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Brand: All-Clad
Category: Kitchen

List Price: ~~$225.00~~
Buy New: $208.00
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

14 reviews
Sales Rank: 58516

Size: 12"
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 22.6 x 12.9 x 3.3

MPN: 6112SS
Model: 6112 SS
UPC: 011644611224
EAN: 0011644611224
ASIN: B00005AL1E

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Customer Reviews:

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The Perfect Pan February 8, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

First of all, a thank you to the seller, as this item received about 3 days earlier than I anticipated.

For any people interested in this item, I can tell you that it is indispensible. Useful for cooking just about anything, it is also the perfect size, particularly for single or often two-person meals.

A great find, a great item. Collect the whole series.

I am.

5 out of 5 stars

My favorite pan January 19, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

My wife and I bought this pan and its 12" brother at the same time as our first All-Clad purchase. It was the start to a beautiful thing. We liked these two so much we add a new All-Clad to our collection ever other month or so. Though with entertaining and feeding a family of four we use the 12" pan more, due to its capacity, this is by far my favorite pan.

As with all of the All-Clad pans this pan is a bit heavy but worth it. It is light enough for me to attempt to flip foods like the real chefs do. With a bit of preheating and some oil or butter nothing seems to stick to this pan.

I have had one thing stick to this pan. Egglands Best low saturated fat eggs. With a bit of butter or cooking spray regular eggs slid out as if they where on supper Teflon, but not Egglands Best. This should not dissuade you from getting this pan, it is just something that we have noticed.

If this is your first All-Clad piece read the instructions, watch a few food shows. We destroyed a few courses in these pan prior to figuring it out with the help of the afore mentioned resources.

5 out of 5 stars

Heavy Workhorse January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

First let me start by saying if you are used to cookware you can pickup at a lower end store, like I was, you will find all of All-Clad's copper core line to be heavy. That being said I will never buy another piece of cookware from a low end store thanks to this pan (and the 10" one I got at the same time).

This pan sees use in about 80% of our home cooked meals. It's generous size and control make fixing a meal for a family of four with two teenage boys easier and more predictable. We are by no means chefs but this pan has allowed us to explore some very fun things in the kitchen. Searing. Sweating. Reductions. Lots of fun cooking options.

If this is your first All-Clad piece read the instructions, watch a few food shows. We destroyed a few courses in this pan prior to figuring it out with the help of the afore mentioned resources.

5 out of 5 stars

Amazing cookware, Never Knew It Could Be This GOOD! May 19, 2007
19 out of 20 found this review helpful

Over the years I have used a variety of cookware--aluminum bottomed stainless Revere Ware, Magnalite Professional, Calphalon, Calphalon Professional NonStick. When I finally had to throw out the last of my tattered collection, I started to look for some stainless cookware that would stand the test of time and offer performance to boot. I decided to splurge on this All-Clad Copper Core.

One of the pieces I recieved was this 10" Fry Pan...

Delighted to report that I am THRILLED with this expensive splurge! All-Clad is NOT about expensive hype and status, those these pans are beautifully made, instead they do everything cookware should, and have literally changed the way I cook. Having attended CIA and worked as a professional chef for a few years, I know the golden rule for food not sticking: preheat pan, add oil, let oil heat for 5-10 seconds, then add food. Using these guidelines with the Copper Core, nothing sticks! And I mean for some things, like omelets or fried eggs in the 10" frypan, the performance is as good as my brand new Calphalon NonStick was; when you can just slide omelets and fried eggs out of the pan without ANY sticking at all, why would you ever need Nonstick or Teflon based products?!

However, these pans are also superbly capable of developing a fond on the pan bottom for deglazing and subsequent sauces; in fact I have had them give every last bit of the fond up when deglazed, almost cleaning the pan for me! That's the best thing about them--they do everything right. I am not sure if it's All-Clad propriety stainless "recipe" or what, but these pans are so amazing to be able to function on all levels from eggs sliding out with ZILCH sticking to chicken breasts sticking just enough to develop rich fond for complete deglazing, to the light and glazy fond from sauteed onions and garlic for developing a richer risotto when deglazed with wine.

Mind you, this is partly about knowing some basic cooking principles, and these pans might not act so obligingly in non experienced hands, because when I read about people commenting on how everything sticks in their All-Clad stainless interior, I know it isn't All-Clad's fault, believe me!

I have found the copper core very responsive and quick to adjust to temperature. Perhaps not as great as true copper pot and pans, but noticeably better than aluminum cores (Stainless line) or anodized aluminum (Magnalite Pro/Calphalon). These pans heat up and boil water faster than anything I have ever used, aside from true copper cookware, and when turning the heat down, or removing from burner, they also cool incredibly quickly. It's nice to have semi-copper performance with the ease of stainless steel clean-up. And this cookware does clean-up quickly and easily, particularly when using Barkeepers Friend. I use plastic and wooden utensils (no metal) and they still look almost brand new after several months.

The copper band however does tarnish and discolor just as much and just as fast as a true copper pot or pan, so if you are fanatic, you will need to polish the tarnish away fairly often (at least every other week). However this is barely noticeable for us real world users, and Barkeepers friend does a good job of semi-polishing the copper (but it won't gleam).

I know, I know, they are SO expensive. But honestly, if you know how to cook or want to learn with responsive cookware, I honestly feel this is a great investment. I am wholeheartedly thrilled that I made it and cannot recommend highly enough.

4 out of 5 stars

Fabulous pan, but extra care required February 28, 2007
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

We received this pan for about $200 as a gift and it is lovely. We haven't had any diffulty with food sticking to it (we haven't used it with eggs yet - fyi). As they instruct, you must use a low heat. My husband put it too high and the food started to burn. But if you use low heat, heat the pan first and then add a tiny bit of oil to coat the bottom of the pan, allow that to heat and then add your food, your food should not get stuck.

On a side note, after spending so much, it's hard not to want clean the pan to it's original mint condition and to do that, use Barkeepers Friend after every use. That gets a bit tedious when you have lots of toddlers running around. I have twins and while we soak the pan in hot soapy water and hand wash it, I leave the soapy water in it until I can use the barkeepers friend. If you have lots of time, it won't be any trouble, but if you have your hands full with little ones, you might want to wait until they get older before spending the money on this line or it's just one more thing to do.

I gave it 4 stars due to the extra work, but the pan itself is marvelous and would get a 5 star rating for its cooking ability. It leaves chicken juicey, rather than dried and leathery. Very nice!

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