Sauté Pans
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Sauté pans are wide pans with tall, straight sides and a lid, built for the one-pan dinners a skillet cannot quite hold. Our collection includes Hestan ProBond Luxe and NanoBond, Le Creuset stainless and nonstick, and Made In Stainless Clad.
The straight sides are the difference. A sauté pan holds more liquid than a fry pan of the same diameter, so you can sear chicken thighs, add wine and stock, cover and braise, all in one pan. It contains splatter when you shallow-fry, keeps greens from spilling over as they wilt, and holds a full batch of pasta sauce with room to toss the noodles.
How to choose: 3 to 3.5 qt. is the everyday size for two to four people. A 5 qt. sauté or "essential" pan handles family-size braises and doubles as a shallow Dutch oven. Stainless versions brown best and go in the oven; nonstick ceramic versions make cleanup easier for weeknight cooking. Pans with a helper handle opposite the long handle are much easier to lift when full.
If you want sloped sides for flipping and tossing, browse our fry pans and skillets. For longer, slower braises, see Dutch ovens and braisers.
Every sauté pan here was chosen by our Greenville team for even heating and a lid that fits. Pick yours up at our Buncombe Street shop.
Sauté Pans FAQs
A sauté pan has tall, straight sides and usually a lid; a skillet has lower, sloped sides. The sauté pan holds more liquid and is better for braising and shallow frying.
A 3 to 3.5 qt. pan suits two to four people. Choose 5 qt. for family meals and batch cooking.
Stainless steel sauté pans are oven-safe to high temperatures, and many glass lids are oven-safe to around 400°F to 425°F. Check each product page.
