I gave this pan a 4 star rating, but it could have been 5. The reason being that there was a lot of black polishing compound on the underside of the rim that the lid sits on, and in the embossed center on the bottom of the pan. The compound had dried and hardened it's self on the pan and took considerable time and effort to remove it, I used kerosene. Quality control should have easily seen this it was very evident.