Contemporary Nonstick Shallow Sauce Pan (2.5-qt.) by Calphalon

With the size of this pan it is useful for just about anything you can cook for a small crowd. I have used it in place of a stock pot cooking mashed potatoes, boiling corn on the cob, with a steamer to make asparagus, for risottos and other rice, for oatmeal. When cooking for a smaller crowd this pan is perfect.

The shape gives more surface area allowing your foods to heat faster, the full clad construction gives even, consistent heat and reaches that heat fairly quickly while the thickness of the pan allows it to hold heat when adding cold ingredients.

Overall an excellent pan, makes cooking a breeze. The most noticeable difference between this and my old sauce pan however is the clean-up. No matter how burnt on whatever I was cooking was, 1 pass with a sponge usually took it off, no scrubbing, no soaking. I would buy this pan again for this reason alone, cut down on cleaning times by a good 5 minutes.

Finally a good sized pan for cooking rice. The regular 2 quart was too small for the amount of rice I usually cook so boil overs occurred. This 2.5 quart remedies that! Thank you Calphalon for a perfect sized pan!

Love this pan. We eat a lot of hot cereals and it was so easy to clean up. Even after extra oatmeal had set in it all day. Sauces slid right out.

Great size & very sturdy. It has very even heat distibution & clean up is super easy. The only reason I gave the product 4 stars is due to the lid. It can get very hot so prepare to have your oven mittens out.

I bought one of these earlier this year and found that it is perfect for cooking 2 to 3 ears of corn on the cob. I decided I had to have another one for our beach house.