Classic Stainless Steel Cookware Saute Pan, 3 Quart, Silver,2095189

Calphalon is known in the world of kitchen stuff to be well made, long lasting and living up to its reputation. This sauce pan is true to form. Well worth the price point, I've found that anything stamped with the Calphalon logo exudes quality and reliability. For a household of two, this 2.5 qt. size is perfect for most sauce pan applications. Highly recommended.

More money than most brands, but completely stainless steel making cooking safe, beautiful in appearance, and love the lid to not only cover, but to drain water from what is cooked. Love my new pan!

You can’t go wrong with this brand….but having said that, I did not receive what is in the picture. It is the 2.5 quart pot but not that shape or lid. Which actually worked out bc it matched my set I received 15 years ago and is a quality product but if you have your heart set on that shape be wary it may not be what you receive. Also pro tip: make sure there are no googly eyes stuck to the bottom of your pan before you put it on a gas stove…ask me how I know that….otherwise I wouldn’t have needed to get a new pot bc again it’s a quality product.

PRO: Perfect size for small electric burner (bottom is rounded so bit hard to measure but grill surface is 15cm to match 15cm burner). Strainer lid and spout that actually works and cleanly strains/pours out the spout and not escaping all over allong the side of the lid Spout on both sides! I don't have a single dominant hand and regularly use the dual option. Short handle that doesn't tip empty pot. Handle is also thin which is perfect for my small hands and a comfortable rounded shape (the pot is quite heavy). CON: expensive. heavy. I always feel like a thinner material would theoretically heat up faster (and be way lighter) although all these heavy, bottom layer pots claim to be fast heating. Electric burners are so slow to heat it still takes forever though. Would love to also have a 1.5 option that is the same dimensions except shorter in height. I've gone through quite a lot of stainless steel strainer pots of similar size and cost and this is this has been the most expensive butbest so far.

Can't say enough about the quality of these pans! I love this model, too -- better than their more expensive ones. Check out the lids: There is a pouring spout on two sides of the pan, for left- or right-handed users. The lids have a deep rim that has draining holes on two sides. If you turn the lid handle perpendicular to the pan handle, the holes line up with the spouts, and you can drain your food perfectly without using a colander! The deep rim on the lid keeps it from sliding as you do this, so no more dumping half my dinner down the sink! There are markings inside the pan to show you how full it is. It has an aluminum core sandwiched in stainless steel, so the heating is even. The handle is 3-dimensional, not flat, which makes it much easier to control the pan. (It engages the large muscles in the your arm, instead of just the small muscles in your fingers.) The materials are excellent and the design is elegant, making the pan wonderful to use. I highly recommend the Calphalon Classic series.

Edit: When I first reviewed this pan, I thought it felt cheap and I thought I might have missed a better pan by Cuisinart. I've changed my mind, and I love this pan. I've since seen the offerings by Cuisinart and don't like them as much. The thing is, this pan is pretty lightweight for stainless steel. It has thin walls and a thick bottom, along with a hollow handle. The light weight is actually a very nice feature, and the solid bottom does a decent job of distributing heat (better than I originally thought). My heavier (smaller) Cuisinart saucepan doesn't do any better at distributing heat, it just takes longer to heat up. This is now one of my favorite pans, and I use it several times a week. It's not perfect, but it deserves the upgrade to 4 stars. Original review: I have some other Calphalon cookware that I'm really happy with, but this sauce pan is an example of how their quality is on the decline. There's nothing terribly wrong with this pot, it's just cheap (and feels like it). The walls are very thin steel, with a slightly thicker base to disperse the heat (which it does a mediocre job of). The lid has a handy straining feature, which is one of the things that attracted me to this model, but the lip on the lid means that you can't place the lid askew on top of the pot. It's either on or off. Also, this pot discolored significantly on the bottom of the inside the first time I cooked in it. Now it has a swirly rainbow sheen on the bottom. My smaller sauce pan is a Cuisinart, and it's so much better that I find myself reaching for it even when a slightly larger sauce pan might work better. I may end up replacing this one with a Cuisinart, but you can save yourself the trouble and get one instead. If you are watching every penny, this sauce pan is a good value, and the strainer will come in handy if you find it difficult to deal with straining a large pot.

This was the highest quality pot I could find with pour spouts in 1 1/2 quart capacity. Okay, it was the only one, and on sale so I bought it because I'm a tight wad, you happy now? Very well made and sturdy, both for the price and size. Like that the handle is solid and not too long, so doesn't snag on my shirt sleeves or interfere with other vessels on the cooktop; not "tippy" like many other diminutive pots. Whole thing is brushed stainless steel for a satin rather than mirror finish. Result is improved grip and basically smudgeless appearance. Don't have an induction cooker yet but apparently this pot is induction-ready, engraved so on base. Performs well on my glass-top range and pours drip-free. And just enough of a little gap between lid and spout to store an ice tea spoon upright (Disclaimer: mocha is my beverage of choice here.) Would purchase the 2 1/2 quart version as well if it weren't going for twice the price I paid for this one. :yikes

I am happy with this pan. The pan size is ample enough to cook for a small family. The length and depth is normal, not too big not too small. Heavy and classic. Here is the downside- as it is not non-stick so it stick and difficult to clean. Still seeing some stain I don't know why.

This is a solid stainless steel pot with graduated measuring units on the inside. Side of pot has pour spout, lid is see-through and has holes in two places on the rim to remain on when draining liquids. Have been looking for this size of pot for several months and was unable to find in-store.

Very well made and I especially like the see-through, glass lid. Narrow, tall build needing only the size of the small stove burner , therefore energy efficient.

Pan is light weight not like other calphalon. The lid has bent on one side . It came in a normal carton box not in calphalon box and these made me to think it’s a duplicate product.

if used properly nothing sticks to it and it's better than a nonstick pan