Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As someone with a kitchen full of well used All-Clad, I love the design and functionality of their new Pressure Cooker but there are some serious issues. With pressure cookers what is critical is that the thick base disk that is attached to the bottom of the pot is the full width of the pot. (This disk is usually made up of steel and aluminum and its function is to maintain even cooking temperatures that are so important in pressure cooking times) A lot of cheap pressure cookers save money here by having for example a 6” base disk on an 8” pot. This results in heat rising up the side of the disk burning and scorching both the pot and food in the corners of the pressure cooker and up the lower side walls. Very uncharacteristically All-Clad has outsourced the construction and gone cheap on a disk that is way too small for the pot and results is scorching and burning of most foods. All-Clad has been a hallmark in even heat distribution with their full height multi layered pots but the design of pressure cookers heat distribution is more dependent on the width of the thick base disk, rather than the multi layered pot wall so the All-Clad Pressure Cooker Version 1, unfortunately falls short on its first try. I did speak to All-Clad and they said they have no plans to correct this issue for now. (Read we still have way to much inventory of a this bad one to sell first) They also stated they are not doing any returns on this model so reluctantly I cannot recommend this product. All-Clad consumers have always been happy to pay for quality so I am surprised that that would accept a design flaw in an attempt to clear inventory or save $30.00 on manufacturing costs. My advice is if you absolutely have to have one avoid the All-Clad. I know I love All-Clad and that is hard to say but do your research and look for one with a base disk that is the full width of the pot. Second option would be to wait another year till this one sells though and All-Clad comes out with a full base disk Version 2 that delivers on All-Clad’s even heat and no scorching reputation