Product Description

The kitchens of France were the inspiration behind the elegant Cuisinart® Chef's Classic™ Stainless Cookware Collection. Chef's Classic™ features 18/10 stainless steel and pure aluminum encapsulated in the base for fast and even heating. We guarantee it with a limited lifetime warranty.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6137 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Size: 8-QUART
• Brand: Cuisinart
• Model: 766-24
• Released on: 2003-03-01
• Dimensions: 7.90" h x 10.50" w x 12.90" l, 4.98 pounds

Features

• Stainless-steel exteriors surround an aluminum core, delivering even heat distribution
• Pot's tapered edges provide drip-free pouring
• Stainless-steel handles stay cool on the stovetop
• Oven-safe to 550 degrees F
• Lifetime warranty against defects

Amazon.com Review
This Cuisinart 8-quart stockpot features a classic mirrored finish, meaning your rigatoni sauce or hearty beef stew will not only taste great, but will look swanky on the stove. And who wouldn't want cookware that looks (and cooks) this good? This stockpot is ideal for everything from making large-batch soups to boiling corn on the cob to simmering stock.

Chef's Choice Classic cookware is triple ply, with two layers of 18/10 stainless steel surrounding an aluminum inner core. The resulting even heat distribution cooks your sauces and soups thoroughly--there are no "hot spots" or other flaws. In addition, the stockpot's stainless-steel handles stay cool on the stovetop, while the pot's tapered edges deliver drip-free pouring. To prevent flavor from leaking out the top, Chef's Choice Classic cookware features tight-fitting lids, which seal moisture and nutrients while cooking. The flavorful results speak for themselves. The stockpot is oven-safe to 550 degrees F and comes with a lifetime warranty. --Rivers Janssen

Customer Reviews

Well crafted and beautiful
I recently 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 noted the finger grips -- a nice touch) and the lid fits perfectly.

I used it for the first time to cook 2 chickens and make stock. Both chickens fit easily in the pot, yet allowed enough space for adequate water. It was very easy to bring the pot to a boil and then reduce to a very slow simmer, just a bubble or two breaking the surface. I used the simmer burner on my gas stove, and for the first time was able to maintain a simmer with the lid tightly on. With my old stockpot (large enough 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 fully flavoring the broth. Removing the insert removed the bones and other parts, making straining the stock a simple one-step process. This same process with the pasta insert will make blanching vegetables from the garden MUCH easier 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 can 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 can hardly wait to have a lobster feed and sacrifice some 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.

Most beautiful piece of cookware I have
You have to see this to understand how beautiful it is. It is a mirrored finish and you can truly see yourself in it on your stove. It just shines. The pot itself is very heavy duty 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 feeling to grip the pot. My favorite feature is the finger grips under the handle. That was a nice surprise. Also, it sets nicely on the stove. I have had some that didn't set perfect and would wobble. This is a very nice crafted stock pot. This has two and a half times the room that I am used to having. Boiling 10 lbs of potatoes for mashed potatoes will be a breeze.

A superior pot for a fraction of the price of the competion.
You can spend easily $200.00 and more for a pot this size, but why do that if you can buy this Cuisinart for less than one fifth of that. It has the same 18/10 stainless, the same bolted handles, the same tight fitting covers, but not the same price. The encapsulated aluminum disc bottom does the trick. Heat rises from the bottom of the pan to the top which means this type of pan will heat up just as fast and just as well as the competitors $200.00 pan will and at a fraction of the price. The Cuisinart was top rated in the leading consumer magazine just a short time ago and they take no ads and answer to no one.
If you have money to waste, spend $200.00 or more on the leading competition's pot, but if you's rather not blow the extra $150.00 then buy the Cuisinart.