What each set holds
Both are ten pieces: six pans and four lids. Hestan’s skillets are 8.5 and 11 inches, All-Clad’s 8 and 10. Hestan’s saucepans hold 1.5 and 3 quarts, All-Clad’s 2 and 3, and Hestan’s sauté pan 3.5 quarts against All-Clad’s 3. Both stockpots hold 8 quarts. So Hestan has the bigger frying pan and sauté pan, and All-Clad the bigger small saucepan.
Oven, stoves and care
Both makers say their sets work on every stove, induction included, and go in the oven and under the broiler to 600°F; a badge on Hestan’s page says 800°F, but its specifications say 600°F. Hestan says ProBond may go in the dishwasher and takes metal utensils. All-Clad says to wash D3 by hand and doesn’t say whether metal utensils are fine.
Where they’re made, and the warranty
Hestan’s ProBond is handcrafted in Italy. All-Clad makes D3 in the USA with global components. Hestan gives a lifetime warranty and All-Clad a limited lifetime warranty.
Which one to buy
Choose Hestan ProBond for the dishwasher, metal utensils and an 11-inch skillet. Choose All-Clad D3 for a set made in the US, with a 2-quart saucepan in place of the 1.5.
How these comparisons are made
Questions about this choice
Is Hestan better than All-Clad?
On the makers’ own figures the tri-ply 10-piece sets are close: the same 600°F oven limit and every stove. Hestan allows the dishwasher and metal utensils and has an 11-inch skillet; All-Clad D3 is made in the US.
Is Hestan cookware dishwasher safe?
Hestan says its ProBond and NanoBond cookware may go in the dishwasher. All-Clad says to wash D3 by hand.
Where is Hestan cookware made?
Hestan says its ProBond and NanoBond cookware is handcrafted in Italy.