Rachael Ray Hard Anodized Nonstick 5-Quart Oval Saute Pan with Glass Lid, Orange
by Rachael Ray
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Rachael Ray Hard Anodized Nonstick 5-Quart Oval Saute Pan with Glass Lid, Orange
Customer Review: Great Pot!
Summary: 4 Stars
I really like this pot. It's a bit akward on the stovetop but you get used to it -- great for cooking a pound of pasta without having to break the pasta in half! Easy to clean and I absolutely like the rubberized handles on the side and on the lid -- no burning yourself. I would recommend this pot.Customer Review: RR Oval Pan
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great non stick pan that is great for anything requiring a large skillet type pan. The only down fall is the shape is not conducive to the tradition round burner and often does not cook items evenly.Customer Review: Usefull!!
Summary: 4 Stars
A very usefull pan that takes advantage of the expanded burners of the newer stove tops. The guage of the aluminum could be a little heavier....Other than that, I enjoy the pan.Customer Review: Love it
Summary: 4 Stars
I am excited about this pot. It looks a lot heavier on tv, but it is not - it's realtively light weight.Customer Review: Good Quality, Poor Design, Mediocre Performance
Summary: 3 Stars
The overall quality and performance of this pan is actually pretty good, as long as you don't try to use the parts of the cooking area that are hanging over the edge of the burner.
The design of this pan is flawed from the start -- the oval shape makes for extremely uneven heat distribution, which makes for some rather large cold spots at the outer reaches of the pan. With a round pan, all of the edges are an equal distance away from the edge of the burner. With this pan, the narrow part hangs 1/2" over the burner on each side, while the long section of the oval hangs a full 3.5" over on each side. Very poor design.
I also find this pan to be excessively l-o-n-g... whatever area the marketers claim is saved on the stove top from the narrow design is quickly eaten up by the added length. In reality, this pan offers no advantages over a 9" round pan -- unless you consider having a 'warming section' in your saute pan to be an advantage.
I bought this pan only because my wife wanted it for Christmas (a year ago). It is the last oval pan I will ever purchase.
Edit: After using this pan for almost two years, I have upped my rating to 3 stars, mainly because I am impressed with the build quality. The non-stock coating is still completely intact -- something I was pleasantly surprised with considering the way my Cuisinart Anodized non-stick pan surfaces degraded in a similar time-frame. I would rate the build quality of the Rachel Ray pan very close to that of the Emerilware pan that I own (which is made by All-Clad). I still think the oval shape is a poor design, but I am very pleased with performance if I don't try to use the outer edges.