I have heard of All-Clad and how great they are. To me I always said, "It's just cookware" WOW was I wrong. This Sauce pan is amazing. It is built so strong and heavy duty. I made some sauce and it handled the heat so much better than my cheap pans. I let the sauce sit for a day and when I went to wash the pan it cleaned up so easy I didn't even need to scrub hard. I have never used something that cooks like this.