About

Made in France since 1830. Mauviel is the leading cookware manufacturer for professional and household chefs throughout the world.

High performance 2.5mm. Copper heats much faster, cools much faster than any other metal and offers superior cooking control.

100% Copper body-bonded to a thin layer of stainless steel. Copper offers superior heat conductivity; stainless steel interior is hard wearing, non-reactive, ideal for all types of cooking activities.

HANDLES STAY COOL Cast stainless steel handles stay cool. M'Heritage 250C2 handles are substantial for added balance. They have an iron electroplated finish which makes them beautiful and functional

Can be used on all cooking surfaces. Gas, electric, halogen stovetops, and in the oven. It can also be used on induction stovetops with Mauviel induction stove top interface disc (sold separately)

Mauviel, a French family business established in 1830 and located in the Normandy town of Villedieu-les-Poeles, is the foremost manufacturer of professional copper cookware in the world today. Highly regarded in the professional world, with over 170-Year of experience, Mauviel offers several different lines of copper cookware to professional chefs and home cooks that appreciate the benefits of their high-quality products. Professional cooks can attest that copper cookware is an essential part of every cookware collection as it is 2X more conductive than aluminum and 10X more conductive than stainless steel. This advantage makes copper the very best material for cooking, as it is unsurpassed in its ability to heat up evenly and rapidly and to cool down quickly, allowing for maximum control and great cooking results. Mauviel M'Heritage M250C Copper cookware combines two efficient materials that are perfect for cooking and table presentation. The 100% Copper body is 2.5mm thick and is bonded to a very thin stainless interior. Copper offers superior heat conductivity. Stainless Steel interior is hard wearing, non-reactive and ideal for all types of cooking activities, it is easy to clean and very durable. M250C is safe to use in the oven and on top of the stove with gas, electric or halogen heating elements. the Mauviel M'Heritage M250C Collection has straight sides and substantial, stay cool cast stainless steel handles that have an iron electroplated finish. The handles are firmly riveted to the body with stainless steel rivets. The handles are traditional, and offer excellent balance. Made in France..

  • Type: Saucepan
  • Color: Copper; silver
  • Weight: 2 lb 3 oz
  • Made In: France
  • Warranty: Limited lifetime
  • Dimensions: 6-1/4" diameter; 12-1/4" with handle; 3-1/4" high (4-1/2" with lid)
  • Composition: copper, stainless steel
  • Manufacturer: Mauviel
  • Other versions: various sizes, handle materials, etc.
  • Product number: 6560.15

Ambitions

Apparent goal: kids gift/registry home kitchens restaurants everywhere
Intended audience: novice advanced beginner good home cook gourmet professional
Diet/nutrition: does not apply scary empty promises helpful essential
Green?: not especially neutral mixed blessing earth friendly green!
Innovative: step back standing still progress trendy genius
Problem solving: no better baby steps solid steps giant steps a revelation
Competition: outclassed follower in the pack strong challenger likely champ

Utility/Quality

Ease of use: impossible frustrating OK simple child's play
Intuitive: Ph.D. required barely logical effortless brilliant
Instructions: missing incomprehensible adequate unnecessary excellent
Quality: cheesy questionable good years of service impressive
Parts to lose: inevitable some/many one-piece self-storing not a problem
Power source: none hands batteries outlet stovetop/oven
Clean-up: nightmare wipe clean soap & water scouring pad dishwasher
Does it work?: not at all adequately well very well perfectly
Availability: airfare required online kitchen store department store supermarket

Packaging

Easy to open?: impossible maddening tolerable good opens itself
Green?: fills a landfill huge waste passable minimal waste impressive

Economy

Time saving: time wasting not really modest substantial huge
Labor saving: less efficient marginal a bit noticeable remarkable
Money saving: money wasted none $ $$ $$$
Beats the old way: worse no change better definitely entirely new
Where will it live?: garage/attic drawer cabinet countertop on display

Summary

Fulfills ambitions: falls short almost there satisfies exceeds home run
How often used: once/twice ≥daily ≥weekly ≥monthly ≥yearly/holidays
Worth the space?: no does not apply w/unlimited space w/limited space absolutely
Need it?: a luxury discretionary basic equipment for serious cooks get it
Value: ouch! pricey worth splurging on the money a deal
Overall rating: skip it fair good very good excellent

Comments: Can you put a price on beauty? Of course – we often must. But there are also times when almost everyone splurges (and not always on practical things). This pan, and its sibling cookware, requires a serious splurge but it is inherently practical if you really cook.

In a world of great pans, there is no better conductor than copper, and – even with beauty being in the eye of the beholder – there is arguably no cookware that looks better than copper.

There are lots of pans on the market that include a disk of copper sandwiched among other metals in the bottom – often showing through to give the impression that "you're really cooking with copper here," whether or not you receive any practical cooking benefit from the modest copper disk (the jury is still out at Ochef). But Mauviel's M'heritage line is 90% copper lined with 10% stainless steel, so in addition to the beauty, you're getting the great responsiveness to heat for which copper is famous.

Except for sugar pots, copper is never unlined. It used to be lined with tin, which required occasional relining. Switching to a stainless steel lining did away with a certain level of maintenance. But don't kid yourself – there is still maintenance involved. With exposure to heat, water, even air, copper will dull and develop a patina. If you want to keep the surfaces bright and shiny, not only must you wash the pans by hand (always wash them by hand), but you have to polish them regularly with Copperbrill cleaner or another copper polish, which also is not inexpensive and requires some effort.

In our tests, the pan performed brilliantly. The cast stainless steel handle is a little short and angles up fairly high, so it is close enough to the heat source that you need to take care every time you reach for the handle. The lid is nice and gorgeous, but with a pan this small, how often do you need a lid? A lid may be more practical for the larger pans. You must use an interface disk if you want to use this or any non-magnetic pan on an induction cooktop.

We are a little conflicted. We're sure people buy this cookware just to show off and seldom or never cook with it, which is great for the manufacturer and retailers, but, from our perspective, such a waste, because these pans are at the apex of cookware. There are probably also people who buy it but are frustrated with the work of keeping it shiny. Are there people who make the initial investment, use the pan as God intended, and are either happy to put in the effort to keep it shiny-new or are happy to let it "weather" to a still-beautiful, but not-so-shiny patina? Those are the people we think should be steered towards these exceptional pans. (We're in the weather-but-still-beautiful category, in case you were thinking of giving us a gift).