Cookware Reviews

I often need to make a quick dish .........hopefully healthy. Between this and my Zojurshi Rice Cooker stir frys are the perfect answer. I debated long and hard before I committed to buy this pan because I new how often I would use it. Great pan great price and would have gotten five stars except I believe as a pan gets heavier and larger the handle should get wider for easier handling and control. Small point however, because I have compensated by making sure my thumb is on top of the handle and not wrapped around it. Heats perfectly and clean up is a breeze as well.

I need to replace all my pots and pans! I bought this for sauce making and love the clear glass lid!

This pan has made my life easier. One of the meals we like is chicken breast strips over salad. Instead of buying the expensive pre-cut and seasoned chicken breast strips, I now buy boneless chicken breasts in bulk, cut them into strips and stir fry them in my Calphalon Professional Nonstick II Collector's Edition 10-Inch Stir Fry Pan in a little oil seasoned with Worchester sauce, salt and pepper. In fifteen minutes I have a delicious chicken dinner. I've experimented with beef strips and different seasonings, all with good results. Clean up is just a matter of washing out the pan with a little soap and water. I have also used this pan to scramble eggs and they cooked beautifully and clean up was just as easy. I would recommend this pan for busy people who would like to cook up fast, healthful meals using very little oil.

A great addition to your Le Creuset collection but be aware, this saucepan is rugged and heavy and requires both hands to manipulate its contents to the end destination.

You get so many benefits from high quality Le Crreuset products. Great heat distribution from all sources, gas, electric,.The double enamel surface keeps acidic foods from reacting and is very durable. The pots and pans come in beautiful colors. I enjoy a mix of the colors for my set. This saucepan offers the benefit of a spout to precisely pour contents.
Be aware these are HEAVY, so you also get a great upper body workout to boot
John Row

It is a joy to make sauce with this little pot. Only the lowest flame is needed. The handle stays nice and cool to the touch too.

I was really skectical about this item, especially the inside surface. I threw everything in for an omelette, including my wait and see attitude. THEN I ran out the next day and bought the 10 piece set!! It spreads heat evenly, meals come out great and easy clean up!

Fine, so this is not the best stuff on earth. I do think it is good enough in a practical sense.

The pan does not heat up as fast as some of the top-of-the-line calphalon or all-clad stuff. However, it is pretty good compares to other similar products

If one uses the proper utensil and cleaning method, the non-stick surface shouldn't be a problem. Clean up is pretty easy.

It may not be as heavy or bullets proof as some other pans, but I tend to think of it as an advantage. Personally, I don't feel like grabbing a 10 LB weight-lifting piece of steel every time I want to cook an egg. I hate wrestling with a heavy pan in the kitchen sink just to get it clean.

The heat up is fast, the clean up is easy, it's easy to handle, and the price is cheap. For your day-to-day cooking task, this pan is plenty.

This is the first brand of non-stick pans I ever tried that actually was easy to clean without seasoning the bottom of the pan! I have tried many of the other "better" name pots and pans in the past. The heavy gauge pan produced excellent and even browning of anything I cooked in it. It is a pleasure to cook with this pan, the results are delicious!! :-D The coating does not flake right off with the first use as on other pricey pots and pans I have tried, another plus!!

I had an opportunity to cook with this grill pan over the Christmas holiday. It is well made, it handles well on the stove top, and it heats pretty evenly.

Depending on what you are cooking, the stainless interior can be easy or a pain to clean. I gave it four stars because I think a grill pan might be better served with a non stick surface. For a saute pan, and for reducing sauces, I like a stainless surface. It is much easier to see what is going on there than with a non stick. For a grill though, non stick properties are more important.

One reviewer wrote that he thought non stick was a scam, and that it goes away within a few months. Nonsense. That might have been the heads up on cheap supermarket pans 30 years ago, but a quality non stick pan today will last for years, and cook a perfect omlette, or grill a perfect fish fillet. Think about the job at hand, and choose the tools accordingly. A glance at the pans used in commercial kitchens, or those used by the wide variety of TV chefs is enough to let you know that there are some jobs that are tailor made for non stick cookware. Eggs, cheese, fish, and general grilling are among them.

