The design feels awkward, but it is great for flipping omelets, which explains why Calphalon calls it an omelette pan.
Chicken browns nicely and turns out tender and juicy. Egg dishes turn out fine.
The non-stick surface is good, but a bit stickier than Anolon Advanced or Emerilware. By the way, after cooking comparisons, this Calphalon Contemporary skillet is far superior to Emerilware in that it has a better design and a thicker bottom that is more "forgiving" than Emerilware.
The handle stays cool, especially when compared to Emerilware, but not as cool as Anolon Advanced.
Anolon Advanced is better than either Calphalon Contemporary or Emerilware, but the Calphalon is still a fine skillet. I'm giving my 8-inch Calphalon away because my Anolon Advanced is better, but I know that whomever gets this skillet is going to like it. Again, I'm keeping the 10-inch skillet because Calphalon Contemporary is good non-stick cookware. It's just not the best.
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We bought 2 non-stick Calphalon pans less than a year ago. We treated them with care, hand washing them etc. After a couple of months one of the pans started having the non-stick coating come off. No problem, we thought. There is a lifetime warranty. Right? Well, we sent the pan in for a warranty replacement. What we got back was our defective pan and an unsigned form letter accusing us of subjecting the pan to "caustic agents." This, of course, is nonsense. Both pans were subjected to exactly the same conditions, but only one started disintegrating. Neither pan has ever seen the inside of a dishwasher as we only hand-wash Teflon-coated pans. Neither pan has ever been subjected to excess heat. But Calphalon would rather accuse a customer of abusing their product than honor their warranty. So, my advice: AVOID CALPHALON. The store brand set we bought at Costco 10 years ago is still perfect -at a fraction of the price. . . . I wonder how much of that Calphalon Teflon is still in our bodies...
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