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All-Clad 5000-9 Stainless 9-Piece Cookware Set | 
| Brand: All-Clad
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $599.95
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Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  56 reviews
Sales Rank: 59312
Country: UNITED STATES
Number Of Items: 1
Dial Color: Stainless steel case, White dial
Shipping Weight (lbs): 25
Dimensions (in): 21.6 x 19.3 x 13.8
Warranty: 1
MPN: N24
Model: 5000-9
UPC: 011644500092
EAN: 0011644500092
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| Features:
| • | Set includes 2-quart covered saucepan, 3-quart covered saute pan, 10-inch fry pan, 3-quart covered casserole pan, 6-quart covered stockpot | | • | Three-ply: stainless-steel layers sandwich pure aluminum core for even heating | | • | Comfortable lid and stay-cool pan handles riveted for strength | | • | Dishwasher safe, but hand washing recommended | | • | Lifetime warranty against defects |
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| Customer Reviews:
 So Far, So...Excellent! August 29, 2010
BLN (Klamath Falls, OR United States)
I needed to replace my Calphalon nonstick set. It was starting to not be nonstick anymore, which to me means that we had eaten the Teflon. Gross, and hopefully we don't get cancer or something! (We'd bought that set 10 yrs ago for almost $400 thinking it would be a lifetime investment...ha....)
Anyway, I finally settled on this All-Clad set. All-Clad is the number 1 recommended brand by chefs, and it's made in the USA which is very important to me. Many people say that Kirkland's stainless sets are comparable (and 1/3 the price), but you get what you pay for usually. I cook at least 2, sometimes 3, meals per day, so quality and performance are my top priorities. I'm hoping this new set will be my lifetime set.
It's expensive, yes, but there are ways to get the cost down. I thought I'd seen it on sale at Macy's, so I went to a small local kitchen shop and told them that. They wanted my business, so they told me they'd give me this set for $460. I went home and looked at the Macy's price...$599. Oops. But the local shop still gave me the deal. :)
My hangup was whether to get this set or the copper core. The owner of that little shop said she has pieces of both and can't tell a difference. She wished she hadn't spent the money on the copper core (but it is very pretty).
These cook beautifully, and I haven't had any trouble with sticking. I use a med-high heat, preheating the pan, adding a tiny bit of oil, heat that, and then cook. The food seems to stick at first, but releases nicely when it's done or ready to be turned. Cleanup is a breeze. I'll be adding additional pieces as my budget allows!
 Not quite drinking the All-clad Kool-aid February 25, 2010
M. J Lane (USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'll start off with the positives:
The pans cook more evenly than my Calphalon pans. Not much more evenly but a little bit. That does pay off over time because I can get a more even browning at the edges of the pan.
The set looks visually very appealing from a distance. I also was willing to pay extra to get a set that was not only made in the USA but used USA sourced metal.
Those are the positives but the negatives really add up:
First off the edges of the pans look "semi finished" where the cooking surface meets the lip. It looks like shoddy workmanship even though, so far, it doesn't seem to effect performance.
When I cleaned the pans and then rubbed the cooking surface down with olive oil I got a black residue on the paper towel. I got the same thing for each and every pot/pan. The only advice that All-clad can give me is to box them up and ship then back for inspection (at my own expense). Fortunately after a few more cleanings the residue is gone but I'm left wondering what it was (web searches proved fruitless).
The handles are poorly designed and transmit heat from the pot/pan far too easily. In this respect this set is very much inferior to my Calpahlon set.
The lids are VERY thin and do a poor job at retaining heat inside the cooking area.
In retrospect I'd love to pack up the whole thing and send it back. I'm particularly concerned about what the black residue was that was contaminating the cooking surface (even though it appears to be gone). I paid extra because I wanted to get a product made here that I can trust. I feel like I could have saved 400 with the Emeril set and gotten the same level of quality (maybe better).
why I love my all clad stainless pots January 9, 2010
B&B keeper (beautiful Monadnock region of NH)
I have been cooking for a long time, I'm 51 and my life is about food.
I purchased my first All Clad pots 10 or 15 years ago after my old set of Revere Ware lost their handles. Yes, these pots probably heat evenly, not really sure about some of those details. My rock solid reason for investing in these pots (they are certainly an investment) is that they are invincible. I have used pots in the past that if you burn something in them (and I mean the kind of burning that you walked away, forgot and came back to a black mess that is near impossible to get off) you might as well throw the pot away. Not so with All Clad. It still isn't easy to bring them back but simmering with baking soda and water will do most of the loosening and then a final polish with Bar Keeper and they look almost as good as new. Love my All Clad. These are definitely a life time investment - no chance these handles will be falling off. I'm now excited to make these the first gift I buy for my son who is moving into his own apartment.
Amazing December 17, 2009
Lorraine Daley (Philadelphia, PA United States)
This cookware is worth its weight in gold. I cannot say enough positive things.
It is beautiful, wonderful heat distribution and the food tastes better!
You will not regret this investment.
Fabulous cookware December 16, 2008
phyl
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
These are beautiful pots! I caught the set at a really great price, which is hard to find for All Clad, after browsing a lot on Amazon and other websites. The price went up the very next day so I was lucky. It would have been nice to have a small 1 or 1.5 quart saucepan in the set, but it was a great deal for 9 pieces of All Clad. Thanks Amazon!
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