All-Clad Stainless 3-Quart Casserole

All-Clad Stainless-Steel 3-Quart Casserole
I bought this 3-quart All-Clad stainless-steel casserole specifically for use as a rice cooker. For me, it has been an excellent rice cooker. I prepare three quarts of rice each time, once each week, using a 1-to-3 ratio of medium-grain brown rice and medium-grain white rice. I have followed this routine for six years, and every batch of rice was perfect. Cleaning the sticky rice residue from the casserole requires the use of hot water and a fair amount of scrubbing, with detergent and a stiff-bristled brush. After six years of use, this casserole still looks as pristine as it did when I received it.

I also used this casserole for making soup, a couple of times. Once, I used it for cooking dried beans. After seeing how well these other foods cooked, I expect to cook them more often. These are comfort foods, and they are generally inexpensive (and quite appropriate for the current national economic downturn).

From a purely economic perspective, the current price...

Wife likes it
The title says it all. My wife likes it and that is what's important. I feel that All-Clad makes good cookware and their copper core series is by far their best, but the Stainless series is good too. The stainless series is also about half the price of the copper core, making it a great choice for those of us who can't afford the copper core series. Honestly though, an expensive pot will not make you a better cook, just like owning a Mercedes will not make you a better driver. This is a piece of cookware for the cooking enthusiast. I would recommend this product, or any of All-Clad's products, for those people who would like their cookware to last a lifetime.

I love this pan!
I'm a SAHM and I cook for my family 2-3 times a day. I love to cook but I don't have nice things to cook with in my kitchen and my pots and pans are cheap, non-stick kind. Lately I've been serious with my cooking because my husband likes to eat and is enthusiastic about the dishes I feed him, and I aim to please. I need to get a new pot and I figured I'd just get the best cookware I could afford as I'm sure I would be cooking for the rest of my life. I decided to buy the All-Clad 3-Quart Casserole after much research, reading tons of reviews and finding where I could buy it the cheapest. I did not buy it from Amazon because there was a sale at MetroKitchen. We don't have much money to spend on frivolous items but this pot is probably one of the best purchases/investment I've spent out of our meager budget. When it arrived, I attacked the box and opened it immediately. It was in a nice little white All-Clad box, wrapped in a black bag, very shiny and beautiful. I love it at first...

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