All Clad Stainless-Steel 12-Inch Fry Pan with Lid

Heats up quickly with excellent temperature distribution throughout pan even on a smaller burner . Wide cooking surface ,long handle,stove top to oven,easy clean up ! I use it for everything from fritattas to stir frys to pasta sauce ! Best product in a line of peerless cookware ! Got it on sale for the best price anywhere on the net. Shipped quickly,arrived perfectly !

So far I am happy with my purchase, and didn't expect to be...

I found the same as other reviewers. The handle is odd, but OK-it actually feels more comfortable
holding the handle with the pan upside down? The finish on the inside top edge has swirls, but it probably doesn't affect
operation. The lid is a sloppy fit, it slides around, but the lip of the pan has a nice curve on the edge. I wanted a lid
and it seems OK. If you can get this for a low price it's a good deal, as it appears to be the same pan offered for a
much higher price without lid, and has credible testing data. It is fairly lightweight which is good.

As for does it work? I compared the All Clad with a 9 1/2 inch Le Creuset Tarte Tatin pan which has a glossy enamel inside,
and a similar sized Costco 12 inch Tramontina Jumbo cooker with thick Aluminum disk base, and with the gas stove large burner set to low. The bottom of the pan
was filled with enough vegetable oil to coat it, and I measured the temperatures with a Sixth Sense LT100
infra red thermometer. Lastly an egg was put in hot water to warm up while the pan heated up.
Overall the All Clad and the Tramontina disk base pan heated at about the same rates, the Le Creuset pan heated significantly slower,
also the difference between the center of the pan and outer part of the flat cooking surface was much higher with the
Le Creuset pan by 20+ degrees. I put the egg in the middle of the pan at about 250 degrees F (probably too high, 158 F is the minimum, 200 F the likely best temp), and they all came out great. The All Clad egg did not stick at all and I could have slid it onto a plate, the Tramontina and Le Creuset eggs stuck slightly but only required a nudge.

From this my conclusions so far are:

This pan heats up really fast, and it's very easy to get to a high temperature where the eggs will stick. Using a thermometer might be a good method when doing delicate things like eggs, and with careful use the All Clad might be a healthy non stick pan replacement if you are willing to use some oil, and an infrared thermometer.

Heating is less even with cast iron-for eggs in a cast iron pan the best method might be to heat up to temperature
and then turn the gas off while frying the eggs with the residual heat.

(If burning should occur, the best thing is let the pan cool down first and add water and let it soak before cleaning with a nylon scrubber, no abrasives.
I use this for stainless or enamel pans and it works every time).

More later..

This pan means the world to me. I have had so many fry pans, mostly non-stick, and this pan just steals the show. My favorite thing about it is that it browns meats beautifully, which is something a non-stick pan can't do. I also don't have to worry about the surface being scratched. Buy it, it's totally worth the investment!

Bought a 12-inch all-clad fry pan. This is not your mother's all-clad. For the price, it is pretty cheesy. Poorly finished, i.e. poorly buffed out, and, if you want to follow the instructions, it is impossible to clean. No SOS pads, no steel wool. Just soapy water and a sponge. Yeah, right. It looks like crap after one use. ?Maybe these are seconds? Around the lip is sort of discolored and will not come clean.

Read S. Stanley's review. I should have, and could have saved myself $90. I'll stick with my 20 year old ScanPan, thank you.

I prefer to buy made in USA and am willing to pay for quality. This ain't it, folks.

Other reviewers have said that this pan is not 3 ply - my box says 3 ply and I think that it cooks beautifully. I'm assuming that the pan is so cheap because All-Clad now has a 5-ply line and they're clearing out their 3-ply stock. I have not ever used All-Clad before, and the only All-Clad I've felt in stores is the 5-ply, so this does feel lighter than that - but I can't attest to if it feels lighter than other 3-ply pans. I made chicken using the pan last night and it browned wonderfully, better than any pan I've had before. The oil simmered and there were no hot spots that I could tell. I gave it 4 stars because the lid is a bit looser than the ones I've felt in stores.