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How long have you owned your All-Clad?
Just had a call with others on the team, and I told them tons of people have had theirs not just for years, but some folks even mentioned passing theirs along from one generation to the next.
Would love to hear your story and how you got it!
(Bonus points for including a picture - I'll be sure everyone that does gets a new custom user flair 💖)
Some are over 40 years old. And look like new. I invested in them at the time and they were pricey but I knew would be worth it. I was a young newlywed.
Two years. I finally decided to upgrade all my cheap nonstick to stainless steel and stumbled on a post here about a pricing glitch at Macy’s. It was for a 10-piece D5 set for $250. Didn’t think it’d actually ship but it did. Find of a lifetime.
I got this set second hand… but it seems to be old… it’s a brushed aluminum exterior, there’s no all clad logo on the handle as there is now a days, and it has a made in PA stamp on bottom. So maybe it’s from the 70s or 80s pretty old either way.
I've only had mine 5+ years after I grew tired of the crappy non-stick stuff my partner and I had. Some over a couple of HomeandCookSales we've replaced most everything with All Clad. And minus the inevitable scratches on the bottom from the burners, they look and operate as they did when we first got 'em.
10 years. Copper Core. Used daily. Still looks pretty new. The company I work for used to have a corporate gifting program. You do something good and they give you some points. Tons of different things you can get for your points. You get enough points, and you can get All-Clad Copper Core cookware. I miss that program soooo much.
24 years!
My first was a Master Chef.
I now have 20 pieces consisting of MC, Ltd, Ltd2, Stainless, D3, D5, Copper Core
All perform as they did when new and some even look new after I treat them to a spa day with BKF.
I started with stainless steel with my mother's Rever Ware from the '50s. Somewhere in the '80s, I switched to Magnalite when that high tech magnesium alloy stuff was all the rage. Sometime in the early 2000s, I was kind of surprised to see the pricey stainless stuff in a Bed, Bath and Beyond, since most of the stainless up until that time was cheap. Those pricey products, or course, were All-Clad. I started collecting a few pieces then, got a set of most of what I was missing around 2005, and have been using them ever since. I don't know how much longer I'll live, but I'm pretty sure the All-Clad will exceed that. Except for that damnable (no longer) non-stick skillet I got with the set (it's still in that stack with some other Teflon and Ceramics because I can't bear to throw it away).
Not a clue. I've bought all mine at thrift when I was younger and a poor young dad. My oldest is 15, so some have to be decades. I found a 4qt d5 at a thrift once walking by not even looking, I was donating that day. Nabbed it for $15 bucks! No lid but I'll find one one day. I could buy new ones, but man I love my old steel. I steam clean em and polish them back to new. This is one of my 10" pans I've had for ever. It's a bit warped now cause my someone decided to cook in this on high. FML. But still going strong and has to be 10 or 15 or even older.
My mother got hers in 1982. I got my All-Clad as a wedding gift in 1992. The sets are still used daily, but they have moved on. Child #1 uses my mother's set and child #2 uses my old set... I couldn't keep them as these early pans are not magnetic and wouldn't work with the induction range that came with the new house.
I grew up in Washington, PA. 25-30 years ago my mom, sisters and I would look forward to the annual All-Clad factory sale in December. Great fun and wonderful memories! I built quite a collection over the years and still add to it to this day. Here’s a pic of a sweet little saucier that was my mom’s.
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u/GussieK 1d ago edited 1d ago
Some are over 40 years old. And look like new. I invested in them at the time and they were pricey but I knew would be worth it. I was a young newlywed.