All-Clad Cop-R-Chef 12-Inch Fry Pan Review

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(More customer reviews)This is my benchmark pan. Most of my collection is All-Clad Stainless. Generally speaking, I consider All-clad to be a standard for servicable cookware. Myself as well as many in my extended family have had heaps of junk fraudulently sold as cookware. I cannot believe some of the pathetic things others use. It's cupped, coned, damaged or sticks and heats so unevenly you can see it on the food.
All-Clad on the other hand has nothing to be ashamed of. It is not exactly luxury stuff though. The copper here is mostly a decorative layer -- which is lost on my wife who insists on scrubbing any marks out of it -- in lieu of the stainless layer on that line. This is not like the French copperwares with several millimiters thick copper and a tin or sterling silver lining.
From my experience, All-Clad is All-Clad and the main difference between the various lines is the color of the outside metal. The layers on a 5-layer pan are so thin I doubt they're appreciably different than 3 thicker layers. Whatever -- pick your color and enjoy a consistent, well-made stainless-lined pan. Pick out a Lodge cast iron pan and Le Creuset's enameled iron and you'll have a pan for almost every job. Forget the non-stick -- they're disposable. The pans (All-Clad) are the same but the lining is no better than the multitude. It lasts about a year in my kitchen and then it's toast. That's a shame because a stainless lined pan for the same cost should last a lifetime.

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Searing meats, frying eggs, and preparing your favorite meals is a breeze with All-Clad's Cop-R-Chef fry pan. Designed with a classical sloped shape, the pan is unsurpassed in aesthetics and in quality. Each piece from the Cop-R-Chef line is constructed form three layers of metal; a finely polished copper exterior, pure aluminum core and 18/10 stainless steel interior. The heavy gauge copper outer layer is an excellent conductor of heat, and combined with the aluminum core, disperses heat evenly across the base to heat the stainless steel interior that creates the ideal cooking surface that is easy to clean. The long, stay-cool handle is riveted to the side of the pan for extra strength and durability, and helps prevent burns. This handle is designed with a small indentation so it can be hung for convenient storage.
Producing some of the finest cookware in the nation, All-Clad has been featured in many high class and gourmet restaurants for its superior performance and aesthetically designed pieces crafted from American artists using the finest metals. A firm believer in quality over convenience, All-Clad's metals are formulated and bonded with cooking performance in mind, and are combined with stunning designs to provide you with the best cooking experience possible.

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