All-Clad LTD 8-Piece Cookware Set
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: All-CladBrand: All-Clad
Model: 3000-8
Product features:
- Set contains 10-inch fry pan; 1-quart covered saucepan; 2-quart saucepan; 3-quart covered casserole; 3-quart covered saute pan; wooden box
- Stainless-steel interiors, hard-anodized aluminum exteriors, aluminum cores
- Comfortable lid and stay-cool pan handles riveted for strength
- Lifetime warranty against defects
- Not dishwasher safe
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of All-Clad LTD 8-Piece Cookware Set
Customer Review: All-Clad is the best and will last a lifetime. LTD looks great. This is a great introduction.
Summary: 5 Stars
My wife an I duked it out between Calphalon Commercial Nonstick (now called "Contemporary") which she preferred for its lighter weight and All-Clad which I prefer for its tougher build. We have a bunch of each. The All-Clad stuff is better hands down. It heats quicker and more evenly. It seems to cook requiring lower stove temperatures. The anodized exterior is smoother and of higher quality. The clad stainless interior is exquisite and easy to clean.
This particular set is well suited to someone who cooks primarily for themselves - or who already owns a stockpot. 10-inch fry pan; 1-quart covered saucepan; 2-quart saucepan; 3-quart covered casserole; 3-quart covered saute pan are all often used pieces. They constitute a complete kitchen set, lacking only, perhaps, the aforementioned stock pot, and a couple of larger pans (12" fry and 5 Qt. Saute are really nice to have). The choice of stainless interior versus nonstick is personal - but I recommend the stainless interior. First of all, the stainless interior is virtually indestructible and will last a lifetime. All-Clad's nonstick interior is the best in the business, but it does wear out. I've had several LTD nonstick pieces for 9 years now. The ones that get a lot of wear are starting to wear out. Nothing is more pathetic than a battleship built All-Clad pan with a frayed nonstick interior. It's like putting fur in a truck bed. Nonstick might be easier to clean up - but the difference is trivial. Maybe you have the intention of cooking with less oil, but the difference between nonstick and LTD's excellent mirror-like stainless interior is also trivial. I find the arguments for nonstick hard to defend.
As for the review that says anodized aluminum exteriors are hard to maintain, she should read the product literature. You clean anodized aluminum with a plastic scrubby (like the 3M green ones) with bleach cleanser (like Ajax or Comet). Just make a paste with the cleanser and power away stains in moments. Anodized aluminum - like all aluminum cannot be dish washed. The phosphates and brightening agents in dishwasher soap with create a chalky powdery rot in the anodized surface. If you are determined to dishwash your cookware you must forget about aluminum and stick to stainless steel. All-Clad makes a great like of stainless cookware - but nothing is prettier than LTD's awesome black.
Description of All-Clad LTD 8-Piece Cookware Set
1 Fry Pan - 2 Sauce Pans - 1 Saute Pan 1 Casserole (Packed in Wood Box) - 3 LidsDistinguished among All-Clad's renowned cookware collections by its stylish, charcoal-black, hard-anodized aluminum exterior, the LTD 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 the hard-anodized aluminum exterior and an 18/10 stainless-steel interior 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, so it's stick- as well as corrosion-resistant. The striking exterior resists scratching, chipping, and peeling.
This nine-piece set of stylish LTD cookware consists of a 10-inch fry pan, a 1-quart saucepan with lid, a 2-quart saucepan, a 3-quart casserole with lid, and a 3-quart sauté pan with lid. Polished 18/10 stainless-steel pan and lid handles are riveted for strength and grooved on the top for comfort. Both the lids' handles and 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 heat. LTD cookware carries a lifetime warranty against defects and should be hand washed. The set comes in a handsome wood crate. --Fred Brack
What's in the Box
10-inch fry pan, 1-quart saucepan with lid, 2-quart saucepan, 3-quart casserole with lid, 3-quart sauté pan with lid
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