All-Clad D3 12" Stainless Steel Frying pan W/Lid, 3-Ply Stainless Steel Pan, Induction, Oven Broiler Safe 600F Skillet, Professional Cookware, Silver

I love this pan! Its the perfect size. Once you learn how to use a stainless its very easy to use. Its such good quality and much better for your health vs coated pans. Its heavy and the perfect depth size. costly but worth the investment IMO.

Avid chefs are like any other experienced tool user. We know that better tools are often less expensive in the long run. There's no economy in buying three tools that ruin projects because they never perform as they should. That's true of woodworking tools ( my speciality) and cooking tools (my hobby).After hearing so many top chefs rave about All-Clad and reading many reviews I bought this model to see if it is worth it.It is.The thick flat bottom registers fully to any cooktop, gas or electric. Combine that with the aluminum core surrounded by steel and you get even consistent heating.Other "premium" pans I've used have warped, which leads to uneven heating and a wobbly unstable pan. This well-made pan does not exhibit that tendency. It stays FLAT. My digital temp-gauge shows it heats evenly. Most important: the FOOD shows it heats evenly!I took the time to season this pan with high-temperature oils BEFORE I used it. Although I have seasoned other pans, few of them remained seasoned, especially after searing steaks or scorching hot potato dishes.Another HUGE benefit of a well-seasoned professional pan is the ability to make pan-sauces. This smooth-finished surface deglazes easily and reacts to temperature changes immediately.Pan sauces always look easy in videos. Why couldn't I make them so effortlessly? After I got this pan, I learned. It was not the stove, the ingredients, my timing or technique. It was THE PAN. Now I CAN make professional pan sauces just like Alton Brown, Chef John, Bobby Flay and others.If I had known that years ago, I would have never wasted all my money on cheap pans. I hate to think about all the foods I made that were less than stellar or ruined outright.My contention is that bad tools frustrate the user. A crummy guitar guarantees a student never practices and doesn't learn music. A cheap saw guarantees the nascent woodworker ruins projects and wastes wood.Well... crummy cookware frustrates the budding culinary artist, foils his efforts and wastes food money.Although this price for a pan seems expensive, I reckon it saves money by NOT wasting food and not buying more cheap pans to replace other cheap pans that get ruined in a year.It lowers frustration and produces better results.It is easy to clean and keep seasoned so it remains easy to clean.And I am happy to pay extra for USA made products.It looks and feels as though it should last for decades.Most of the professional chefs I respect use these.America's Test Kitchen rated it #1 top choice for the best all-purpose pan.I am NOT a professional chef, and in a sense, that makes my opinion MORE important to some readers. Why?Because if an rank amateur like ME can get great pro-results with this pan, then other home cooks could too.Highly recommended!The only caveat is, once you experience a professional-quality cooking-tool like this, it is impossible to go back.You may end up buying more!

This is a perennial winner of America's Test Kitchen's best frying pan award. What else do you need to know? Get it. The 12-inch D3 comes with a lid, and is perhaps the best pan for general-purpose cooking or frying on the market - at any price point.Pros:Classic All-Clad "D3" construction. All-Clad is famous for patenting a superior way of making pans. In short, the exterior is corrosion-resistant stainless steel. The interior is made of aluminum which is both lightweight and helps transfer heat evenly. Between the mass of the steel and the layering of the metal, the D3 pans have some of the best heat-spreading on the market - even when used on an electric on induction oven, they perform better than other pans.Creates the best fond. Fond is the flavorful stuff that sticks to the bottom of the pan. For instance - if you're browning some meat in the pan, a layer of fat and seasoning will stick to the bottom. Once you've done that, you add vegetables and perhaps some sauces. Between the water cooking out of the vegetables and the sauces, this layer of stuck-on stuff loosens up, and dissolves to make your food that much more delicious.The best frying and heat retention. As said, the D3 is made better. Short of getting a heavy iron or ceramic pan, nothing retains heat and enables consistent frying like an All-Clad.Great design. Long handle helps stability, and has a "thumb groove" to help you feel the angle without looking. The included lid fits well. The gentle rounding between the bottom and sides means nothing sticks in the corners. Lovely design for a pan.All stainless steel exterior. If something is stuck, hit it with steel wool or whatever. The pan can take it. You never have to worry about being too rough with it (within reason - be nice to your pans!).Cons:Expensive. The D3 is totally worth it, but it's not a cheap pan. It's good to know what you're doing in the kitchen before you plop down the cash for an All-Clad.Heavy. Steel is one of the heavier construction types. This helps heat retention, but this pan will require 2 hands for many people.This is not a nonstick pan! I see so many reviewers complaining that things stick to the pan. Of course they do. That's how metal pans work. But you can avoid this. Some tips: Swirl oil in a hot pan to create a nonstick surface before cooking. Learn to deglaze a pan - use water, either from cooked food or sauces, to loosen up stuck bits toward the end of cooking. And clean the pan immediately after use. Most stuck-on material is easily removed if you apply some elbow grease while it's warm.Overall:Just the best. Retains heat, spreads heat well on any stove type, comes with a lid, is shaped well, and it's stainless! It's amazing.