Calphalon

Calphalon Cookware Bonuses

Through June 30, 2010, when you spend $300 or more on Calphalon cookware you can get a free Calphalon seven-piece cooking utensil set at checkout. When you spend $400 or more on Calphalon cookware you can get the utensil set and a free Calphalon 5-quart Dutch oven at checkout. Offers valid on products shipped and sold by Amazon.com only. Here's how (restrictions apply).

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Contemporary Stainless

Calphalon Contemporary Stainless is the ideal line for home chefs who want both style and performance, as all the sleek, modern vessels in this line have curvaceous and smooth flared "tulip" shapes that create a stunning presence while heating on a stovetop or hanging from a pot rack. Features include:

• Tri-ply, heavy-gauge aluminum construction promotes superb conductivity
• Brushed stainless-steel exteriors help hide wear
• Glass lids to monitor food are oven-safe to 450 degrees F
• Well-balanced stainless-steel handles stay cool on the stovetop
• Oven-safe pans; dishwasher-safe; lifetime warranty

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One Infused Anodized

Calphalon One Infused Anodized cookware combines the best qualities of traditional metal and nonstick cooking surfaces. Interior and exterior surfaces of the cookware are infused with an advanced release polymer. Unlike nonstick coatings that simply sit on top of metal, this material penetrates below the surface, into the pores of the metal. Features include:

• Advanced release polymer penetrates pores of metal so that food sears and releases easily
• Stain resistant; compatible with gas, electric, and ceramic stovetops
• Brushed stainless lids; stainless-steel ergonomic handles stay cool
• Safe in the oven and under the broiler; safe with metal, wood, and plastic utensils
• Oven-safe to 700 degrees F; hand wash; lifetime warranty

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Simply Calphalon Nonstick

Simply Calphalon Nonstick Anodized cookware features the same durable hard-anodized exterior as the Commercial lines, but adds a double-coated nonstick interior. Features include:

• Heavy-gauge aluminum exterior across bottoms and sides
• Easy-to-clean nonstick interior
• Domed, brushed-stainless lids seal in heat and moisture
• Stainless-steel wire handles with blasted satin finish
• Oven-safe up to 375 degrees F

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Commercial Hard-Anodized

Constructed with the same durability and quality as the Professional Hard-Anodized line, this cookware differs only in its advanced handle design. Features include:

• Heavy-gauge hard-anodized aluminum is uniformly thick for even heating
• Stick-resistant surface that won't chip, crack, or peel
• Hard-anodized lids; cast-stainless-steel handles stay cool
• Oven-safe up to 700 degrees F
• Covered by a lifetime warranty

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The Story of Calphalon

In 1963, metals-industry executive Ronald Kasperzak purchased a small Ohio manufacturing company that specialized in a range of aluminum products. Kasperzak was a lover of fine foods and entertaining, and he saw his future in the company's line of heavy-duty cookware for the commercial food-service industry. He was dead-on. He made cookware his core product, and within 10 years the company became the second-largest supplier of cookware to restaurants. In the late '60s, the company latched onto new aerospace and architectural technology, using an electrochemical process called "hard-anodizing" to give aluminum a uniquely durable surface. With this process, aluminum not only provided high conductivity and even heating, it was now also 30 percent harder than stainless steel. Home cooks reaped the benefits in 1975, when the company (which took the name Calphalon in 1977) entered the retail market. By 1993, the service-industry line was discontinued as demand grew for professional-quality equipment in the home; Calphalon had again proved a talent for seeing into the future. A subsidiary of the Newell Company since 1998, Calphalon is a supporter of the Share Our Strength antihunger organization.