Cooking For Engineers

[curiousmom]

Calphalon tri-ply and contemporary lines include aluminum all through the pots/pans.

A while back, there was a discussion about stainless clad aluminum cookware., and as I recall someone said that only All-Clad has aluminum going all the way up their pans, and not just on the bottom.

I asked Calphalon about their tri-ply and contemporary lines of stainless cookware:

>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 1:52 PM
> To: Consumer Relations
> Subject: Calphalon Consumer Information Request
>
> Postal Code: Reason for contact: Product Question
> Feedback: Do your tri-ply and contemporary stainless products include
> aluminum all the way through the pan, up the sides etc., not just on the
> bottom? e.g. on the wok and omelette/chef, sauciers etc?


Here's the answer I got:

>
>
> Yes, both the Tri-Ply and Contemporary stainless steel pans have an
> aluminum core sandwiched between the two layers of stainless. The
> aluminum goes throughout the entire pan, including up the sides.
>
> Thank you,
> Consumer Relations


Of course, I forgot to ask about the thickness of the aluminum layer, maybe All-Clad is still better.

Does anyone know more?

[MeganAmyH]

Honestly, once you are looking at similar product lines, they are pretty much the same. Go for what you feel most comfortable cooking with....deffinately try out the handles.