By Practical Gourmet
I lately purchased this 12qt stockpot with a pasta insert and cover, and I couldn’t be more pleased. The pot is beautifully made, with very confortable handles (another reviewer brought up the finger grips — a nice touch) and the lid fits perfectly.
I employed it for the introductory time to cook 2 chickens and make stock. Both chickens fit without apparent effort in the pot, yet permitted sufficient space for adequate water. It was very easy to fetch the pot to a boil and then reduce to a very slow simmer, just a bubble or two breaking the surface. I employed the simmer burner on my gas stove, and for the introductory time was competent to maintain a simmer with the lid tightly on. With my old stockpot (large sufficient for only one chicken) even with the simmer burner at the lowest setting I could not maintain a simmer with the lid tightly on the pot.
The pasta insert made it a breeze to remove the chickens when they were cooked, and reduce the stock while I picked the meat off the bones and returned the bones to the pot in the insert to cook longer, more to a complete degree flavoring the broth. Removing the insert got rid of the bones and other parts, making straining the stock a simple one-step process. This same procedure with the pasta insert will make blanching vegetables from the garden MUCH more comfortable and faster, and I’m looking forward to freezing the veggies from next summer’s garden.
The pot is weighty and solid, yet With a full pot of water I may still lift and carry it, which I could never manage with an All-Clad 12qt stockpot.
I like this pot so much I just today ordered the Chef’s Classic 7 piece set with bonus 2 1/2 qt sautee pan. I may hardly wait to have a lobster feed and sacrifice a great deal of of Maine’s finest lobsters in this pot, served with sides cooked up in pots from my new set. I highly reccomend this stockpot and this cookware line.
38 of 38 persons found the following review helpful.
The Pot to Boil the Chicken..
By MuseGlance
No I don’t need the big various gallon type pot that I use to use when my family was at home, but this is just the right size to fit and boil corn, asparagus, and the chicken for soup or stew.
The handles are very comfortable and they in truth DON’T get hot. It, along with my other very little Cuisinart Chef pot are the only items I may ever recall that got a comment from my husband saying.. Whatever you paid for this it was worth it.
And he doesn’t cook.. just puts the feed away.
Cleans up well and I don’t have to worry when it comes to scratching numerous coating or other.
I like it. It is very functional and nice looking..can’t beat that.
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful.
Most gorgeous piece of cookware I have
By A
You have to see this to comprehend how gorgeous it is. It is a mirrored finish and you may genuinely see yourself in it on your stove. It just shines. The pot itself is very heavy responsibility and thicker than most. The lid is made of the same construction. Cuisnart is engraved on each handle and underneath the handles are impressions of fingergrips. It is very natural sentiment to grip the pot. My favored feature is the finger grips under the handle. That was a nice surprise. Also, it sets nicely on the stove. I have had a good deal of that didn’t set perfective and would wobble. This is a very nice crafted stock pot. This has two and a half times the room that I am employed to having. Boiling 10 lbs of potatoes for mashed potatoes will be a breeze.
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