Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Glass Lid

by Calphalon

Product Features

• Heavyweight, 1-1/2-quart saucepan
• 18/10 stainless-steel layers enclose pure aluminum core
• See-through, domed, oven-safe glass lid
• Stay-cool handle; flared rim for dripless pouring
• Dishwasher-safe; lifetime warranty against defects

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.1 x 7.2 x 4.5 inches ; 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Q5I0
• Item model number: L8701 1/2G
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #49,774 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

With aluminum cores enclosed 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 durable, 18/10 stainless-steel interiors and exteriors are easy to clean, resist scratching, denting, warping, and corrosion, and are nonreactive to acidic food. This 1-1/2-quart, straight-sided saucepan has a domed, glass lid so cooking can be monitored without releasing heat. The lid is oven-safe to 450 degrees F, ensuring the pan not only can be used atop the stove for sauces but can go into the oven for keeping food warm. The handle stays cool on the stovetop. The pan's rim is 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. It goes safely into the dishwasher, although hand washing better preserves the mirror finish, and carries a lifetime warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Workhorse little pan, January 16, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Glass Lid (Kitchen)

I use this little guy constantly. A one-quart size is usually too small. A two-quart is often too big. This one's just right.
It is well balanced, making it easy to wield. And it is high quality, providing superb performance. Being only slightly less "hefty" than All Clad, it heats very evenly. It's advantages over All Clad, however, are the see-thru lid, which is engineered to drain condensation back into the pan, and the well-designed rim, which dependably pours in a coherent, nondribble stream that doesn't make a mess all over the stove. The cool-V handle indeed stays cool (at least it has for the up-to-30-minute stretches I've used it).
The rivets detract somewhat from the smooth interior; however, a trip thru the dishwasher (although anathema to some) always cleans it up perfectly. Also, I learned years ago never to cook anything in stainless steel that leaves a residue that tends to stick like glue. Thus I do not use this pan for such things as oatmeal, scrambled eggs, or pasta. Those foods are best cooked in nonstick or LeCreuset. But for heating a can of soup, boiling a few eggs, simmering pasta sauce, making cocoa, or etc., THIS little guy is perfect.
If you don't have a nice stainless pan this size, you're in for a treat if you try this one.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!, July 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Glass Lid (Kitchen)

This is a nice size saucepan. I like it better than the 1 quart I owned before - a little more useful. The glass dome lid is great and so is the clean up. The cleaning pad and cleanser they recommend work great. Stuck on sauces come of with minimal effort. Food can get under the rim of the lid and around the rivets but a scrub brush gets it right out and I'd rather have the rivet handles than the screwed on ones I owned before that would loosen and eventually broke off. It's heavy duty construction makes it a good purchase that will last a long time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars lovely little pan, May 30, 2008

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A. Reiheld (Edenton, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calphalon Tri-Ply Stainless 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Glass Lid (Kitchen)

What a fine addition to my slowly-growing collection of Tri-Ply. This one, which I use almost daily, is perfect for boiling a couple of eggs, heating a can of soup, or, best of all, making a perfect Hollandaise from scratch. The practical size and good heft of the pan make no-curdle sauces easy. The trick is to have the ingredients at room temperature, and to gently heat the pan a little before adding them. As with any Tri-Ply pan, remember that this pan conducts heat so efficiently that you'll want to use a much lower heat setting than you're accustomed to. When the sauce is finished, pour it into a serving dish or gravy boat, and put the pan in the sink to soak. Clean-up then requires just a swish with a soapy sponge. My several Tri-Ply pans, like my good knives, make me wonder why I didn't invest in decent stuff years, no, decades earlier.