SCANPAN Professional 2 Quart Nonstick Saucepan with Lid - Premium Danish Cookware for Sauces, Soups & Simmering - Oven, Dishwasher & Metal Utensil Safe - Perfect for Home Chefs & Professional Kitchens

Excellent pan! Love to cook my meat pasta sauce in this. I sautee the onions/garlic/peppers first, then set them aside. Next, I brown the ground beef, drain, and put everything back in the pot along with some spices. Add crushed tomatoes and simmer for a couple of hours. Put the pot in the fridge and enjoy the leftover sauce the next day after rewarming on the gas burner. Cleanup is easy with warm running water and a nylon bristle brush, paper towel dry. The little handle mitt is a nice touch. The handle on the lid gets very hot, and a mitt for that would have been nice. I also would much prefer GLASS lids, so I can see what I am doing. In fact, I often use a glass lid from a matching-diameter pot in my collection. In the description you find "Scanpan Professional pans are safe for any burner type, including induction ..." Please take CAUTION with the "induction" word, as these pots do NOT work by themselves with my Duxtop 8100MC induction burner. You would need the Max Burton 6010 8-Inch Induction Interface Disk with Heat-Proof Handle. The pan works great on my gas range. In summary, this has been an excellent, albeit expensive indulgence for my cooking fun. I do have almost as much fun with my Lodge Cast Iron cookpot (Lodge Logic L8DOL3 Pre-Seasoned 5-Quart Dutch Oven with Loop Handles) for $31 which is "kinda" non-stick.....Great size to have. Works great with silicone steamer insert. This medium sized saucepan isn’t included in set.I love, love, love these pans. I would give the pan alone 5 stars. The reason for only 4 stars is the poor lid design. The lid is stainless steel (I believe) but the handle is so close to the lid it gets very hot. You have to use a hotpad to remove the lid and even this is difficult since the handle is so short. I ended up buying a different lid to put on top of this pan. I emailed the company hoping they will change the lid design. If you are looking for a non-stick surface these are wonderful. I also like that I can use a metal spoon in them. I'm looking forward to replacing all of my pans with these.The coating started peeling less than six months in - and a few more months later, three tiny dots turned into huge gashes. I never used metal utensils or put it into the dishwasher, and use this pot rather infrequently. It’s a pity because I really like the looks and the heft of it.I own several Scanpan items and I love them all. I'm in my last semester of Culinary school and I do all of the cooking at our home. I depend on my Scanpans everyday and they have never let me down. Nothing sticks to these pots and pans. The inner surface is a Titanium/Ceramic hybrid which doesn't chip or peel off like cheaper pans. I have cooked scrambled eggs with cheese in my pans and when I'm done I can take a paper towel and just wipe it out clean. These pans come with a lifetime guarantee as well and I've heard stories of folks sending the pan back to the factory 8-10 years later and getting a brand new pan back!Overall these are my favorite pots and pans. They are expensive but I feel they are worth it.This is my first Scanpan & I love it! This was more $$ than I normally spend on a pan, but now I know why & why I'll never go back! Cleans up easily, heats/cools quickly! Will be replacing my other pans with Scanpan in the future.This is a very functional saucepan.It is easy care, and comes with a lid.Worth the money.