gleam wrote:Mine arrived today.

For those who were curious, the set contains all of the pans Jamie listed upthread:

3 qt saute pan
1.5 qt sauce pan
8" skillet
6 qt stock pot

Really a great deal. Now I just need to decide what to do with it.

eBay!

Somehow I bet there's going to be a glut of these pans on ebay

I got mine today and I think a few will end up on ebay but not till the holidays...

Mine arrived yesterday as well.

It really is a pretty sweet set as I have been wanting a 3qt saute for some time. Basically this was like buying one of thsoe and getting the other items free Only negatives are I wish it was Stainless and not MC2 as my other All-Clad pieces are stainless (also believe MC2 is not dishwasher safe) and the 8" skillet is a rather useless size.

Also got my All-Clad LTD Petite Roti Pan ($40 shipped). Odd that it is "Made in Korea For All-Clad". It is a nice smaller than normal roasting pan though but the interior is non-stick. No sure if I want to keep it since I have the Cook's Illustarted top-rated Calphalon stainless roasting pan. Any ideas of what would be better to do in the All-Clad roaster than the Calphalon? Maybe lasagna or such?

Jamie

Actually we find the 8" is a great size for a lot of small tasks.. toasting garlic or sweating a small amount of onion, cooking a single largish chicken breast, or smallish steak, that type of thing. Used it last night.

gleam wrote:Actually we find the 8" is a great size for a lot of small tasks.. toasting garlic or sweating a small amount of onion, cooking a single largish chicken breast, or smallish steak, that type of thing. Used it last night.

I agree. I think my 8" is one of my most frequently-used skillets.

eatchicago wrote:

gleam wrote:Actually we find the 8" is a great size for a lot of small tasks.. toasting garlic or sweating a small amount of onion, cooking a single largish chicken breast, or smallish steak, that type of thing. Used it last night.

I agree. I think my 8" is one of my most frequently-used skillets.

I guess I have always just thougt that an 8" can't do what 10" can do, but a 10" can do what an 8" can do.

Now that I have an 8" I'm sure I'll find use for it, but given the choice I'd go for 10" at a minimum. My fianceé feels the same way

Jamie

Jamieson22 wrote:

eatchicago wrote:

gleam wrote:Actually we find the 8" is a great size for a lot of small tasks.. toasting garlic or sweating a small amount of onion, cooking a single largish chicken breast, or smallish steak, that type of thing. Used it last night.

I agree. I think my 8" is one of my most frequently-used skillets.

I guess I have always just thougt that an 8" can't do what 10" can do, but a 10" can do what an 8" can do.

Now that I have an 8" I'm sure I'll find use for it, but given the choice I'd go for 10" at a minimum. My fianceé feels the same way

Jamie

Maybe the difference in need is appetite and eating quantity.

We finally got our set delivered yesterday. Odd thing was they actually canceled our order, even though we did the phone re-confirmation after those FTC e-mails went out. Since everybody was getting their set, we called them up and they re-instituted the order w/o any difficulty/resistance at all - which included having to price-adjust back to the $119 deal. Received the same set as gleam, but remains unopened in the separate boxes; Wife comes back from overseas in 2wks, and she likes opening things - I'll leave the X-mas-like joy of opening packages for her to experience. We're finally moving up in our cookware - purchased our 1st Le Creuset French oven this month and now the All Clad arrive; We'll be looking forward to cooking in them. One funny thing - the large exterior box holding all the separate pieces has multiple stickers which say Macy's All Clad 7 piece set, although we'd purchased from Bloomingdales... odd...