Copper Core 4-Quart Saucepan with Lid

I purchased online an All Clad copper core saucepan a few months ago. After using it the first and only time, a brown stain appeared in the bottom of the pot after I boiled water for a cup of tea. I did not use all the water in the pot so I poured out what was left. I was surprised to see the brown stain left in the bottom of the pot. This has never happened to me before as I have a full set of All Clad and use the pots and pans daily. Since I did not return the pot within a month, All Clad refuses to honor my request for a full refund. I was sold a defective saucepan and am shocked at their inability to consider my case, especially when their saucepans are so very expensive. The stainless steel in this pot is thin and the copper is exposed. Consequently, I will not use the saucepan.

The perfect saucepan to make a single batch of English toffee or caramel sauce would be a bit smaller around and a bit taller. You need height for controlling froth, and enough ingredient-depth for your thermometer to work. But that pan (ideally, and formerly used at our house, the bottom of a Farberware double boiler) does not exist, if you have an induction cooktop. This one works beautifully to heat with induction heating, and I’m looking forward to using it for “normal cooking.” For candy, it has the right volume, and isn’t so wide that the candy gets too shallow for temperature measurement, but it does require some babysitting to avoid boil over. Also, the much-touted great-for-pouring rim is a terrible shape for clipping a thermometer on, and this is a current fad among saucepan designers, so good luck with finding anything else. I’d rather have straight sides and two pouring lips each halfway around from the handle. Still- this pot is the best I’ve come across for candymaking on an induction cooktop, and it’s a really great pot for quiet, even induction heating- and Allclad makes the ONLY ones I’ve found with magnetic sides as well as bottom, making everything a bit closer to cooking with other types of cooktop.

I love the size & shape of this 2 qt. pan which I added to my Christmas present set. But I would love to have you resuscitate the 1 qt. pan w/ lid! Nesting is important to me. So sad I didn't know about you a long time ago! But I intend to get a lot of good cooking in before I will these pans to my granddaughter.