Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 10-Piece Cookware Set

by Calphalon

Product Features

• Set consists of 1-1/2- and 2-quart covered saucepans; 3-quart covered saute pan; 8-quart covered stockpot; 8- and 10-inch omelet pans
• 18/10 stainless-steel layers with pure aluminum cores; flared rims for pouring
• See-through, domed, oven-safe glass covers; stay-cool handles
• Dishwasher-safe; lifetime warranty against defects
• Glass lids make it easy to monitor food cooking

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 24.6 x 14.6 x 12 inches ; 25 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 28 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B00005Q5I7
• Item model number: LS10
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,172 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This Calphalon 10-piece set consists of a 1-1/2-quart covered saucepan, a 2-quart covered saucepan, a 3-quart covered sauté pan, an 8-quart covered stockpot, and 8- and 10-inch omelet pans--all the cookware needed for most kitchen tasks. With aluminum cores sandwiched by stainless-steel layers, Calphalon's Tri-Ply pots and pans deliver the attributes of both metals. The aluminum cores conduct heat quickly and uniformly across the pots and pans' bottoms and all the way up their sides. The 18/10 stainless-steel interiors and exteriors are easy to clean and maintain, resist scratching, denting, warping, and corrosion, are extremely durable, and are nonreactive to acidic food. Domed, glass covers permit cooking to be monitored without releasing heat and are oven-safe to 450 degrees F. Riveted, stainless-steel handles stay cool on the stovetop and have hanging holes. Pot and pan rims are flared to facilitate dripless pouring. Tri-Ply cookware is polished to a mirror finish outside for beauty and wears a satin finish inside to conceal inevitable utensil marks. Everything goes safely into the dishwasher, although hand washing better preserves the mirror finish. Tri-Ply cookware carries a lifetime warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

What's in the Box
1-1/2- and 2-quart covered saucepans; 3-quart covered saute pan; 8-quart covered stockpot; 8- and 10-inch omelet pans

Product Description

If you are drawn to the beauty of stainless steel, yet are reluctant to sacrifice the cooking efficiency of aluminum, you can now have the very best of both worlds. A mirror polish stainless steel exterior, a heavy gauge conductive aluminum filling, and a satin finish stainless steel interior form a 3-ply disk. The disk is then formed into a pan shape, with walls and bottom of equal thickness, which allows heat to be conducted evenly. Glass lids allow you to monitor food and their domed design returns condensed moisture to foods. Stay cool handles feature an ergonomic design and secure attachment. Take advantage of set pricing and equip your kitchen with function and style.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

60 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Makes Cooking a Real Pleasure, December 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 10-Piece Cookware Set (Kitchen)

We own a 12" calphalon anondized pan and a 10" nonstick calphalon everyday pan but we don't like the way the anondized cleans up and that we can't use stainless utensils with the nonstick. We then decided to "test drive" the 3-ply stainless calphalon by purchasing the 8" omelet pan. We LOVE it! The pan has a good weight to it, and using metal utensils is no problem, but best of all, food cooks evenly and efficiently and afterwards the pan cleans up with absolutely no effort. Making a perfect omelet is now a breeze. Based on our positive experience with this 3-ply "tester", we've decided to purchase the 10-piece set as our Christmas present to ourselves. Can't wait to start using it!! Try one pan, and you'll see for yourself.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well made, but has it's problems, December 16, 2004

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E K Maxmias "Frighteningly Real" (Close enough to Detroit!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 10-Piece Cookware Set (Kitchen)

Here's what I like about these pans:

-well made. You know it will last.

-conducts heat very well. distributes heat evenly in pan reguardless of position on burner.

-Dishwasher safe. That's great.

-looks nice. Very stylish.

-the metal lid handles do not get hot. It's amazing.

-Pretty easy to clean... ...most of the time.

But there are some flaws:

-Pans are so heavy, one hand manipulation (i.e. draining while holding lid in place) requires, good strong hands (and arms).

-see through lids usually get steamed up and you can't see anything anyway.

-Lids have crevices where the rim meats the glass. food particles often get stuck in there and require special attention.

-If something should get burned-on, it is not an easy clean. Burned on grease will not come off without scouring (which I hated to do with these pretty pans).

-I worry about dropping the lids, which usually happens eventually.

-the handles on the pans are very smooth and feal good in your hand. However, you might have trouble keeping large pans steady while moving because they are slippery and a bit narrow for gripping. (feels like the pan is going to spin)

The construction of the pans is so good that I can see why they are so expensive. But, for this price I wish they were a little more user friendly. Might be best suited for burley chefs with harry arms.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This set is just beautiful!, April 1, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 10-Piece Cookware Set (Kitchen)

I was concerned that I wouldn't use all the pieces, but I have found uses for everything here. They're like artwork in the kitchen!

The pans are nicely weight balanced and the handles stayed cool. I like the glass lids so I don't have to open them and release all the steam, but the steam fogs them over for a while anyway. The pans heated up at lower temperature and more evenly than any other pans I have such as the T-Fal skillets.

The pans cleaned easily with hot sudsy water and minimal scrubbing. I had some discoloration in my 2 1/2 qt saucepan that was sort of purple even after washing it twice. I panicked until I remembered the universal solution for cleaning stainless: distilled vinegar! It works on water spots and calcium as well. I put a splash in there it cleared up immediately. After rinsing and drying it was shinier than before I used it. Phew!

These are lifetime pans. I replaced everything I had with these. Some of the stuff I had since I got married, but no regrets. Just beautiful!

I changed my stars to 4 from 5 because those handles just aren't big enough to grip the pans and kind of hurt really. I wouldn't recommend these if you have any hand pain or grip problems. Also, I have a hard time cleaning completely around those pesky rivets.