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Saturday, June 23, 2007

All-Clad Pots

All-Clad pots and pans are considered the best made pots to date. This handcrafted cookware is made in the good old U.S.A in Southwest Pennsylvania. Each pot and pan is inspected by human hands to ensure the best quality.
From a Chef's perspective, well they vary. Some Chef's say they are the best they ever used, some say they work great for the home, but for the restaurant, "not for me". Now that's not because they do not work well for cooking but some industrial ovens get very hot and for Chef's the hotter the better we say. Some Chef's found the use of All-Clad in there restaurants that the layers became separated when heated at a high temp. for a long period of time. The other problem is making them look nice. They are some what hard to keep clean, but if you clean them properly you will have them close to forever. We at Chef Chat Cafe used these pots at the C.I.A. and some of those pots have been trough the ringer to say the least.
If you ask yourself when you cook "why my food does not cook like the people on T.V.?". Maybe it's not you it's your pans. All-Clad keep some of the best temps. So when searing meats, or you just want to caramelize a whole bunch of onions for onion soup you start off with a good hot pan and finish with a great meal.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is great info. It is nice to get the opinion 1. from a chef and 2. from someone who does not want to sell me something.