Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101580 in Kitchen & Housewares
• Brand: Anolon
• Model: 50366
• Dimensions: 10.00" h x 11.00" w x 12.00" l,

Features

• Generous 16-quart stockpot; ideal for preparing stock and food in large quantities
• Stainless steel body; fully encapsulated aluminum core for excellent conductivity
• Riveted, 18/10 stainless steel loop handles provide a sturdy hold
• Tight-fitting lid with additional loop handle locks in moisture and flavor
• Oven-safe up to 500 degrees F; lifetime limited warranty

Customer Reviews

Great price for a professional quality pot
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.

Great pot-Great bargain!!
I was a little skeptical when I ordered this pot. The price was so great in comparison with the All Clad price tags I've encountered over the last few years, as I have collected new cookware. I was very pleasantly surprised. It is a nicely balanced, heavy, well made pot; one I would put up against any of my All Clad pieces. I purchased it as my "pasta sauce pot", since that is one of the family's favorites, and "even" cooking of the sauce in such a large pot is very important. It passed the test! As I said "Great Pot-Great Bargain". Highly recommend it.

Good, solid pot
I scanned the internet to make sure I was getting a good price at $32, and am very pleased with the quality of this pot. Sturdy,heavy; does not appear thin to me (I'm not an expert chef, hence the 4 stars, to acknowledge "professional ware" may be "better"). I wanted a large pot after exhausting every available little pot I had during our last family gathering, boiling potatoes, etc. I used this pot immediately to cook a large batch of corn on the cob for a backyard barbque - perfect size! Nice stainless steel; easy to clean. Great deal!
If you ever cook for more than 4 or 5 people, you will get your use out of this size pot!