Equipment expert Adam Ried reveals his top pick for traditional 12-inch skillet.
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is this a paid promotion for all clad? it feels like an unbiased review but you only mentioned that brand by name.
disguising a paid promotional advertisement as an unbiased review is a crime. just so you know.
What a shitty all clad advert
What a shitty all clad advert
Love your videos. I bought a whole set of all clad pots and pans because of your review. Love them. With some of your recipes, I am making some great meals.
Why are these clips in black and white. Yuck.
I wish you could name all the pans you tested. This would be helpful in all videos and articles. Giving us a short rundown of pluses and minuses would also be helpful. TY!
After watching this I found a all clad D5 without lid on clearance for $35 dollars. Maybe all clad is discontinuing the D series. Is there a D 7 coming LOL
It would be nice to know the makers of the other pans…..?
Demeyere Belgium # 1
Does it leach aluminum in my food
Made in is better
Heavens! Great testing.
Would be much more helpful if you named the competing pans
Just checked the price on Amazon.ca – it is $395 plus 14% sales tax! For that price I would expect it to come with a chef!
America's Test Kitchen plugging All-Clad yet again. Paid off.
What were the others tested, names and prices please?
Are these any better than a copper bottomed stainless pan ?
What do you guys think about All Clad's G5 Graphite core pans?
* ALL CLAD D3 STAINLESS STEEL 12 INCH FRY PAN WITH LID $120 !
i’ve had the same eagleware skillets for 30 years and they have held up well! always stowed them away with paper towels between them but they are finally starting to warp…looking for a good brand that has held up like these have!
All-Clad handles is prime example of form OVER function. I will never trust them for that single reason because they choose unique style over purpose. Bin it!
Were you paid for this by All Clad?
Made in makes a 12" SS pan for a bit cheaper and then usually have a discount available. Doesn't come with a lid but luckily for my old calphalon lid fits nice and snug.
The best for me is a 14 inch skillet with a copper center.
That looks like a Demeyere 5-layer pan on the right with the helper handle, and you did not even talk about it. Demeyere Industry5 and Atlantis frying pans make All-Clad frying pans look like cheap toys.
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Love your videos. I'm in process of switching out my pans (mostly calphalon) to AllClad stainless steel and used with induction technology. Thank you.
It would have been nice to know what skillets were being evaluated and how each one stood up to your testing. Sadly, this video left me wanting more. Much more. I subscribe to Cooks Illustrated, and when something like a 12" skillet is tested, a summary of how each one did is included. Sadly, other than being an advertisement for All Clad, this doesn't tell me much.
Doesn't look like many brands were tested, would love to see sardel, made-in, mauviel, misen, heritage steel, 360, viking, calphalon, tramontina, kitchen aid, cuisinart & hestan be included.
2 of the pands look like all-clad, 2 are zwilling & zwilling-demeyere so not much competition here.
All-Clad isn't perfect, I find the handles uncomfortable & reviews say they can warp & have problems fulfilling warranties when there are issues. The company doesn't warrant warping.
wheres Lisa.
So which were the other contenders, and their individual rankings? Surely you didn't just make a sponsored video appear like an unbiased test, right?
I just got a 12 inch used for $85 Canadian. took some bar keepers friend to it and is shines lime new. cant wait to cook me up some grub in this bad boy.
I'd take the Le Creuset handle over the All Clad 8 days a week.
Just put the D3 on my Christmas list!! So tired of non sticks warping on my glass top GE stove!
Thank you. I just got a 10 piece D3 from BBB w 20% coupon for Thanksgiving to up my game.
Next time I buy an expensive new pan I'm gonma whack it three times as hard as I can on a cinder block. If it deforms I'm taking it back.
I bought a used teflon-coated All-Clad off e-bay, that had been burnt. Scraped all the teflon off, polished it, and it cooks like a dream. At a fraction of 'new' price, plus some 'elbow grease.'
A couple yers ago I picked up 4 All-Clad D5 All-In-One pans (not the non-stick ones) for less than $100 each from Williams-Sonoma. I kept one for myself and gave the other three as Christmas gifts. Not only do I love that the pan has two loop handles rather than a long handle and loop, it's just about perfect for everyday use. The friends I gifted the other three to also love them – for the same reasons.
I was visiting one of the recipients and she was using the pan I gave her. When the food was cooked, she grabbed a couple pot holders to pick up the pan and move it to a silicone pad. I said, "you know the handles aren't hot"? Then, I reached over and picked up the pan, and she just looked at me. Then she carefully touched one of the handles and said "Oh, I didn't know that". She's been using the pan over two years and never knew the handles didn't get hot from cooking on the stove top.
WEll what were the other brands? I'll go with Sardel from italia all day long
Home cooks don't bash their pans against concrete blocks, or plunge red hot pans into ice water. Why are these part of your tests? How about dropping a pan to the floor from 3 feet? More practical, don't you think?
All of the footage of the pans are from the old video made a couple of years ago. Always all-clad…starting to think this channel just shills for All-clad.