All-Clad Copper Core 12 Non-Stick Skillet

All-Clad, originally designed to meet the demands of professional chefs, continues to be the undisputed choice in four-star kitchens worldwide. The cookware features exquisite lines, impeccable balance, meticulous hand-finishing, superior heat-conductivity, and an exterior accent band of exposed copper.

The cookware's unique metal bonding construction consists of a thick copper core surrounded by two layers of aluminum, sandwiched between an easy-to-clean, highly polished stainless steel cooking surface and a stainless steel exterior. This copper and aluminum core allows for superb heat conductivity and provides even heat distribution along the bottom and up the sidewalls of the cookware, eliminating hot spots during cooking.

The non-stick interior prevents most foods from sticking and is easy to clean, while the stainless steel exterior gives the cookware a gleaming finish. The skillet has sloping sides, making it easy to turn and remove foods, as well as encouraging the rapid evaporation of moisture, allowing pan sauces to reduce quickly and foods to sear rather than steam.

The non-stick skillet is ideal for searing delicate items with a tendency to stick or break apart, such as fish, as well as for preparing pancakes, fried eggs, omelets, or crepes. The skillet features a long, stay-cool handle attached with non-corrosive, stainless steel rivets.

This non-stick product features a state-of-the-art reinforced system, rather than a simple coating. The surface of the substrate is blasted with an abrasive, which prepares the surface for better adherence. White hot particles of stainless steel are then sprayed onto the surface, and once these particles cool and harden, they become part of the surface of the substrate, forming a series of "peaks and valleys." The first coat of non-stick is then applied, settling down into the valleys, followed by a second coat filling in all of the valleys and covering the peaks, forming an even surface.

Sold individually, the All-Clad skillet measures 12 inches in diameter and 2.25 inches in depth.

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