T-fal Specialty Nonstick Handy Pot with Glass Lid 3 Quart Oven Safe 350F Cookware, Pots and Pans, Dishwasher Safe Black

It is an excellent appliance for the price. Works as advertised.

I have been using a ~$25 T-FAL 3 quart sauce pot for ~3 years and the non-stick coating is a little tattered. So I bought this new T-FAL sauce pot. The handle and the lid and the non stick stuff is all very good, No complaints in anyway that way. The old ~$25 T-FAL sauce pot I have been using for years has a heavier weight and thicker base and that made me hesitant. So I cooked up some milk for cheese sauce, made a very nice cheese sauce with pasta. The new sauce pot was a joy to use. No sticking, no clumping, no bad anything. it just did what it is supposed to do and the cheese sauce was delicious. I rinsed the pit with all the cheese stuck to the sides and the hot water took the cheese residue right off the sides of the new pot and it will be very very easy to wipe out now. Nice pot. I recommend it. EDIT: I have done some more cooking in the new T-Fal pot and have a better handle on what it is about. I use less heat/lower cooking setting on the electric stove now and that is what is required. The new T-Fal pot seems to conduct the heat better and so I use less electricity now. The pot is working out well.

A fine piece of cookware, well made & sturdy. You'll be able to create many a wonderful meal with the help of this pot. Cleanup is a snap thanks to the seriously non stick interior.

I purchased the 3Q Stainless Steel Pan (not the non-stick version). I was happily surprised with this pan after it arrived and am very impressed with the quality of this pan. Its much better than I expected from the Amazon photos. The base is thick and distributes heat evenly. The handle is attached with clean, strong rivets and the pot can be used on any stovetop surface or in the oven up to 350° F. I have a flattop glass range and the pot works wonderfully on it. The glass lid has a fast and slow pour strainer built in. And the number one reason I bought this pot is for the pouring spouts on the side. These work great -- I can pour boiling water into a mug or thicker liquids like soup with no spillage. The handle on the pot and lid stay cool, and the inside of the pot has very handy Q and L measurements. The quality of this pan makes it an incredible value for the price.

I was rather surprised, having specifically searched for a dishwasher-safe nonstick pan, to find that the labeling on this one actually recommends handwashing instead. If cleaned in the dishwasher, it advises you to reseason it every 10 washes (and honestly, who keeps count of how many times they've washed their pans?) I'm finding myself handwashing it just to be sure to protect it adequately, though I may occasionally put it in the dishwasher for convenience. I probably would have ordered a different pan had I realized I'd still end up handwashing. That said, though, it's otherwise an excellent pan. I've had no problems with anything sticking, and the steam vent in the glass lid is a very nice touch. If I were to redesign it I'd probably make it a little broader to counterbalance the height, because it's fairly tall and narrow, but it works well for most general-purpose tasks. Update, May 16, 2013: Sure enough, over time my dedication to handwashing the pan has waned, so it almost always goes in the dishwasher now. The pan seems to be handling it just fine, however. The silvery brightness of the bottom of the pan is tarnished from the dishwasher, but even though I'm sure I haven't remembered to re-season it nearly as often as recommended, the nonstick coating on the inside seems completely unaffected. I use my saucepan for utility, not decoration, so the tarnishing/discoloration really doesn't bother me. Increasing my rating to 5 stars instead of 4, since the pan does appear to be completely dishwasher-safe despite the 'seasoning' information provided. Update, August 1, 2014: After well more than a year of being routinely washed in the dishwasher on a nearly-daily basis and never being re-seasoned during that year and a half, the pan is still showing absolutely no signs of wear except for the aforementioned tarnishing on the bottom. It's the most nonstick pan we own and we use it for everything, sometimes multiple times per day. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another if this one ever wears out, not that it shows any signs of doing so! Update: November 20, 2015: After 3 years of heavy, heavy, heavy use (nearly every day, frequently more than once per day, and a minimum of 1000+ trips through the dishwasher), the nonstick coating has started to peel away from the top edge of the pan. The coating on the bottom of the pan has still not worn away, or even been scratched, despite people occasionally having used metal utensils in it; it's peeling away from one top edge, like a sticker separating from the surface it was sticking to. I can see how thick and heavy the nonstick surface is, and it doesn't surprise me now that it lasted so well. I expect I'll order a replacement, because I really love this pan. Even with a 3-year life cycle, at $6 per year it's been totally worth the investment.