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All-Clad · KITCHEN FILE

All-Clad D3 10" Stainless Skillet

The other forever pan — sears properly, immune to metal utensils, no coating to die.

9.1YEP SCORE / 10
$$$ · ~$130
FOREVER PANDISHWASHER OK
⚠ THE NOPE

It replaces: The nonstick pan rotation. Nonstick is a subscription: the coating degrades, you rebuy, and a damaged surface sheds millions of particles in the meantime.

SOURCE: Luo et al., Science of The Total Environment (2022)

WHY IT'S A YEP

  • Tri-ply stainless — no coating exists, so no coating can fail
  • Actually sears (nonstick never did)
  • Metal utensils, dishwasher, oven to 600°F — unbreakable rules-free cooking
  • Lifetime warranty that means it

WHERE IT'S IMPERFECT

  • Price stings next to the cast iron that does 80% of the same job
  • Eggs demand technique: proper preheat + fat, or accept the soak
  • Handle design is famously divisive

Our take

Cast iron’s lighter, fancier sibling. If the skillet weight or maintenance of cast iron is the thing that would quietly send you back to nonstick, spend up here instead — stainless asks nothing of you except a hot pan before the food goes in. One of these plus the Lodge covers every stovetop task a coated pan ever did, permanently.

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