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(More customer reviews)Regarding the All Clad brand: After living for years with cheaper brands of cookware that needed regular replacement (and frustrated us to no end with hot spots, loose handles, flaking non-stick coating etc.), we had an occasion to try All Clad when borrowing a friend's cabin for a one week vacation. We became instant converts and replaced our cookware after returning home. It's durable, attractive, easy to clean and really does cook more evenly and efficiently. The trick is that, because it's so efficient, you have to cook at lower heat than you're used to cooking at or your food will burn. Clean up is so easy though, so who needs non-stick (which flakes off eventually anyway). All you need is a little soaking, a sponge and some Bar Keeper's Friend, no need to baby it.
Regarding the 5 1/2 qt saucier: This is one of the pans that gets the most use. There's something in the design that seems to prevent most boil-overs (and it's not just the large size). I have no idea what it is but I don't remember ever having that problem with this pan. We use it all the time for making stock, cooking pasta, making large batches of spaghetti sauce, large batches of rice to freeze and reheat, you name it.
I can honestly say that we started buying this product because it's a good product that makes cooking much easier for us, not because we're out to impress anyone. Everything I've ever read says that cooking pans and knives are two types of kitchen products worth spending money on in order to get a better product and I happen to agree with those assessments. I know I could spend a fraction of the cost to get a good quality set of cast iron cookware, but I can no longer lift those pans, so for me this is the next best thing.
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