All-Clad 3020 Hard Anodized Aluminum Nonstick 13 by 20-Inch Double Burner Grande Griddle Specialty Cookware, Black

Bargain All-Clad 3020 Hard Anodized Aluminum Nonstick 13 by 20-Inch Double Burner Grande Griddle Specialty Cookware, Black
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Distinguished among All-Clad's renowned cookware collections by its stylish charcoal black hard anodized-aluminum exterior, the LTD line provides serious and professional cooks with all the virtues that make All-Clad's worldwide reputation unsurpassed. Key to its high performance is a three-ply, bonded construction. Sandwiched between the exterior and the interior lies a thick core of pure aluminum that spreads heat evenly across the bottoms of pots and pans and all the way up the sides. The str...

• Family-size, 20-by-13-inch, nonstick pan for stovetop cooking
• Stainless-steel interior; hard-anodized aluminum exterior; aluminum core
• Layer of scratch-resistant, professional-grade nonstick bonded to interior
• Stainless-steel, stay-cool handles riveted for strength
• Lifetime warranty against defects

This All Pans give to us some advantages, like this :
1. Great griddle, but the useable area is less than listed.
I really like this griddle and would have given it 5 stars but for a detail.

Pros:
I use this griddle on an electric coil stove, on one large and one small burner. It heats very evenly even with the small burner, is heavy enough not to slide around while cooking, is light enough to move easily (vs. cast iron), and the non-stick surface make cleaning a breeze. It also has a grease gutter on the perimeter that can hold the griddle in place on the burner. The handles are vertical and grip extends slightly inward so it does not bang on the rear of the stove. It doesn't interfere with cooking as I thought it might.

Cons:
However, the grease gutter is about 1 inch all around that subtracts from the cooking surface, making the cooking area more like 11x18 instead of the listed 13x20. The transition from the cooking surface to the gutter is rounded so pancake batter poured near the edge can run into the gutter. It would have been better if the gutter was narrower and the...

2. Raised Bottom Not Compatible with Ceramic Cooktops
This griddle looks great, but I had to send mine back. This is because the bottom is raised about 3/8 inch due to the grease channel that runs around the perimeter, and it is thus not compatible with our ceramic cooktop. I contacted All-Clad, and they confirmed that it will not work on smooth cooktops. It would have been nice for the manufacturer to point this out in their product description, but they do not.

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Will Work On Radiant Smooth Cooktop
This product has been said to not work on a smooth cooktop. I e-mailed All-Clad about it & this was their response:

If your new cooktop is a radiant type the Double Griddle should work just fine. If you have an induction type cooktop it will not perform. The reason is because is has a hard anodized exterior rather than the magnetic exterior required for induction cooktops.

Just wanted to let everyone know that there is a smooth cooktop that this will work on. I am very excited about this!
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