I wanted a pan I could heat to the smoking point and then keep it there for searing tenderloin. This pan works great. The low sides actually reduce splatter at this temperature since most grease is carried into the air in other pans by steam formed on the sides of the pan. The rounded grill ridges make cleaning easier. Put the pan to soak and use a little stainless polish if necessary. It's a keeper.

I WILL MAKE THIS SHORT AND SWEET, THE PAN LOOKS GREAT, COOKS GREAT, AND THE FINAL PRODUCT MOST IMPORTANTLY, TASTES GREAT!

This pan is an awesome value as the quality is very high. The heating is even the entire cooking surface of the pan. I definitely recommend it.

Received this two days ago and have prepared two meals. Don't know why anyone would say there is a problem with clean-up. All I did was a short soak and used a scrubby and it was good as new. The feature I like best is that although the diameter of the pan is much larger than my gas burner it does heat evenly. I usually have to rotate the food to the center of the pan for cooking but not with this pan - that is a real timesaver. I also like the depth of this pan - deep enough to prepare one dish meals. Being five quarts it can easily make a one dish meal for 4-6 (with some stirring room) and I almost wish I got a little larger pan for my family of five. This pan will definitely be the most used in the kitchen given its handy size.

Remember to check out some of the similar products for the best price although I bought this with a gold box coupon for about 20 less. There is a 99 set with a stock pot, 5 qt and an omelette pan that seems like a better deal and a less expensive 12 inch everyday pan that is awfully similar (except for the straight sides).

This product met my expectations and more. I'm adding more Calphalon to my wishlist and will definitely be collecting more of their products.

I purchased my first Calphalon saucepan 15 years ago, when I went off to college. It was from the Professional Hard Anondized line. I had become interested in cooking, and found myself frustrated with low-quality cookware that did not heat evenly or consistently, and bought the Calphalon saucepan at the suggestion of a friend. I still have that first saucepan, as well as numerous other pans from both the Professional Hard Anondized and the Commercial Hard Anondized lines. Every single piece has performed flawlessly hundreds of times, and each looks as fabulous as the day I bought it.

I have never experimented with Calphalon's other, less durable lines (e.g., Simply Calphalon, etc.), but I can vouch for the incredible performance and durability of both hard-anondized lines. Cleaning Calphalon is simple: handwash with warm water, a sponge and a scouring cleanser such as Ajax. With proper care, your Calphalon pans will last for generations.

Before I go on, let me say I have lots of Calphalon products and only have had a disappointment in this utensil and the whisk. Same reason on both, they are wimpy & overheat, not as in getting to hot to handle, but they become to weak to use. They do not hold up well under heat. When you are stirring the pasta, the fork bends and sways with water. I had pulled some pasta out and left the fork to cool on the spoon rest, when came back the fork had cooled into a bent position from the heat. So now, it also looks funny. Maybe if they were thicker, I do not know. But I had to buy a different one.

After a long and frustrating search at last I found the perfect back scratcher hanging among other kitchen utensils at my local bath/linen/etc. store. The Calphalon Pasta Fork's ample length and eleven sturdy tines (not too smooth, not too sharp) suit it well for this secondary use, and its nylon handle is slightly flexible yet strong enough to withstand vigorous application. Perhaps the fact that I have never until now submitted a product review may suggest the magnitude of my enthusiasm for this item.

I love this pasta fork...along with all the other Calphalon utensils I got as wedding gifts. This has held up well to the heat of the boiling water and pasta and serves the pasta well. I highly recommend the whole set of Calphalon utensils.

The saucepan is a little on the small side, but the steamer (which also fits larger saucepans) is great. The quality is excellent

It is great! This does have the cool-v handles, they are just the short ones. It is a pot, not a pan! Anyway, the steamer is wonderful too! Broccoli never tasted so good! The nice thing is that the steamer also fits other Calphalon saucepans making it versitle. You won't regret purchasing this set! Enjoy!

