Cuisinart MultiClad Pro Triple Ply Stainless Saucepan with Lid

by Cuisinart

Product Features

• 1-1/2-quart saucepan made of 18/10 stainless steel with solid aluminum core
• Cast-stainless-steel handle stays cool to the touch and comes riveted for strength
• Secure-fitting stainless-steel lid helps trap heat, moisture, and nutrients
• Dishwasher-safe; oven-safe up to 550 degrees F; broiler-safe
• Measures 13-1/2 by 7-1/5 by 4-8/9 inches; limited lifetime warranty

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 13.5 x 7.2 x 4.9 inches ; 9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0009W38NU
• Item model number: MCP19-16
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (136 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,892 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)
  • #4 in Kitchen & Dining > Cookware > Saucepans
  • #37 in Kitchen & Dining > Cookware > All Pans

Product Description

Size: 1-1/2-Quart

Amazon.com Product Description

A useful addition to any cookware collection, this beautifully designed saucepan features a round shape, flat bottom, and straight sides that come in handy for a variety of culinary creations. Measuring 13-1/2 by 7-1/5 by 4-8/9 inches, the unit holds up to 1-1/2 quarts and works well for anything from making breakfast oatmeal or chocolate pudding to heating up vegetable soup, boiling noodles, or making homemade marinara sauce. It also comes with a tapered rim, which allows for pouring contents without messy drips.

Like other pieces in the Multiclad Pro line of cookware by Cuisinart, the saucepan features professional triple-ply stainless construction: a core of pure aluminum comes sandwiched between 18/10 stainless steel, resulting in fast, even heat distribution with no hot spots. Even more, the cookware's 18/10 stainless-steel cooking surface won't discolor, react with food, or alter flavors, and its exclusive Heat Surround Technology distributes heat across the bottom and up the sides of the pan to ensure foods cook evenly and efficiently. The pan's long cast-stainless-steel handle comes riveted for strength, stays cool to the touch on the stovetop, and offers a hole at the end for convenient hanging storage when not in use. A secure-fitting stainless-steel lid with a loop handle comes included, helping to trap heat, moisture, and nutrients. The cookware can be used on any cooktop, including induction, in an oven up to 550 degrees F, as well as under the broiler. Best of all, the cookware cleans up easily by hand or in the dishwasher, and it carries a limited lifetime warranty.

From the Manufacturer

Enjoy the Fine Art of Cooking

Inspired by the great French kitchens, Cuisinart began making professional cookware almost 30 years ago. Constructed of the finest materials available to perfectly perform all of the classic cooking techniques, Cuisinart cookware continues a long tradition of excellence.

Our commitment to quality and innovation continues with our MultiClad Pro Stainless cookware, designed to meet the demands of gourmet chefs everywhere.

Unique triple-ply construction joins a brushed stainless steel exterior, a pure aluminum core that provides even heat distribution, and a stainless steel interior, for optimal performance. MultiClad Pro Stainless lets you celebrate the fine art of cooking.

What is MultiClad Pro Stainless Cookware?

Premium cookware that features professional triple-ply construction - a core of pure aluminum bonded to a stainless steel interior and a brushed stainless exterior - a fusion of the best materials for cooking offering unsurpassed performance. Heat Surround technology maintains even heat distribution along the bottoms and side walls of the cookware, eliminating hotspots. Premium stainless steel cooking surfaces do not react with food or alter natural flavors.

The Cuisinart Details

Designed to provide professional gourmet cooking results, this collection offers perfect heat and perfect results, every time.

• The Choice of Professionals
  Aluminum core heats and cools quickly for precise temperature control. Heat Surround technology provides even heat distribution along the bottom and up the side walls of the cookware. Stainless steel interior is ideal for delicately simmering sauces. Perfectly sautéing vegetables, browning meats, or boiling several servings of pasta.
   
• Covers Seal in Nutrients
  Tight-fitting stainless steel covers seal in food's natural juices and nutrients for healthier, more flavorful results. Covers are dishwasher-safe.
   
• Drip-Free Pouring
  Rims are tapered for drip-free pouring.
   
• Professional Results
  Stainless steel cooking surface does not react with food or alter food flavors. Great for classic cooking techniques like sautéing, frying, browning, searing and slowly simmering delicious sauces.
   
• Superior Heat
  Triple-Ply construction includes the unsurpassed heat conductivity of a pure aluminum core. It insures maximum heat retention and even heat distribution, eliminating hot spots.
   
• Perfect Balance
  Exclusive Cool Grip handles stay cool on the stovetop. Handles with unique thumb rests are riveted for perfect balance and ultimate control when lifting and pouring.
   
• Triple-Ply Construction
  
  • Brushed stainless steel exterior
  • Pure Aluminum Core for even heat distribution
  • Stainless steel interior

Why make our best your best?

The MultiClad Pro Stainless Cookware Collection is designed to meet the culinary needs of the most demanding gourmet chefs. Its triple-ply construction facilitates effortless cooking and first-class results, enabling even the kitchen novice to whip up meals with a gourmet flair that will delight the whole family. Whether a menu calls for sautéed pork medallions, a slow-cooked Manhattan chowder, or spicy sun-dried tomato sauce that simmers all day long, Cuisinart MultiClad Pro Stainless Cookware makes cooking it a joyful experience. Discover the gourmet chef in you, and get ready to cook your best.

