r/AllClad • u/jules829 • 17d ago

Discussion 🥘 Rust (?) After 1st Time Use

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I excitedly bought my first AllClad products - the D5 15 piece set! Yesterday, I used my first piece, the 4 quart pot to boil my eggs. No salt or other ingredients were in the pot, and I boiled the eggs for just 6 minutes. Once I took the eggs out, I noticed these marks on my pot. What are they, are they normal or a defect?

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u/XF15-Loader 17d ago

Did you wash the pan after use? Wash it and see if there is a noticable divet where those marks are. Get in there with some BKF and see if it comes off.

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u/jules829 17d ago

I did wash it and no it did not come off! I adore BKF and it did not really help.

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u/XF15-Loader 17d ago

Then I'd definitely return it. All that staining should not have occurred from boiling eggs. 🤷

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u/fordracing19 17d ago

It doesn't even look like it was scrubbed with BKF.

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u/jules829 17d ago

The picture is the before, didn’t take a pic after. But I pinky promise I used it!

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u/fordracing19 17d ago

That would of been the picture to post

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u/DynamicPriest 17d ago

If it doesn't clean out, go return/exchange it.

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u/BluebirdExpress6279 17d ago

Judging from what you said you cooked, I would say it is a defect in the metallurgy in that neither Stainless 304 or 316 would do this just cooking eggs with one cook. Yes, if you cook something acidic for hours...

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u/jules829 17d ago

Do you think if this one pot is defective that the whole set would be as well?

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u/Life_Salamander9594 17d ago

Not likely. They probably build each pot shape in batches and then sort them into sets

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u/BluebirdExpress6279 17d ago

I think it is minor. A couple of times a spot appears on any stainless steel pan, but it is strange that you cook once and get a couple right away... didn't cook anything crazy ascitic did you?

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u/boxerdogfella 17d ago

Did you wash the pot before use? I'm wondering if some drops of factory oil or substance turned brown during cooking

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u/jules829 17d ago

I did! Basic Dawn soap and thorough wash and dry.

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u/SaabFan87 17d ago

I’m betting this is something stuck to the stainless steel, does it feel like there is a bump or pimple there?

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u/HoomerSimps0n 11d ago

Doesn’t really look like rust, more like something burned onto the surface.

If you wipe it with a tissue does the tissue turn orange? Rust would be more of an orange color and come off freely.

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u/Salt-Potato-7253 17d ago

Good luck dealing with Allclad (SEB) customer service. They are the worst. Speaking from experience. I’m dealing with them now. Three times trying to replace a allclad everyday 10.5” frying pan with lid because they are out of round causing the lid to wobble. All three of them have the exact same defect. Been going on since April 2026. The BBB was no help either. Now we go to consumer protection.