Stainless-steel interior and exterior with elegant copper stripe
Pure copper core for quick, even heating
Comfortable lid and stay-cool loop handles riveted for strength
Lifetime warranty against defects
Product Review
Product Description
Up until now All-Clad's excellent heat conductivity has been a result of an aluminum core. Another metal equally efficient when it comes to conducting heat is copper. All-Clad now has a complete line of copper core stainless steel cookware which uses bonded 5-ply construction to achieve culinary perfection. The copper core is exposed in an attractive band around each piece, adding warmth, color, and authenticity. Unlike pans with an abundance of exposed copper, these pieces clean easily and are lined with durable food-safe stainless steel. Browning, simmering, stewing: these are all tasks well-suited to the Dutch oven. You'll find it works well both atop and inside the oven. The lid gives you the option of cooking with dry or moist heat, whichever your recipe requires.
Amazon.com Review
The ultimate in beautiful, high-performance cookware, All-Clad's innovative Copper Core collection combines the unexcelled heat conductivity of copper with the easy maintenance of stainless steel. Crafted of a unique five-ply construction, the cookware contains a core of pure copper that spreads heat quickly and evenly across the bottoms of pots and pans and all the way up the sides. Aluminum layers bond the copper to a stainless-steel exterior and a stainless-steel interior. Enhancing the cookware's appearance, a stripe of the copper core elegantly encircles the gleaming, mirror-finish exterior. The interior is highly polished so it's stick- as well as corrosion-resistant. Rolled edges on pots and pans help prevent drips during pouring and ensure tight-fitting lids.
This beautiful 5-quart Dutch oven demonstrates why All-Clad's worldwide reputation is unsurpassed--the company makes cookware that is practical as well as beautiful. This pan is perfect for braising veal shanks, baking beans, or slow cooking choucroute under its domed lid. Because the aluminum core extends up the sides, foods cook uniformly, even though the oven is 4-1/4 inches deep (10-3/4 inches in diameter). And because the interior is nonreactive, tomatoes and other acidic foods won't taste metallic. Its polished 18/10 stainless-steel lid and stay-cool loop handles are riveted for strength and won't be harmed by an oven's heat. Hand washing this oven will preserve its jewel-like beauty during the lifetime warranty against defects--and beyond. --Fred Brack
Comment: This is the best dutch oven in the market. Nothing sticks to the bottom and it is easy to clean after use.
Love it and would recommend it to everyone.
Customer Rating:
Summary: The most versatile piece of cookware I own 2008-01-19
Comment: Dutch Oven is to limiting a name for this product. Sure you can use it to slow cook food. You can also use it to make casseroles, soups, boil pasta and more. This pot is smaller than a stock pot yet larger than a sauce pan. This is why my family chose it to start adding pots to our All-Clad collection. With a family of four and entertaining the 5.5 quarts this pot offers is perfect.
All-Clads pots, unlike their frying pans, do not seem to have a learning curve. You still learn to use lower heat, but as most the items we put in pots are covered in a sauce or water there does not seem to be the opportunity to sear as many things to this pot like there is when learning to use a frying pan.
One of the other reviewers intelligently stated that if stranded on a desert island this and their 10" All-Clad frying pan would be what they wanted. I would only alter that statement by replacing the 10" pan with my 12" pan (larger meals).
Customer Rating:
Summary: A Work of Art 2007-02-23
Comment: Haven't fired up this bad boy yet so this review only concerns esthetics and workmanship. This thing beautiful, inside and out. Flawless brushed finish on the inside; flawless gloss finish on the outside. The handles on the sides and on the lid are solidly riveted in place with little or no clearance where food may collect. The shape is both pleasing and ergonomically perfect for what I need. The whole thing gives you a sense of rock solidness. The lid sits perfectly in the rim of the pot and is held in place by a lip. The copper bands on the bottom of the pot and the edge of the rim add a nice "trim" effect.
A little overpriced? Maybe. But you have to take into account that this thing is made in America, not China where labor is...what?...3 cents an hour? And forgive my chauvanism but I like the fact that such workmanship is still done in this country.
Customer Rating:
Summary: BUY THIS! 2006-05-10
Comment: Yes, buy this dutch oven. I own over a dozen All-Clad pieces and this is far and away my favorite. It's impossible to burn food in this oven. It cooks so evenly and makes heavenly stews, pot roasts, etc. I start my stews and roasts on the cooktop and finish in the oven at 325 degrees for 1-2 hours. Everything comes out perfectly. This All-Clad piece cleans up very easily. If there is any food particles that my plastic scrubber doesn't remove, an hour's soak with 1/2 inch of vinegar in the bottom of the oven makes it like new. If I had just one piece of cookware to take to a desert island, it would be the All-Clad Copper Core Dutch Oven. If I had two pieces to take, I'd add my All-Clad Copper-core 10 inch fry pan.
Customer Rating:
Summary: All Clad Does It Again 2005-07-22
Comment: I recently retired and became very interested in cooking. My experience with "cheaply" manufactured pans resulted in uneven heat distribution & burnt foods for this novice cook. I made the investment in All Clad pots and pans & haven't back! The quality of product materials and craftsmanship is outstanding. The All Clad products are both functional on the range & beautiful hanging from my pot rack. You will not regret the extra expensive for a product that is worth every penny!
Love it and would recommend it to everyone.