All-CladCopper Core Cookware Set 7pc 10-Piece 8400000009

Solo q son muy pesadas

Good quality

These are the best pans we have ever purchased. They heat evenly and quickly. Expensive, but I expect them to be used by our children after we are gone :)

Heat up and give even heat.A little hard to clean.Very well built.I would buy again.

First off, to establish my kitchen-cred, we are modest foodies here and have 30 years use time on the vintage hard anodized calphalon, 18 or so years on a piece of all clad 3 ply, 6 or years use of another piece of all clad 3 ply, 15 years on various le cruset, a couple years on various staub, 5 or so years on calphalon 3 ply stainless, various lodge cast iron and carbon steel and of course the odd piece of revere ware and cusinart.In late Feb 2018, I decided to treat us to a new 14 piece set of all clad copper core and retire my vintage calphalon. The gear arrived and of course is beautiful. The heat transfer/response and weight is great and all that…But…..and to me it is a very big butt……the interior metal has started to flake off after minimal use!!!! ] I am verifying this using an eye-loop - there are small chunks missing, call them pot holes, in the metal surface. It is flaking off exposing internal metal surfaces!. Flaking off of the interior metal -in essentially brand new pans meant to last a lifetime. In all my experience I have never seen anything like this. Searching around I suspect this is the pitting condition I can now read about all over (just search the web on all clad pitting) with all the attendant scientific reasoning as to why it happens ..one post called it a stochastic process …well woop dee do..What it IS is a quality control problem at All Clad….While not exactly my field, I will speculate that it is most likely in the metallurgy of their re-mix of re-cycled metal because of the stated chemical component to this, but it might also be in the control of the thickness of the plated metals…or both…including general process contamination…Unbelievable in a such a vaunted top end made in America brand!Of my 14 pieces so far the 3Q saute, and DO have flaked to show the base metal. I have attached images…These pieces have the most use but still modest - less than 10x on each and all handled with TLC, no excessive heat, high acids or salts or Currys etc…and hand wash of course….The two sauces and the 12 in skillet and chef are also used and appear OK so far….At this time, All Clad sent me a shipping label to return one piece for an evaluation - we will see.I will say it again - All Clad has an extreme quality control problem the are passing off on their customers as being their fault - improper use and care.As of 10 May - 4 weeks after the start All Clad replaced my 3q Saute…I am holding on to the DO for now to see if it degrades…and to find a big box.update 2022 - well after the passing years of use....and regardless that they pit...and that i probably like the d5 more better - this stuff is really great.....as one poster said - it made for cooking and not for looking...it is fast and stable......really nice stuff...so to quote neil young - we had our ups and down but we're still playing together.