All-Clad Stainless-Steel Saucier

These pans are designed to reduce sauces to a servable consistancy. The curved sides of the pan allow heat to come up the sides of the pan more, as well as get more liquid in contact with a flamed area. This heats up the liquid rapidly, as well as reduces it more rapidly than other pans. It does this wonderfully.

That's what it's for, it's not for soup or anything like that. That's what "Pots" are for.

I love to use it to reduce balsamic vinegar, various juices, hard ciders, or wine into a syrupy sauce to drizzle over things.


A fabulous, all around ktichen workhorse   November 23, 2004
E. Haynes (Philadelphia PA)
42 out of 45 found this review helpful

I couldn't decide: the 3 quart saute, sauce, or saucier.
Tradition said to stick with the saute. But I knew that I needed something with higher sides.
A 3 quart saucepan? Who was I kidding? That's a monster.
So, feeling like Goldilocks, I finally hit my "just right" option, the saucier.
This is not a pan that is well known, but what's not to love? The high sides and beveled inside curve mean you can reduce and whisk and sauce to your heart's content without sticking. The large surface area of the bottom plate means you can saute and sear without worry of space constraints. And I haven't even mentioned how evenly it conducts heat, its well-balanced heft, or striking beauty on my pot rack.
This pan does it all. Break with tradition as I did, and you'll use it almost daily just as I do.


Should last a lifetime   March 6, 2002
Brian Dolan (Somerville, MA United States)
31 out of 33 found this review helpful

Two complaints: a lip for pouring would be nice; and empty it's a little tipsy on my ancient gas stovetop.

That said, this is endlessly useful for exactly what the name would imply -- sauces. Throwing together a cream sauce for two? Boiling a little water? Reheating something? Why use a big pot when a little one will do? The small size comes in handy when you have all your burners going and don't want something huge getting in the way. Plus it's cute & shiny.

There are usually great deals on these smaller pots. (Check out the regular sauce pan as well as this saucier) All the pros I know swear by all clad -- if these will stand up to years of all day, every day restaurant use, then they should be just fine for a generation or two in my kitchen... I just picked up another one of these as a wedding gift for a chef I know, and I'm tempted to get a second for myself.


This pan rocks!   March 4, 2002
M. Nickle (Cherry Hills Village, CO United States)
30 out of 36 found this review helpful

Fry pan not deep enough? Ever have little bits of flour hiding in the corners of your saucepan? Wish that your wisking led to a perfect emulsion or roux? Then this is the pan for you. Easy clean up, even heat and nicely curved sides make it a dream come true. Buy it. Now!


Perfect except needs a lid   January 2, 2002
26 out of 44 found this review helpful

A 1 qt pan is really handy, now if this one only had a lid available for it, I'd give it 4 stars. (Missing one more star for having a straight lip instead of one you can pour from.)

All Clad does make a 1qt sauce pan which does have the lid, but not the pouring lip. And a Winsor pan (1.75 qt) with lid and lip, which I favor over this one. It's not a bad pot, it just could be better.