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(More customer reviews)All-Clad is one of the best known cookware brands when it comes to high-quality, well-made pots and pans. The various lines they offer can be very different and often confusing though. In my opinion, the LTD2 line is simply the best you can buy at the moment - featuring a "best of both worlds" type arrangement between function and ease of clean-up. The variations between All-Clad's many lines really comes down to the materials used to form the clad components of the pans. The LTD2 line is made of a 5-ply clad construction that has dishwasher-safe anodized aluminum on the outside, then two layers of aluminum with a stainless steel layer sandwiched between them, and then a final layer of stainless steel on the inside cooking surface. The layers of aluminum offer quick heating and temperature control while the stainless layers offer uniform, lateral heating and a nice non-reactive cooking surface. Some of the other all-clad lines such as their copper and copper-core lines will have better temperature control and heating speed, but don't offer the convenience of being dishwasher-safe. This is also what makes the LTD2 line a huge step-up from the LTD line - being dishwasher-safe.
This particular pan is very well-made, offers a nice and light, yet solid feel to it, and offers superb temperature control. I opted for the 4-quart saute because it seemed to be almost the perfect size. I usually can fit about 4 large chicken breasts in it with a little room left over.
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All Clad LTD2 3-Quart Saute PanDistinguished among All-Clad's renowned cookware collections by its stylish, charcoal black, hard-anodized aluminum exterior, the LTD2 line--the second generation of LTD--provides serious and professional cooks with all the virtues that make All-Clad's worldwide reputation unsurpassed. Key to its high performance is a five-ply, bonded construction that consists of an anodized-aluminum exterior, then a thick layer of pure aluminum, followed by a layer of 18/10 stainless steel, then another thick layer of pure aluminum, and an interior layer of 18/10 stainless steel--all of which spreads heat evenly across the bottoms of pots and pans and all the way up the sides. The cookware's striking exterior resists stains and abrasion, while its corrosion-resistant interior is nonreactive, so tomatoes and other acidic foods won't taste metallic.
This classic straight-sided 6-quart deep saute pan makes clear why All-Clad's LTD2 cookware is so popular among contemporary cooks. It's 12-4/5 inches in diameter and 2-3/4 inches deep, perfect for sauteing chicken for a crowd or braising short ribs on the stovetop under its gleaming lid. Oven-safe up to 500 degrees F, the cookware's polished stainless-steel lid fits evenly with the pan's edges to seal in flavor, and its long, polished stainless-steel handle comes secured with sturdy, non-corrosive rivets and stays cool to the touch on the stovetop. LTD2 cookware cleans easily by hand or in the dishwasher and carries a lifetime warranty against defects.
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