- Classic 2-quart tea kettle
- Graceful, comfortable, stay-cool handle
- Made of 18/10 stainless steel with mirror-finish exterior
- Removable whistle
- Lifetime warranty against defects
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Amazon.com Review
Renowned worldwide for its cookware collections, All-Clad now makes kitchen accessories, and that's welcome news to serious and professional cooks. This gorgeous 2-quart teakettle is a perfect example. Made of heavy 18/10 stainless steel polished to a gleaming mirror finish, it's stain- and corrosion-resistant, comes with a removable whistle, and boasts a graceful, comfortable stay-cool handle. A thick aluminum disk set into the bottom (and clad in stainless steel for easy cleaning) ensures quick heat. A lovely complement to any All-Clad cookware line, this teakettle also stands on its own as a beautiful, practical addition to any kitchen. The kettle carries a lifetime warranty against defects. --Fred Brack
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What's a kitchen without a shiny tea kettle on the range? Let this stainless steel beauty add warmth and function to the heart of your home.
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94 of 96 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Looks beautiful but has problems,
By A Customer
This review is from: All-Clad Stainless 2-Quart Teakettle (Kitchen)
I work part-time at a famous high-end cooking store and have seen many of these kettles returned for refund. Many people buy them because of the look and/or because they have an All-Clad kitchen. Unfortunately, most of them are disappointed. I also own this kettle and am disappointed as well. This kettle is made in Italy for All-Clad.All-Clad seems to be aware of the product's shortcomings as there are at least 3 "generations" of the product that I know of. They can be identified by the number of "catches" on the lid. The first generation has only one "catch" which is of high quality (a ball and spring). Unfortunately this generation leaks at the spout. The second generation has two lid "catches" of much poorer quality (stamped out of the metal in the stainless steel lid rather than being a ball and spring like the first generation). On the second generation product, the lid pops loose as the kettle warms and the steam escapes preventing whistling. Repeated attempts to tighten the lid are unsuccessful. Since the lid is loose, when the kettle is poured, the hot lid falls onto the back of the users fingers, burning them. The third and current design has three "catches" on the lid (also of the same poor quality as the second generation) but the popping lid seems to have been fixed. Unfortunately the kettle still does not build enough pressure to whistle and the steam still escapes through spaces between the lid and the body. The escaping steam makes the handle quite hot. [Update 16 April 2003] There is now yet another revision of the lid with four "catches". I have not yet tried it, but it seems secure. I hope they have finally solved the whistling/steam escaping problem. Overall, I have mixed feelings about this kettle. It does not work as advertised, but it has a nicer look than most other kettles and it is of generally high-quality construction. Just be forewarned of its problems and get the latest generation product for the fewest problems. By the way, according to the Editorial Review, "A thick aluminum disk set into the bottom...." This is not the case. The base of this kettle is thin stainless steel. There is none of the All-Clad trademark stainless-aluminum-stainless "sandwich" anywhere on this kettle. It is composed entirely of stainless steel. [Update 7 November 2011] Sometime last year, my kettle developed the infamous leaking spout seam. I too woke up with a pool of water all over the place because I normally left the kettle containing water (to allow the chlorine to bubble out). For a while, it only seems to leak when cold, probably due to thermal expansion when it gets hot. But after some more time, it starting leaking while pouring hot water and I decided I needed to replace it. Not too bad--I got over 7 years daily use out of it, although never having used the whistle, since that part never worked. But this was supposed to be a "lifetime purchase," not a "planned obsolescence" purchase. As this kettle has a lifetime warranty, I called All-Clad today and they told me all All-Clad teakettles have been discontinued but they vehemently denied it was due to any design flaws. "It was a Marketing decision," they claimed. Yeah right. Apple has always denied their products have any known problems as well, even when the Internet bulletin boards are full of hundreds of the same problem reports. Whatever--we all know the truth. So back it goes to All-Clad, because in the intervening years, that famous high-end cooking store no longer has a lifetime return policy. All-Clad claims to be refunding my purchase price with an All-Clad credit. Unfortunately, I no longer need any cookware.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not traditional All-Clad quality,
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This review is from: All-Clad Stainless 2-Quart Teakettle (Kitchen)
This kettle is now made in China. It feels thin and cheap, not worth the price.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Beauty is only skin deep.,
By tomboy mom (Rockaway Beach, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: All-Clad Stainless 2-Quart Teakettle (Kitchen)
I can agree with reviewers who noted that this kettle looks great--it does. But form without function is pointless, at least when it comes to cookware. This kettle can't get up enough steam to blow it's own whistle, and the all around construction is shoddy. After only a few months, the seam that runs up the spout began to split open; after less than a year, rust had begun to corrode the inside.
I own an entire set of all-clad cookware, which I love. My husband bought this kettle as a Valentine's gift, to replace the $6.99 Farberware model we'd gotten at target a few years earlier. When the kettle didn't whistle, I just assumed we had a faulty whistle and figured I'd find another for it, or contact the manufacturer. A few months later, I read all these horrid reviews on Amazon and elswhere and realized that we'd bought a lemon. The box, receipt, etc were long gone, and I've been stuck with this pretty but fairly pointless kettle ever since. For a hundred bucks, I thought I'd at least be able to boil water. I see that another reviewer noted that she got a replacement from All-Clad. I'm going to contact the manufacturer and see if they're willing to replace mine; if they are, I'll amend this review. But for now, I have to say thumbs down.
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