All-Clad MC2 Nonstick Fry Pans

by All-Clad

Product Features

• Classic slope-sided, 10-inch frying pan
• Stainless-steel interior; brushed aluminum exterior, aluminum core
• Layer of scratch-resistant, professional-grade nonstick bonded to interior
• Long, comfortable stay-cool handle riveted for strength
• Lifetime warranty against defects

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 18.1 x 10.9 x 3.3 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005AL46
• Item model number: 8700800465
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,687 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Size: 10 IN

Amazon.com Review

The second generation of All-Clad's Master Chef line (MC2), this cookware combines brushed aluminum with stainless-steel accents for a contemporary look. Like All-Clad's other renowned cookware collections, Master Chef provides serious and professional cooks with 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 brushed aluminum exterior and the 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. Certain pieces, like this one, have two interior layers, one of 18/10 stainless steel and the other of scratch-resistant, professional-grade nonstick bonded to the steel.

This classic slope-sided fry pan illustrates the Master Chef line's stylish yet practical design. It's 10 inches in diameter, perfect for cooking tuna or tofu with little or no fat for a healthful meal. Its polished 18/10 stainless-steel handle is secured to the pan by stainless-steel rivets for strength, grooved on the top and rounded on the bottom for comfort, and holed in the end for hanging on a hook or peg. The long handle stays cool on the stovetop but won't be harmed by an oven's highest heat. Master Chef cookware carries a lifetime warranty against defects and should be hand washed. --Fred Brack

Product Description

What's a kitchen without a fry pan? This humble piece of cookware is probably used more often than any other. So if that's the case, it only makes sense to invest in one that will stand up to frequent use. Eggs and bacon in the morning, a grilled cheese or sauteed veggies for lunch, burgers or chicken breasts for dinner, day in and day out All-Clad offers superior performance. The new MC2 cookware combines the industrial style of a brushed aluminum exterior with gleaming stainless steel stay cool handles. A non-stick interior speeds up cleaning and allows you to cook with minimal to no fat.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All-Clad is the best overall., September 15, 2005

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Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: All-Clad Master Chef 2 Nonstick 12-Inch Fry Pan (Kitchen)

The ongoing debate over cookware at my house is over: All-Clad is the best cookware overall and is worth the extra money. Our coppers tarnish and require retinning. Our encapsulated disk cookware (Reverere and Farberware) suffer from loose and broken plastic handles and too-small disks which limit the cooking area of the fry pans. The biggest debate was between Calphalon and All-Clad LTD nonstick models. My wife really liked the lighter weight of Calphalon's Commercial Nonstick line. After living for both for several years, All-Clad has shown its overall superiority in the following ways:
1) Durability. The non-stick finish All-Clad uses wears like iron. The Calphalon's finish shows many more scratches and blisters.
2) Denser anodized finish. The All-Clad LTD finish is much denser and more even that that on Calphalon. This makes it more attractive and easier to clean. On the MC2 stuff the finish is not anodized, but it is tightly frosted and well made. It's quite attractive too. I've started to accumulate MC2 stuff because it's cheaper and performs just as well. The LTD stuff does look better on a rack mixed with Calphalon. It's tough to beat black aesthetically.
3) Greater heat sensitivity. You actually cook with the stove set to a lower temperature with All-Clad. It appears to register changes more quickly. Both types of pan are good in this reguard - but the All-Clad is noticeably better.

As a fry pan, the All-Clad MC2 12" fry pan hits on all cylinders. It's big enough for a 4 egg omlette, or most of pound of bacon. It's battleship built, well balanced, even heating with great sensitivity. The handle stays cool and is angled so that you can lift the heavy contents without undue strain on your wrist. The nonstick finish is effective and tough as nails. The MC2 finish is durable and very attractive. Ultimately I'm more partial to the LTD finish because it matches well with other anodized aluminum cookware - and you can clean it very effectively with Ajax. The MC2 finish will yellow a bit over time. Real chefs just let it get brown. It looks like real cookware. In any case, exterior aesthetics don't relate to cooking performance.

Update on the MC2 finish: after using it for months and letting it get nice and brown I tried cleaning it with the 3M scrubby and Ajax/Comet cleanser I use with the LTD finish and it worked like a charm on the MC2. Just make a nice paste and power away the burnt on grease in moments leaving a nice buffy shine. Don't worry about scratches - the MC2 finish is a fine patina of minute scratches anyway! It looks great and is basically indestructible.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warranty problems, April 27, 2009

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CAmom (Cupertino, CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: All-Clad MC2 Nonstick Fry Pans

I have a full collection of All Clad pans, and recently returned the 8" nonstick pan as it sticks terribly even with quite a bit of oil. Mostly used as an egg pan, always hand washed and never in the dishwasher but has been around for years. I returned this pan under lifetime warranty over two months ago and still it has not been replaced. I have called and emailed, and still am not sure if it has even been sent out to me. I was asked for the USPS confirmation number for the return, thank goodness I paid extra at the post office for this and have saved it. That was weeks ago, making me think
they had lost my return. Called again today as still no pan, and got no information when it is coming but the promise to call back about it. Don't know that I would spend almost $100 again for an egg pan with this kind of service. I would expect better service from All Clad than this.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars maybe we love it too much..., January 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: All-Clad Master Chef 2 Nonstick 10-Inch Fry Pan (Kitchen)

My wife and I bought a set of Master Chef (before there was MC2) pans 3 and a half years ago, and the 10" N/S skillet was the best part of it. All-Clad is heavy stuff, no hot spots or cold spots. I love every piece that I own, and have been completely satisfied with the set, except that now, the exterior of the pan is discolored (I really don't mind that part, it just means that we love it; and no, we haven't used it on a gas range), and the non-stick surface is not so non-stick anymore. I cooked salmon, of all things, an oily fish(!), in a dry pan, and it stuck. Maybe we've just worn it out, but my next non-stick pan is still going to be All-Clad.

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