Calphalon One not-Nonstick vs. All-clad Stainless?

[shel]

Originally Posted by nnpptt

[...] I also don't have any problem cleaning my stainless steel pans because now I just use Ajax, S.O.S., or steel wool. It's great!

If you're cleaning your expensive pots in that manner,you are slowly ruining them by abrading the SS surface. This will contribute to sticking. When I started using All-Clad SS, I encountered some problems, and felt the need to use similsrly harsh methods to clean a Ltd skillet.

If your food is sticking so badly that you have to resort to such means to clean the pans, then you are doing something wrong - either using too much heat, the wrong type of oil, or too little oil, not properly deglazing the pans, or the wrong cleaning techniques or cleaning material.

There are several threads in this section that touch on proper care of SS pots and pans. Perhaps taking some time to read them will be helpful.

shel