First let me say that I love cooking with stainless steel pans, but I also love cast iron. I have a Misen enameled cast iron Dutch Oven that has served me well. However, at 72 years old with arthritic hands, sadly, it has become too heavy for me to maneuver. When I discovered Misen came out with this new stainless Dutch Oven, I wanted it. The overall reviews seemed to be very good. So then when I learned it was 25% off, I decided it was time to give it a try. Having used stainless for sometime, I was familiar with how to preheat the pan using the Leidenfrost effect. So I cooked a pot roast in it and seared it. It browned beautifully and the pan naturally released it when it was ready to flip due to the steam layer created by the hot pan and oil as is expected when preheated correctly. Absolutely no sticking. I also cooked bacon in it, this time starting with a cold pan and cooking the bacon on low medium heat. The bacon turned out awesome. I use to cook it in the oven, but I hated when my oven would get splattered with bacon grease. Cooking bacon in this pan on lower heat, contained the splatter ( I did also use a splatter screen). In both cases, I then placed the pan in my dishwasher with some skepticism. Much to my surprise and pleasure, the pan came out immaculate. So I believe, this pan will now be my overall workhorse pan for multi uses. Buy this pan, you won’t regret it.