I have several pieces of the commercial nonstick, and this is a terrific addition to the collection. I frequently need smaller pots, and this one is a perfect complement to the smaller long-handled sauce pans in the collection. The steamer (which sits snugly atop the saucepan) is lovely and very functional. The set comes with a polished steel lid for the pot and a beautiful glass lid for the steamer.

I understand why the first reviewer was confused the picture shown makes the pan look like it has a non-stick surface. I'm thrilled with the performance and the price. This is one of my first higher quality stainless steel pans. Unfourtunately, the very first time iIused it I burned some oil in it and have already left a hard to remove burn stain. If anyone has a solution please let me know.

This pan is typical of Cuisinart quality. Weighty and well made, it cooks evenly and has a professional look. It cleans up easily and is an excellent value. To the reviewer who complained about the "non-stick" not working...this is NOT a non-stick pan.

I have had this pan for a month now, and I am pleased with it. Perfect for sauteing steaks, chicken breasts, pork etc... on the stovetop, or pan-grilling over high heat and finishing in the oven. Also good for skillet dinners. A must have. "The Best Recipe" cookbook is also a must have.

This pan cost me $10 after rebate, and I should have known you get what you pay for. I bought it for stir frying on a ceramic top stove, and I was very disappointed in this pan's performance. It sat nice and flat on the burner until it heated up and warped, leaving only the center 2-3 inches actually touching the stovetop. This pan is far too light to use with stir fry heat. At $10, at least I won't lose sleep over putting it on my wife's next garage sale.

I adore this pan. I cook a lot of one-pan/pot meals and this is the perfect pan for that. Nice & deep for fried chicken. Great non-stick surface, nice tight-fitting lid. This is a great utilitarian pan. I reach for it all the time, and it hasn't disappointed me yet.

This is an ideal pan for your everyday needs. It's big enough that I can cook for myself, or for 8 people. The lid fits perfectly, and it's super easy to clean...it achieves being a nonstick pan better than anything I've had before.

Now this is not the pan you want for gourmet cooking - you'll want something with a copper plate to gaurantee even heating. But for breakfast and sausages and sauteing - this is great.

This pan adds fantastic flavor (and visual appeal) to just about everything. We use it at least once weekly and have been very pleased. My only complaint is that fish cooked with the skin on invariably sticks, so that the skin is torn off when you try to remove it. Fish with no skin is fine. Chicken with skin is fine. It's just the fish with the skin on that's the problem, and really the major reason I bought the pan in the oblong shape was to cook a whole fish. I've followed the directions to the letter, and still no success. I'd recommend the All Clad nonstick grill pan for fish with skin--we've had great success with that, but it doesn't add quite the flavor the Le Creuset pan does. Besides this problem, the Le Creuset is great, and I'd absolutely recommend it.

The grill is so capable that I sold our gas grill at a garage sale! I purchased 2 of these for myself in blue, and one for my mother in red. She was delighted. I use one for beef, fish, poultry and the other at the same time for veggies, etc. It is exceptionally well-made, (guaranteed for 101 years) - and the weight of the grill reflects it's quality. If you have weak wrists or if lifting anything heavy is a problem - unfortunately - this wouldn't be for you. Also, it is more difficult to clean then any of my other Le Creuset pieces; however, no more trouble to clean, then the rack from our gas grill. In fact, less so as it's smaller and fits into the sink more easily; simply let it soak for a bit in warm water and it's no trouble. I use mine at least 3 times a week, and am only sorry I didn't purchase it sooner. I highly recommend it!

I've made fajitas, fish fillets, shimp, and chicken breasts in it so far. Everything is wonderful, is just requires a different way of cooking. The searing is amazing with the chicken breasts, then I put them in the oven to finish. The shrimp I did the way I always do, but with this pan everyone raved because it cooked so perfectly. They begged for the recipe, and wouldn't believe I hadn't done anything different other than the new pan.
I intend to get the blue one for my friend as a Christmas gift, she loved it so much!