Cool Grip riveted handles

Tight-fitting stainless steel covers

Tapered rims for drip-free pouring

Product Description

The sauce pan is one of the most-used pans in the kitchen. This Cuisinart Multiclad Pro Sauce Pan is the smallest one: 1 1/2 quarts. This Cuisinart sauce pan is ideal for smaller cooking tasks that dont require a large capacity pan.Cuisinart Multiclad Pro cookware is their top of the line cookware, a very solid performer across the board. The Cuisinart Multiclad Pro features an aluminum core bonded to a 18/10 brushed stainless exteriors and mirror finish stainless steel interiors. The polished cooking surface does not discolor, react with food or alter flavors. Other Cuisinart Multiclad Pro features include:Dishwasher safeCool Grip handleOven safe to 550FTight-fitting lids seal in moisture and nutrientsCuisinart Multiclad Pro cookware has a limited lifetime warranty from Cuisinart

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

143 of 144 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than All-Clad, and here's why, December 6, 2008

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The Vinocat "tech toy addict and chef" (San Rafael, California United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Cuisinart MCP19-16 MultiClad Pro Stainless-Steel 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Cover (Kitchen)

I'm a self-confessed cookware junkie and professionally-trained home chef. I have at least 60 or so different pots and pans, and actually use most of them regularly. I've been biased toward Calphalon Anodized (not non-stick) for nearly 20 years, and still love the line. I got into Calphalon Tri-Ply, which is superb, but thought I'd try this pan to see if the value was there.

IMHO, Calphalon Tri-Ply, Cuisinart Multiclad, and KitchenAid Clad all have far surpassed All-Clad for various reasons. Basically, All-Clad hasn't changed its design in ages, and has missed out on a number of very real improvements.

To Wit: the rolled lip that eliminates pouring drips and runs of liquid down the outside of the pan. A simple improvement, but a huge one for simplifying clean-up later, and for whatever surface you rest the pan on. So far, I think Calphalon has the best lids -- glass, deep draw, and very nicely fitting. This Cuisinart pan's top fits acceptably well, but it's probably the weak link. As for strengths, this pan weighs in as heavy or heavier than either the All-Clad or Calphalon offerings of similar size, so that's a big win for heat dispersion and uniformity (All-Clad has become really thin over the years!). Unlike the KitchenAid, the exterior is matte finished except for the top 1/2 inch or so. This helps to ensure that the pan will look good despite real-world use. The shape is nice -- not too tall and narrow, so it works well on a small burner.

Finally there is the handle. This doesn't have the cool-V design of the Calphalon, but it stays pretty cool anyway. I have a major problem with All-Clad handles, which are extremely uncomfortable for me, the way I lift pans (I have very strong arms and wrists, so I usually lift pans overhand, unlike many who go underhand to get the extra muscle leverage). Lifting overhand, the All-Clad handles dig into my palm in a very uncomfortable way. These Cuisinart (and Calphalon and KitchenAid) handles do not.

4.5 stars overall; 1/2 star docked for the lid being less than perfect (but still as good as all the competition except Calphalon).

UPDATE: Feb 18, 2009: I've compared the Cuisinart Multiclad Pro and All-Clad Stainless pans side by side, and if anything, the Cuisinarts are heavier duty, certainly not meaningfully lighter! The All-Clad LTD pans (some of them) do appear to be thicker/heavier than their stainless counterparts, but then we're comparing apples and oranges, and in any event it's pretty much gilding the lily to go much thicker than they are already. The pouring lip on the Cuisinarts is a huge in-use advantage as well (far less messy). On the whole, the Multiclad Pro line is an incredible bargain. Search my reviews for other comments about these vis-a-vis Calphalon etc.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars All great but the handle, July 7, 2006

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Joseph N. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart MPC194-20 MultiClad Pro Stainless-Steel 4-Quart Saucepan with Cover (Kitchen)

This pan looks great and performs great. It's less heavy duty than All-Clad, but unless the kitchen is in the middle of a stone quarry it is plenty, plenty heavy duty enough. And it looks great, too. In addition to the price advantage, another lead over All-Clad is the turned lip. One disadvantage, though, is the handle. It's not a light pot, and when it is full it is simply heavy. The handle is not broad/thick/shaped enough, and there is no helper handle on the opposite side. It works, certainly, but the 2006 version could be improved.

62 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Watched Pot Never Boils, So Watch This Pot, June 28, 2008

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dbphoenix (Phoenix, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cuisinart MCP19-16 MultiClad Pro Stainless-Steel 1-1/2-Quart Saucepan with Cover (Kitchen)

I thought I would love this pan. And I do love the multi-clad. And the handle's fine, along with the rivets.

The problem is the lid.

For some reason, the Pro and stainless Chef's lines use a lid that just sits on top of the pot rather than utilize the lid they provide for the non-stick Chef's line, one that has an underrim on it and is seated within the pan (like the Calphalon lids; and, like the Calphalon lids, the non-stick Chef's line lids are glass). The end result is that if and when the contents begin to boil, the steam begins to boil over, even if the contents themselves do not (and if it's anywhere near full, the contents boil over as well; either way, you have a mess). Therefore, unless you watch it like a hawk, or leave the lid off, the 1 1/2qt pan becomes, practically, a 1qt pan, and you may as well get the 2qt if you want 1 1/2qts capacity. Or go with the non-stick Chef's line. Or Calphalon (which, unfortunately, is nearly three times the price).

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