All-CladUnisex, E100S274, None

Oh my! I love this pan! I'm a grandmother and have been a fulltime homemaker all my life, so I know my pans very well. I've owned lots of them. Nothing compares to this.Not only is this pan stylish, it's shape is unique while not changing the amount it holds. It's got a curve to it that doesn't show in the photos, makes it super attractive and pleasing to the eye. I just want it on display at all times.Even the trivet and spoon that are included are quite amazing. Very heavy and attractive, you'll want to keep the trivet out with the pan on it because it looks so nice.And, of course, looks are nothing without function. This is a perfect pan. It's so heavy duty and quality made that it's more like a tool than a pan. It heats evenly and beautifully and cooks up an amazing pot of chili or bean soup, the two things I've used it for so far.The non stick surface on this is hard core, making it very easy to clean. The lid is also heavy duty and super great quality and fits perfectly. I've had pans where the lid didn't fit just right and that drove me nuts. This one fits like a glove.Perfect cookware. I wouldn't change a single thing.

I posted an unboxing video with this review, so everyone can see how well made a premium priced pot like this All-Clad HA-1 6 quart Dutch Oven is, and to decide whether they should spend the money on it. I have several All-Clad items in my kitchen and they will last a lifetime. I believe they are worth the money. In fact, there’s a Lifetime Guarantee on this one, and all their other pots and pans, so do yourself a favor and register this Dutch Oven online before you throw the box away (as you will need that for the model number and UPC code). You’re also gonna need the proof of purchase, and I just took a photo of the order page and date I ordered it. It registered properly and All-Clad also sends emails containing offers, discounts and other news, recipes and cleaning tips for their entire line of products if you opt in. This item, the HA-1, is a Hard Anodized 6 quart pot with an induction bottom that can withstand temperatures up to 500 degrees, though the glass lid can only handle 350 degrees. The diameter of the pot at the mouth is just short of 10-inches and the bottom about 10-1/2 inches. The flared shape keeps splattering down and accommodates today’s larger gas stove burners. The Dutch Oven comes with a beautiful Acacia wood heat trivet that is a round disc about a half an inch thick, and an Acacia wood spoon for stirring on the non-stock bottom. There is three layers of PFOA-free coating applied to the bottom and nothing will stick to the bottom of this pot. Acacia wood is actually more sustainable, durable and tougher than oak, and is naturally fungus resistant and waterproof, making it a great wood to use in food prep. The set has come down in price since I got it, about $50, and is also available in one of their multi-piece sets at a pretty good price. I can confidently recommend any All-Clad kitchen product, and this one is no exception. It will last forever, and make you popular, classy and famous around your house, even if it is just in your own mind.

Summary: A very impressive dutch oven. Feels very well constructed. Nonstick coating is seriously nonstick. Very easy to clean and dry. Finish is more delicate than expected. It is very overpriced; buying this as part of a set is a better move.The pot feels well constructed. The handles are tight with absolutely no play. The handles are large and comfortable in the hands. They have a beautiful chrome finish that was without defects or blemishes.The trivet and spoon look and feel very nice. They're very smooth, seemingly sealed wood. I won't say that either of these and a ton of value to the set, but they are nice to have. The spoon is quite shallow so it doesn't work well for scooping stew or sauce. I found more value in the trivet for setting the oven out for serving.The glass lid is quite nice. Like the oven itself the handle is large and easy to use. The lid also feels well constructed and strong. The temperature limit for it is 350F, which may limit what you can do with the oven as a whole. The lid is of course lighter than what you'd find on a cast iron dutch oven, which may work against the oven's performance as it is easier to lift from built pressure.The finish is most definitely non-stick. The first time I washed it I marveled at how incredibly hydrophobic it was. It almost dries itself; only a few drops of water remain after rinsing. Most food washes off with the sink sprayer.The provided wooden spoon scuffed the finish in the bottom of the pan while lightly stirring a stew. Honestly I don't recall the spoon even dragging the bottom. At this price point I expected the finish to be more durable. The wear doesn't seem to have had an effect on the non-stick properties. Water and food still repel with ease.At the time of order this dutch oven was priced at about $270. When I first started writing this review it was $187. A week later it's around $164. You can find this same dutch oven in All-Clad's HA1 set (B07H13BCKC), which is around $360. You aren't getting the trivet and spoon with that set, but for a little over double the price of this single dutch oven you're getting two pots (with lids) and two pans extra. Because of that, I think even at $164 this set isn't that great of a deal. It needs to be under $100.An enameled cast iron dutch oven can be had at a third of the price. While not as non-stick it will have a higher temperature limit without the glass lid. A well seasoned (non-enamel) cast iron dutch oven offers comparable non-stick properties, basically has no temperature limit, and can also be had for a third of the price. The only downside is that it requires a little more care to maintain the seasoning.

