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This cookware is beautiful, cooks insanely evenly, and is very easy to clean up. Just like the instructions say, if you want to get it gleaming, use Barkeeper's Friend. The handles do stay quite cool; but, use a pot holder when lifting the lids!! It is the last cookware you will ever need, and it looks like it will last for many, many generations. The 14-piece set includes some really large pieces that are sure to satisfy almost any sort of exotic culinary needs you might have in the future. You might also take a look at getting the steamer insert, double boiler, 4 qt saucepan with loop (3 qt lid fits this too, so does steamer), possibly some smaller pieces like a little fry pan/saucier pan/butter melter, and of course the giant soup pot/steamer/pasta cooker. I might also add their 6 piece kitchen utility set is extremely nice, and compliments this cookware well.

It came packed extremely well.

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I really like All-Clad. These distribute heat very well and are very solid.

However, I have had 3-ply stainless All-Clad that were manufactured sloppily, such as poorly riveted handles.

On the other hand, the new All-Clad D5 are perfect. They are heavier, more plies, have more comfortable handles, and there is a "lip" on the top edge that provides more strength to the pan (a slightly rolled edge is stronger than a straight edge).

Believe it or not, if you find the new D5 on sale, they are the same price or almost the same price of the 3-ply stainless.

I only buy new stainless 3-ply now when the same pan is not available in the D5.

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This product lived up to the all-clad reputation as a quality set of cookware. Having had commerical non-stick calphlon, the cleanup is a little more intensive, but the fact that the product cooking surface is all SS is important to me primarily from a durability perspective. I will be buying more all-clad products.

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In the Summer of 1992 I bought my first few pieces of All-Clad, and began learning how to REALLY cook with some excellent cookbooks. Our family has used it almost every day since then. That is lots of cooking. My kids grew up with it and my daughter has her own collection. My daughter's kids learned to cook with it (See her, her husband, and their kids use it on some of her posts on her blog..., It's a Good Thing, or Is It?). By the way, I posted this also on the Amazon 9-piece set review as well.

My stainless line has scratches, but no dents or dings yet. Some pieces were neglected, boiled dry and discolored, but by boiling with a vinegar solution and using Barkeeper's Friend to finish-polish worked wonders. The vessels in question are a bit less handsome, but they work just fine and nobody notices. No piece EVER warped! So easy to clean too. You always get EVEN heat, no hot spots. Everything always comes out per the recipe. If you have the cash, check out the copper-core line for even better performance...the precious prices are worth it! I have my eye on a couple of copper-core straight-walled, lidded saute pans, and maybe a 3-quart, slope-sided "saucier" saute pan.

Just do not use fierce heat, it is not needed, medium heat is used unless you are boiling liquids or sauteing. Some pieces, LTD in particular, I actually found at a flea market for almost nothing, but after that fluke of a time or two, I have never found any other pieces in that way. Dangit.

For slow cooking though, go with Le Creuset, for braising. I use what the Chinese use for stir-frying: a carbon steel, flat bottomed, seasonable wok with a long handle. For really high heat I use Lodge's plain, seasonable, cast iron. So I will buy some carbon steel, seasonable DeBuyer fry pan (in 20cm, 24cm and 28cm) for higher heat sauteing as they do in France (you never wash seasoned metals, btw). For lower heat sauteing I use All-Clad, and NOT non-stick, as it does not brown meats and veggies as well as the stainless surface models. I use nonstick All-clad for browning onions, doing eggs, fish, potatoes--for more sticky, delicate, lower heat cooking.

So I use my All-Clad in saucepans, for steaming, boiling, stock and soup, and for general simmering and warming as well, which is most of the time. Buy 1.5, 2, 3 with loop, and 4 with loop saucepans. A steamer is a necessity. A little one quart "Saucier" is great for small amounts of sauce, gravy, melting butter, any small work. My eight quart "stockpot" sauce pot sees lots of action too. Using different metals for different cooking techniques is the way to go, believe me. But be aware, this is not to "pan" All-Clad, it is just a fact of culinary life.

Buy a starter set like this for a real money-saver, then add pieces as you need or can afford them. Excellent product! I love my All-Clad...it's an heirloom in our family. And the graceful flowing lines of the handle, it's non-nonsense beauty, and its proven ability to cook everything right, just makes me smile when I see it every day.

I hope this was helpful to you. If you have questions, please reply in the Comment section below...I would be glad to help.

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Having had many "pots & Pans" over the years, All-Clad is most certainly a step up. Even heat distribution, easy cleaning without linings, and very attractive pieces.