All-Clad Stainless 12-Inch Fry Pan Lid
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of All-Clad Stainless 12-Inch Fry Pan Lid
Customer Review: A lid's a lid
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm not sure what you can say about a frying pan lid. I'm also not sure how you can justify the price for this one. Nevertheless, it is a nice hunk of stainless steel, heavy, appears sturdy, and does the job.
A few have complained about the fit. It is a little loose, but I'm not sure that the loose fit interferes w/ function at all. The lid is heavy and stays in place. I also have a Cuisinart Green Gourmet 12 in non-stick skillet (a very nice non-stick skillet, by the way) that this lid fits well too. Good for me because Cuisinart doesn't make a lid for their skillet. Two for the price of one.
I'm happy w/ the purchase because I needed a lid for both pans and I got it. I'm not sure that a tighter fit would have made it any better, but a tighter fit may have prevented me from using it on both pans. Every cloud has a polished stainless steel lining.
I gave it 4, not 5 stars initially for the high price. In retrospect, maybe 5 stars is fair but Amazon won't let me change it. It's a good lid.
Customer Review: Good, but probably overpriced
Summary: 2 Stars
Potential buyers should be aware of a couple things:
1. Most of All-Clad's lids and other accessories (things other than pots and pans) are made in China and aren't actually "clad," the 3-layer bonded metal that is characteristic of the company's U.S. made cookware. Nobody needs a bonded metal lid, you aren't cooking on it. This info is from their website.
2. You can get way cheaper lids. For example, the Calphalon "everyday pan with lid" often goes on sale on Amazon for about two dollars more than just this lid costs. That lid fits this pan like it was made for it, and is also domed so you get more space inside. Plus you have an extra pan.
My advice is get a cheaper lid made by another company, or buy an all-clad skillet with this lid included when its on sale for 80-100 dollars which happens from time to time.
Customer Review: Makes my every day fry pan useful but ....
Summary: 4 Stars
My All Clad LTD 12" fry pan is my most used pan. While this 12" fry pan lid fits the pan, it doesn't seal as well as it should. The bottom lip is very shallow and is smaller than the diameter of the fry pan. I need to be careful to put the cover on properly. I compared this 12" fry pan lid to my All Clad sauté pan lids (since the All Clad sauté and fry pans both have flared lips) and the sauté lids have larger and more squared bottom lips that closely matches the pan opening than this fry pan lid.
I will keep this lid. But if there is the chance that All Clad listens, they have a chance to get up to five stars.
Customer Review: Loose, sloppy fit. I am not happy with the purchase...
Summary: 1 Stars
I recently purchased an All Clad 12 inch skillet and lid. My pan and lid have approximately 1/8 to 1/4 inch of play between the edges of the skillet and lid. I would expect this from a cheap set of pots and pans, but not from All Clad. A few of the other reviewers have also mentioned issues regarding the fit.
I have an 8 inch All Clad skillet and lid and those two fit perfectly. It appears there may be a production/quality problem with the 12 inch lid. I am not happy with the purchase.
Customer Review: Works great
Summary: 4 Stars
I've had the 10" and 12" lids for a couple of years now. They work great. I've had none of the problems that some other reviewers mentioned. That said, don't assume that the lids are built of the same metal as the pans. The first time I tried to scrub the lid with the same scrub pad I was using on the fry pan, the lid scratched. It's just cosmetic, but the lid just doesn't look the same anymore. Now I use only soft cloth or a copper pad on the lids.