The quality of this pan is extraordinary. It's everything you've come to expect from All-Clad. Premium finishes on everything, attention to detail, quality construction, aesthetically, stunning. It's amazing to look at, touch, feel.. you will not be disappointed in the build quality and construction of this pan. I was ecstatic when I first saw it, held it, and felt it. Then I looked at the bottom and grew concerned. We have an induction cooktop, which we absolutely love, but the induction surface of this pan stops short of the outer circumference of the pan, by a LOT. So the only heat transfer this pan is getting from an induction cooktop is about 1.5" in from the outside circumference, leaving a HUGE amount of unheated surface in the pan. This doesn't sound like a big problem but it is.I would expect from All-Clad, that it's not just a beautiful pan with incredible build quality and finish, I would expect that all of that follows function. On a gas cooktop/range this is probably less of a problem, but any electric cooking surface, particularly induction, will have an enormous loss of thermodynamic heat transfer to the point it makes the pan almost useless for many types of cooking, it further creates a very uneven heating inside the pan on the bottom, with the center section getting significantly hotter than the outside of the bottom of the pan. Our induction cooktop will boil a pot of room temperature water in about 90 seconds, with this pan, on the "power boil" mode of our cooktop it took 5-6 minutes, maybe longer, for water to boil. Once water is boiling the cooktop will keep any other pot of water boiling set to 7 (on a 1-10 scale), this pan had to be kept on 9 to keep a mild rolling boil going. On a normal pan, at 9, the water is going to be going crazy boiling out of the pan. Ok, so maybe boiling water isn't what this pan is all about...So we tried cooking other things in it and the uneven heating of this pan due to the inadequate induction surface makes it very frustrating, the outside of the pan is barely warm, and the center is very hot. Using it in an oven or as more of a conventional dutch oven, this will be far less noticeable, but we were hoping this pan would be a great universal 6 qt pan, that also could be a dutch oven, but that is not the case. The image of searing a piece of meat, and then braising it in the oven in this pan, would work, but it doesn't work as well as I would have hoped from All-Clad. It seems the cooktop type cooking was ill-conceived in this pan, which is very disappointing.The nonstick surface is as good as any I've seen, and as I noted earlier, the aesthetic design, build quality, and materials used throughout are as good as it gets, I just wish it was more usable as a regular pan with an induction cooktop.

This Dutch Oven is superb. It looks sharp and stylish and can be used to serve directly from the stovetop to the oven to the table and then for refrigerator storage of the leftovers—all without taking the food out of the Dutch Oven. We have used cast iron Dutch Ovens in the past, but this one is much more versatile and looks more elegant on the table.The wooden trivet is well made and well finished. It does the job it is designed for and provides a nice, stable, heat-resistant surface to set the Dutch Oven on, yet maintains a stylishness that potholders and most other trivets do not offer. The wooden spoon that arrives with the oven is not just an add-on but is truly functional and looks good.The clear glass lid sets this Dutch Oven significantly apart from cast iron ones. The food looks nice, and the presentation on the table is appetizing, functional, and pleasing. When used on the stovetop, the handles stay cool to the touch, but definitely use hand protection when it has been in the oven. On the stovetop, this oven heats evenly and quickly. It works as well on the stovetop as specialty stovetop cookware. I did not try this oven using the classic charcoal briquets under and on top of the lid. I felt this oven was too nice for that and will use our cast iron one for charcoal. The charcoal dust and ashes, which would inevitably ruin the presentation that the clear glass lid does so well, seem to be a contraindication to even attempting this technique. Clean-up is a breeze, even when cooking partially on the stove top, then in the oven, and storing the leftovers in the refrigerator for twenty-four hours. The cleanup is far easier than on even the best-seasoned cast iron Dutch Oven.We are delighted with this Dutch Oven.