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(More customer reviews)A very well built 16 qt stock pot. Solid cast stainless steel handles. Thick clad aluminium pad extend to the edge of the bottom for proper heat distribution. Body material is thick, not as thick as some of the $300 stock pots, but sturdy enough for any use. Top lip of pot has rolled edge making it stiffer to resist distortion from heavy use. The thick lid is well made to withstand heavy use. I gave it the twist test with my hands, but did not budge it a bit. It is nothing like a good pot with a distorted flimsy lid that would not fit properly. The best of all is the price, for $48, plus free shipping, and the promotional discount, it cost me $39 dollars. Didn't bring out my sheet stock micrometer to measure it against my All Clad 12 qt stock pot, but for that price I doubted I can find better.
It is made in China and by the quality of hollow cast stainless steel handles, the squareness of the lid and pot forming, the exterior polishing work, and the large rivets installation I woud think that it is made by one of China's heavy industrial manufacturing factory, the quailty comparable to any famous brand costing many times more.
10/17/05 An update after I have the chance to use this stockpot. Getting to love this stockpot more each time I use it in a different way. I compared this stockpot with my All Clad Copper Core 8 quart stockpot in my slow cooking needs, and this pot won hands down. The one thing that I notice was when using low heat the water boiled with bubbles randomly on the whole bottom surface, while I can see a distinct ring of bubbles from the All Clad Copper Core bottom above the gas range. After placing the meat in I turned down the heat to a point that I did not see any steam coming out of the lid, but the content was still boiling inside. The soup level hardly went down any after 12 hours of simmering. Stewed 12 pounds of beef tendon in this pot with same excellent result, although I check it regularly at the beginning I did not find anything sticking to the bottom and didn't bother to disturb the stew for the rest of the 4 hours. I did not have the same luxury for my more expensive pot.
Dug up my material thickness gage and check the material, the heavy lid material is 1 mm thick and is the same as the All Clad, but heavier with the large cast stainless steel handle. The single layer stockpot body is 0.8 mm and the 5 layered All Clad Copper Core is 2 mm. The lid is a bit loose and I can slide it laterally about 3 mm, while the All Clad lid fit tight with no movement. My only disappointment is that I cannot use either of these pots on the induction range.
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Every cook has a day when they need an oversized pot. Though you may not use it everyday, you'll be surprised how often you do use it. Whether you're celebrating crab season, cooking pasta for a crowd or making homemade stock from your Thanksgiving turkey, you'll appreciate the large capacity of this stockpot. The pot is made of stainless steel, a metal that will not react with food, and features a bottom layer of aluminum for even heating plus a stainless steel protector so that the base won't leave marks on your ceramic sink or countertop.
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