly than my Calphalon pans. Not much more evenly but a little bit. That does pay off over time because I can get a more even browning at the edges of the pan. The set looks visually very appealing from a distance. I also was willing to pay extra to get a set that was not only made in the USA but used USA sourced metal.
Those are the positives but the negatives really add up:
First off the edges of the pans look "semi finished" where the cooking surface meets the lip. It looks like shoddy workmanship even though, so far, it doesn't seem to effect performance. When I cleaned the pans and then rubbed the cooking surface down with olive oil I got a black residue on the paper towel. I got the same thing for each and every pot/pan. The only advice that All-clad can give me is to box them up and ship then back for inspection (at my own expense). Fortunately after a few more cleanings the residue is gone but I'm left wondering what it was (web searches proved fruitless). The handles are poorly designed and transmit heat from the pot/pan far too easily. In this respect this set is very much inferior to my Calpahlon set. The lids are VERY thin and do a poor job at retaining heat inside the cooking area. In retrospect I'd love to pack up the whole thing and send it back. I'm particularly concerned about what the black residue was that was contaminating the cooking surface (even though it appears to be gone). I paid extra because I wanted to get a product made here that I can trust. I feel like I could have saved 400 with the Emeril set and gotten the same level of quality (maybe better).
  
"why I love my all clad stainless pots" 2010-01-09
By B&B keeper (beautiful Monadnock region of NH)
I have been cooking for a long time, I'm 51 and my life is about food. I purchased my first All Clad pots 10 or 15 years ago after my old set of Revere Ware lost their handles. Yes, these pots probably heat evenly, not really sure about some of those details. My rock solid reason for investing in these pots (they are certainly an investment) is that they are invincible. I have used pots in the past that if you burn something in them (and I mean the kind of burning that you walked away, forgot and came back to a black mess that is near impossible to get off) you might as well throw the pot away. Not so with All Clad. It still isn't easy to bring them back but simmering with baking soda and water will do most of the loosening and then a final polish with Bar Keeper and they look almost as good as new. Love my All Clad. These are definitely a life time investment - no chance these handles will be falling off. I'm now excited to make these the first gift I buy for my son who is moving into his own apartment.
  
"Amazing" 2009-12-17
By Lorraine Daley (Philadelphia, PA United States)
This cookware is worth its weight in gold. I cannot say enough positive things. It is beautiful, wonderful heat distribution and the food tastes better! You will not regret this investment.
  
"Fabulous cookware" 2008-12-16
By phyl
These are beautiful pots! I caught the set at a really great price, which is hard to find for All Clad, after browsing a lot on Amazon and other websites. The price went up the very next day so I was lucky. It would have been nice to have a small 1 or 1.5 quart saucepan in the set, but it was a great deal for 9 pieces of All Clad. Thanks Amazon!