Great quality and looks great on the stove

I bought one with a dink in it for less than retail, but I can live with a major dent if the price is right.The copper layer is wonderful for heat distribution. I bought this with the idea that it’s mostly going to boil water, and that the copper layer will help bring it to a boil faster. It heats quickly, it seems.What I’m not too thrilled about, is the difficulty of cleaning pasta off the inner steam basket thing. Spaghetti sticks to it, and trying to rinse it out with every hole grabbing the noodle every step it takes along the way gets annoying.This is great for steaming a couple of artichokes. Its roomy, tall interior has plenty of space.I’m glad I bought the pot, it is big enough to thaw a leaky bagged chicken, while being small enough to do it in the fridge, without salmonella spilling all over everything.I have no regrets.

Heats great and works great. It looks beautiful until you use then the extra money you pay for copper just seems like a waste if the cute detail around the bottom is just going to fade away with one use. I should of just saved the money and bought the standard set.

Item arrived quick, copper core does provide better heat conduction. All clad is not as high quality as they portrait to be. The polishing on the lid have holograms. For a 600+ dollar pot I thought I could expect perfection.Otherwise a good pot.

Don't purchase this one. After a while the bonding between the plies comes apart and the basket no longer fits in the pot. Good only for the scrap pile now. Expensive waste.

I have always wanted this pot and it doesn’t disappoint. The only thing I didn’t measure was it’s height so it doesn’t fit in my drawer. I ha e to put it in a spec oak spot

Great size for Pastas or stews, fits burner well, moderately heavy but very manageable. I really Like the built in colander to drain pasta or corn or potatoes. All-clad Copper core- Worth while purchase addition!

This thing is beautiful.The finish is perfect.The heat is transferred up the side so well that the heated water and steam seems to jet in from all around and cooking is very fast.

I love All-Clad pans. I have about 20. A mix of the Copper Core line, some non-stick pans and a few odd and ends. In my opinion, not as a pro but as someone that's been cooking for 20 years, they are the best pans you can buy - period. Don't trust me - trust PBS's America's Test Kitchen. They've been reviewing these pans for 20 years and have no incentive to sell them but continue to recommend them as the best you can buy. Because they are.A recent purchase has taught me a few new things, some obvious, and some that someone needs to teach you. Here are a couple not so obvious things you should know, that I've learned over the years...#1 Not all All-Clad is the same. I've learned from trial and error, and returns, that not all All-Clad is made the same. It's my opinion that any All-Clad sold by 3rd parties is likely to be faulty. I've come to the conclusion that if it's not sold by the company itself it's likely a defective product. In my experience 100% off the pots I've purchased from 3rd party sellers have suffered from excessive pitting. ALL OF THEM. I have no proof, but I believe, that AC is selling off their defective pots to other sellers for resale. You can see this pitting in many of the reviews here on Amazon. Often a pot will get bad reviews because of this. I believe this is ALL a result of 3rd party sales. When you see a bad review consider whether that person may have purchased from a 3rd party. It will still tell you it's a 'verified purchase'. You can test for pitting easily when you get your pan.. simply boil some water in it. If you have pitting from water, you have a bad pot.#2 All-Clad will in the end warranty the items from 3rd party purchases, but it's a real pain to get there. Do yourself a favor, only buy direct from All-Clad. Amazon sells all AC items directly from AC, just pay attention to the sale page on the item you are buying.#3 If you receive a All-Clad item without a UPC code on the box, you've been scammed. It's likely not a legit AC product or it's an item from a set that's been pulled out and being sold without warranty. Pay attention to this.#4 SALT. Man, is this contentious. So, AC themselves tells you to only salt under the right circumstances. This is ALL BS. Please people, salt your food. I think this 'guide' was devised for idiots that didn't know you shouldn't heat hot oil in a pan, and then pour lots of salt directly into it? Honestly, this is like those labels that you get on bags that say 'this is not a toy', for complete morons so they don't choke their children. Same thing. I've even seen people comment on reviews when people complain about pitting 'oh you salted your food!' geesh... please, salt your food like a normal human. If your pan pits you have a bad pan.Now for a few obvious things, or at least I think they'd be obvious but I still see these issues raised in the comments....#1 NEVER put an AC pan/pot in the dishwasher, EVER. It doesn't matter that it says it's 'dishwasher safe' It's not. No cookware is. NONE. Not a single pan you've ever purchased... don't do it! I thought this was common sense before reading reviews.... That $20 pan you bought from Wal-Mart, it also can't go in the dishwasher! I don't care how fancy your dishwasher is... Pots DO NOT go in the dishwasher. Ever. If you can't get it clean with a gentle sponge, some soapy water and 2 minutes, you are cooking wrong.#2 AC pans should never be put above medium heat on an electric stove with the exception of boiling water. If you have to turn the heat above medium you're doing it wrong. These are not your average pots. They are expensive for a reason - they heat better than anything you've ever had before. When a recipe tells you to put the temp to medium-high you ignore that sucker and put it on medium. Down with the man!#3 Clean your pans regularly with soap and water. Mostly, that's all it takes. If you've really done a number on a pan and burned something in good, clean it with some 'All-Clad' cleaner - though the knock offs do just as well. If you want it to look pretty use some stainless polish. These really aren't hard to take care of. If you find they are, you may be the problem.Good pots & pans take a little extra work and care but man is it worth it. AC stuff is substantial, heavy in the hand, great on the cook-top, heats like no other and will last not only your lifetime but your kids lifetime if you treat it right.Be nice to your pots.***This was my review for all AC pots. I'm a sucker for AC pots and would have likely kept this one had it not pitted so badly but I'm actually glad it did so I could return it with good reason. Think about it for a minute... do you really want to spend $400 on a pot that literally serves no purpose other than boiling water? That 5 ply pot, with copper core... yeah that thing, is JUST BOILING WATER.

Awesome.

I love this pot for pasta! Good size for a pound of pasta (don't over fill the water however or it will boil over).Sometimes my 4 burners get a wee crowded, especially if I'm doing pasta, simmering a sauce and browning something in a fry pan. At times like that a narrower, smaller than 12 quart stock pot comes in handy!Sure you can drain your pasta through a strainer (and I still do sometimes do that, especially if I'm making over a pound), but the advantages of this method are that you still have standing hot water that is easy to use to reheat pasta if you want seconds later, and you have starch water still on the stove to add to sauces as needed.I don't know about cooking another pound in the same water. I haven't tested it, but that would likely make for some starchy pasta. I wouldn't mind it being a quart more (taller) but honestly would probably have a hard time filling it up in my small apartment kitchen sink.I can not stress again how happy I am with the All-Clad Copper line. It is more expensive, but I expect these pots to outlast me (just like my cast iron).

When you want the absolute best in performance and aesthetics there are only a few lines of cookware that completely stand above all of the rest. All Clad copper core in general doesn't leave much in the way of compromise and this pasta pentola is a really nice piece in the collection and the performance is excellent. Heat conduction is fantastic and the fit and finish are really nice. I also use this pot to sterilize my canning jars for jams and jellies. It boils water quickly for its size and the top seals nicely to hold in heat.If you are looking at the copper core line the saucepans and fry pans are the place to start as those items are really where the heat conduction shines. But if you are rounding out your collection you will love this for making pasta, stocks and canning. You will find that it becomes a go to pot for many things beyond pasta.Normally I try to factor in value in a review. In other words, I'll knock off a star if something is really expensive even if best in class if it really doesn't outperform the next item below it in any material way. Because the fit and finish on this are so nice and the runner up is also All-Clad stainless I believe it is worth every penny. Your family will fight over this piece when you are gone.