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44 of 45 humans found the following review helpful.
Great design and special quality THAT DID NOT LAST.
By DrOnRolls
I have been looking for a good non-stick skillet. I've applied non-stick skillets from All-Clad and Calphalon but they all had one problem: peeling of the non-stick layer. I saw an unused All-Clad skillet from their new line at Williams-Sonoma and it had scratches on the non-stick surface.
I found what I was looking for! This fry pan is excellent! It is made in Switzerland. It is big. The outside diameter is 13" and the bottom is closely 9 3/4". It requires a huge burner. I have a Miele electric cooktop which has a burner big sufficient for this skillet. I have tried it over a littler burner and it worked as well. The feed browned evenly over the surface of the skillet. The cleaning is easy. I only have a little issue with the lid. The lid assemblage was easy. However, for the duration of washing water gets into the steam vent and then it comes out after the lid is dried. It takes few drying sweeps to keep out of the way of water streaks on the lid.
Overall, I am very pleased with this skillet. I am looking forward to getting more skillets from Swiss Diamond.
Update. May 2009. Zero stars.
Like it is predecessors from All-Clad and Calphalon, this skillet stopped being non-stick after regarding a year. It wasn't maltreated in any way: no metal utensils and no prolonged cooking of foods other than pancakes and fish. Yet, the center of the skillet begun to darken first, than the rest of the skillet has darkened. I applied baking soda (suggested by All-Clad website). It did remove a heap of brown residue but the skillet is completely not non-stick, everything sticks to it even more.
I am happy with a non-stick skillet from Circulon infinite line. I purchased an 11" skillet at Macy's for $20 as a product advertizing item. The best non-stick that I have is from LeCreuset. Unfortunately, the biggest one LeCreuset made was 9" in diameter.
18 of 18 persons found the following review helpful.
easily the best skillet I have ever used
By D. V. Gulliver
I found one of these locally at just underneath Amazon price, and purchased it to undertake out. Now that I have used it for various months, I highly commend it even at full list price, and am saving up to buy a finish set to replace my other worn out pots and pans.
First things first:
This is one of the best nonstick surfaces I have ever used. Messes clean up better than from Teflon coated pans, even after sitting and getting cold and hard. I have never had to use more effort than merely wiping off with a kitchen sponge and some warm soapy water.
Unlike other surfaces, this one holds feed in place until you are ready to move it. Things don't slide around, so they may the right way sear and brown. This is also handy for things like fried eggs. I fried an egg just today and it came out perfect. With a little bacon grease for flavor, the surface gave the egg white just sufficient tension that the cooking egg held together into a nice 4 inch circle rather of spreading thin all over the place. I have suffered a lot of feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized with other cooking surfaces over this.
Heat transfer is incredible. When you put feed on this pan after preheating, it sears up and browns immediately. I'd say it equals cast iron in this respect, with the added bonus of being nonstick.
Heat distribution and retention is also very good. Not rather as good as cast iron here, but then not one thing else ever will be -- and even altho the pan is heavy, it is still substantially lighter than my 12 inch cast iron.
About the only caution I would have is that, in spite of the manufacturer's hype, the surface is NOT 100% immune to whatsoever you throw at it. I did a controlled test on a portion of the skillet that will never see food, and you CAN put a nice scratch in the diamond-coat with a strong stainless steel tool. So be sure to stick to wood and synthetics, not steel. However, to be fair, it IS tougher than any Teflon surface I have tried, and regarding equivalent to a good deal of of the fancier anodized finishes.
The handle is good and solid, but you may want to grab it and test it yourself in the store before you buy - it all depends on each individual's hands. The helper handle could be improved, however. Because the helper is integrated with the cooking surface, it heats up. You need to use mitts to use the helper. Seriously. That surface will scar you for life if you grab it while hot. Always treat it like it is hot cast iron, because it will burn you the same way.
Some humans will complain the handle isn't riveted into place. Those humans need to hug the 21st century. The handle is very secure without rivets. Unless you plan on using this pan as some sort of bludgeoning weapon on a regular basis, the lack of rivets poses no problem. Moreover, the rivetless design ensures that the entire interior surface of the skillet is smooth and uniformly nonstick. I personally have always found the rivets in other "nonstick" pans to be the surface area where feed always manages to get stuck. No rivets for me, please.
The lid is decent - but it is just a lid. Nothing too fancy. It is a good grade of glass with a vent-lid handle. When you close the vent, it holds steam very well. With the vent open, you get a finelooking decent evaporation rate, so you may speedily reduce liquids by holding back heat by letting moisture escape.
Like I said, I want to buy a finish set. Highly recommended.
12 of 12 humans found the following review helpful.
AWESOME!!!
By B. Chan
I recieved the 12 1/2", it comes with a lid!! I employed it to make panfry dumplings. I have tried Ultrex, non stick and Revere stainless, neither with good results. Both didn't come close to Swiss Diamond. Little pricey, but I will never have to buy another non stick pan again, this one has a fixed lifetime warranty. Limited to the fact I don't cook commercially or abuse the pan. Even heating, even on burner that is not as huge as pan,great browning and not one thing sticks. Highly recommend!!
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