jmcquown wrote:
> My middle brother gave me a couple of All-Clad pans a few years ago at
> Christmas. That was nice of him and they are nice pans. Except the pans
> don't have lids. If I want to simmer something (like rice) which requires
> covering, I have to use heavy duty aluminium foil to cover the pan. I
> looked on the All-Clad website and they have an entire section devoted to
> buying lids to fit the pans. HUH?! You have to buy the lids separately?!
> And at over $20 each? Is it just me or is this really crazy?

Twenty dollars is very little money for a lid to match a hundred dollar
pot... you can probaly buy a universal lid for $10 but it won't match
the pot.

Most high end commercial cookware is sold with the lids separately
because high quality lids are relatively costly and one lid will serve
many pieces... that saves money and space... do you really need four
10" lids rattling around your kitchen. I always feel it's disingenuous
when pot sets are sold like 15 pieces and 4 pieces are lids with two
exactly the same size (three pieces are cheap bowls and three pieces
are plastic bowl lids - how is that honest). If you want a lid
included for every pot buy cheap pots, those are usually sold with
lids. Also many commercial kitchens use stepped lids, where one lid
will serve three different diameter pots... usually the pots are beat
to hell and are replaced often while the lids often get little use...
if a new lid was included with every pot purchased... well, you figure
it out.

Sheldon