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mcCola5 t1_ixm37ru wrote

Reply to comment by lastinglovehandles in Just bought an All-Clad D5 Stainless Steel frying pan for the first time. Just cooked eggs in it and they slid right out. Wish us luck! by femifist26

Are you saying their pans suck but their marketing is top tier?

I have been trying to decide for years if I should pull the trigger on all clad or made in. Made in says they are just as good if not better than all clad, for half the price... the consumer reports are good... hard to trust anything these days.

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PrimordialXY t1_ixmlx1d wrote

In my not at all professional opinion, the only things worth purchasing from Made In are the stainless saucier and the large carbon steel griddle. All Clad discontinued their saucier so Made In is the next best thing and their carbon steel griddles are actually excellent value. For everything else go All Clad, Le Creuset (or Staub), and Matfer.

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lastinglovehandles t1_ixm6iam wrote

For home use it’ll definitely hold up. In a commercial setting? They’ll bombard you with ads of Chefs singing their praise. Meanwhile they already moved back to using all clad or vollrath.

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4look4rd t1_ixmvuh9 wrote

It’s really hard to make a bad pan, if it’s 3 or 5 ply it’s going to be good. What makes all clad great is that not only the materials are good but they also nail things like proportions and handles.

Take the Misen frying pan for example, it’s very well made but I always reach for my All Clad because the misen’s walls are too shallow.

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