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All-Clad LTD 6-Piece Cookware Set | 
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| Brand: All-Clad
Buy New: $469.99
Rating:  2 reviews
Shipping Weight (lbs): 18
Dimensions (in): 22.8 x 15.7 x 12.1
MPN: 3100-6 NS
Model: 3100-6
UPC: 011644310066
EAN: 0011644310066
ASIN: B00005AY66
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Set contains 6-quart stockpot, 8-inch fry pan, 2-quart covered saucepan, 3-quart covered saute pan | | • | Stainless-steel interiors, hard-anodized aluminum exteriors, aluminum cores | | • | Comfortable lid and stay-cool pan handles riveted for strength | | • | Lifetime warranty against defects |
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Product Description
You'll get a lifetime of use from the LTD 6-Piece Set by All-Clad which includes: 8-in. Nonstick Fry Pan, 2-qt. Saucepan with Lid, 3-qt. Saute pan with Lid, 6-qt. Stockpot. Originally designed for professional chefs, each durable pan has 3 layers, bonded together to ensure even heating, with no hot spots. The pure aluminum core is fused between the extra-thick, anodized exterior and the hand-polished 18/10 stainless steel cooking surface, which won't react with food. Non-stick pans feature a professional-grade Excalibur Nonstick surface. The long, stay-cool stainless steel handle is fastened with non-corrosive rivets.
Amazon.com Review
Distinguished among All-Clad's renowned cookware collections by its stylish, charcoal-black, hard-anodized aluminum exterior, the LTD line provides serious and professional cooks all the virtues that make All-Clad's worldwide reputation unsurpassed. Key to its high performance is a three-ply, bonded construction. Sandwiched between the hard-anodized aluminum exterior and an 18/10 stainless-steel interior is a thick core of pure aluminum that spreads heat evenly across the bottoms of pots and pans and all the way up the sides. The interior is highly polished, so it's stick- as well as corrosion-resistant. The striking exterior resists scratching, chipping, and peeling. This six-piece set of stylish LTD cookware consists of an 8-inch fry pan, a 2-quart covered saucepan, a 3-quart covered sauté pan, and a 6-quart stockpot. Polished 18/10 stainless-steel pan and lid handles are riveted for strength and grooved on the top for comfort. Both the lids' handles and the pans' long handles (holed for hanging on hooks or pegs) stay cool on the stovetop but won't be harmed by an oven's heat. LTD cookware carries a lifetime warranty against defects and should be hand washed. --Fred Brack What's in the Box
8-inch fry pan, 2-quart covered saucepan, 3-quart covered sauté pan, 6-quart stockpot
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| Customer Reviews:
 All-Clad is the best and will last a lifetime. LTD looks great. August 15, 2007
Joshua G. Feldman (New York)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My wife an I duked it out between Calphalon Commercial Nonstick (now called "Contemporary") which she preferred for its lighter weight and All-Clad which I prefer for its tougher build. We have a bunch of each. The All-Clad stuff is better hands down. It heats quicker and more evenly. It seems to cook requiring lower stove temperatures. The anodized exterior is smoother and of higher quality. The clad stainless interior is exquisite and easy to clean.
This particular set is good. I could quibble and say that they should have included the 10 inch fry pan instead of the 8 inch. The 8 inch is too small for everyday use. I have a family of 4 so I prefer a couple of larger pans (12" fry and 5 Qt. Saute are really nice to have). The choice of stainless interior versus nonstick is personal - but I recommend the stainless interior. First of all, the stainless interior is virtually indestructible and will last a lifetime. All-Clad's nonstick interior is the best in the business, but it does wear out. I've had several LTD nonstick pieces for 9 years now. The ones that get a lot of wear are starting to wear out. Nothing is more pathetic than a battleship built All-Clad pan with a frayed nonstick interior. It's like putting fur in a truck bed. Nonstick might be easier to clean up - but the difference is trivial. Maybe you have the intention of cooking with less oil, but the difference between nonstick and LTD's excellent mirror-like stainless interior is also trivial. I find the arguments for nonstick hard to defend.
As for the review that says anodized aluminum exteriors are hard to maintain, she should read the product literature. You clean anodized aluminum with a plastic scrubby (like the 3M green ones) with bleach cleanser (like Ajax or Comet). Just make a paste with the cleanser and power away stains in moments. Anodized aluminum - like all aluminum cannot be dish washed. The phosphates and brightening agents in dishwasher soap with create a chalky powdery rot in the anodized surface. If you are determined to dishwash your cookware you must forget about aluminum and stick to stainless steel. All-Clad makes a great like of stainless cookware - but nothing is prettier than LTD's awesome black.
 Cooks great but spend all your free time scrubbing the exterior to keep nice looking November 25, 2006
Where's-the-Sun? (Portland, OR)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've had All Clad LTD pans for a number of years now. I usually cook several times a day almost everyday & although these pans cook beautifully and the interior looks beautiful & cleans up easily, the anodized exterior looks terrible now. I wouldn't mind so much but I have them hanging on decorative pot rack. For that reason I want to replace them with the less expensive version in stainless steel but the financial loss is killing me. I don't have room in my small kitchen to put them away. We've had a stainless steel All-Clad sauce pan for a few years which still looks great and isn't embarrassing hanging from our rack. If you don't mind so much what your pots look like then these would probably be a great choice. If anyone knows any great secrets to keeping these looking great, please post them in the discussion area. I've contacted All-Clad several times and do exactly as they say without achieving any desired results.
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