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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST INVENTION YET, March 25, 2004
This review is from: Calphalon One Infused Anodized 5-Quart Sauté Pan with Lid (Kitchen)
The previous reviewer is totally wrong. This is the best invention in cookware yet. I am a professional chef. These are too expensive to use in a professional kitchen, but perfect for home use. They are REALLY non-stick and stick pans. Their design is to give you the searing/browning/carmelization needed and wanted to give you the best tasting meats and vegetables. The "stuck-on Fond or bits" on the bottom of the pan as then used to make your sauce for the food you just cooked in the pan. If you try to remove or move the food to soon, yes it will stick and will rip or tear your food item. Also the pan must be hot enough. and if you add very cold food to a hot pan, and try to move it to soon, it will stick and rip. Plain non-stick pans WILL NOT give you the browning effect you are looking for when cooking meats, chickens, fish, and vegetables. Trust me, the other reviewer must not know to use these pans properly. Clean up is a snap. I have almost the complete set of Calphalon One pans at home and I DO NOT WORK for the company. Expensive, YES, worth every penny, YES. You get what you pay for. Taken care of these pans will last for many many many years. Buy cheap pans, and you will be throwing them out, a waste of money.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Improvement over Tri-Ply pans, December 6, 2004
This review is from: Calphalon One Infused Anodized 5-Quart Sauté Pan with Lid (Kitchen)
I purchased the 10 pc tri-ply set before Calphalon One existed. This set does not come with a 12" pan - which is referred to as "large" in recipes.
The cooking properties of Calphalon One are similar to stainless steel. If you treat the pan with that in mind, you will enjoy this pan for years to come. It is not a traditional "non stick" pan.
Think of this surface as stainless steel with easy cleanup. A 30 minute soak and anything left on the pan comes off very easily. If any marks remain a quick rub with bar keepers friend will clean it.
With a tri-ply pan you need to turn the temperature down one setting since they are very heat efficient. i.e. if you need to cook at "medium-high", set your burner to "medium". A Calphon One pan you would set to "medium-high".
Stainless steel and this material are designed to produce "fond". The brown bits that stick to the pan and improve flavour of your dish. Non stick pans will not do this.
Like stainless pans you can use metal utensils with this surface.
The 12" lid fits other Calphalon 12" pans.
This pan has a large cooking area and can be used in the oven. Heavy weight, even heat distribution, high quality pan with a comfortable handle.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Calphalon One is fabulous, November 8, 2005
This review is from: Calphalon One Infused Anodized 5-Quart Sauté Pan with Lid (Kitchen)
I have this 5qt saute pan and when I first got it I was a little frustrated that it wasn't non-stick. THEN I figured out that it isn't supposed to be!!! In order to nicely brown meats, and have little crumbly things to make great sauce, it has to stick a little bit.
This pan is very big and can get heavy - I frequently cook for lots of people, so it's what I need, but you might want to feel it in person.
By the way - this price stinks. It is $235 on the Williams-Sonoma site!
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