Amazon.com ReviewFrench manufacturer Sitram produces commercial-grade, stainless-steel cookware for restaurant, hotel, and institutional kitchens worldwide--serious home cooks also use this cookware to their advantage. Designed to withstand rough treatment, its bright, shiny appearance lasts indefinitely. It is stain- and corrosion-resistant, and with no inside rivets to clean around, it scrubs up hygienically and painlessly. This is cookware for cooks who value heavy, bang-around durability over fancy design.
Tall and narrow to minimize evaporation, this stockpot is big enough to simmer about 4 gallons of stock, soup, stew, or pasta sauce. It's also roomy enough to deep-fry a good-size turkey or poach two or three chickens. Use it when canning large amounts of fruit or vegetables. --Fred Brack
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Most of my cookware is from the All-Clad stainless steel line, as I require pots that are made of magnetic steel in order to work with my induction cooktop. I also like the workmanship of the All-Clad pots. I bought this Sitram stockpot after returning a similar pot by All-clad, having found, contrary to stipulation, that it was not induction capable.
The Sitram pots are sturdy, durable, and perform as represented. They are not as perfectly finished as the pricey All-Clads, but this need not concern you unless you are a well-heeled perfectionist. While the Sitram pots have a thick steel-aluminum-steel sandwich in their base, the aluminum does not extend up the sides. The All-Clads claim to have an aluminum core throughout the pot, ... Read More
Best stockpot ever
I ordered this stockpot about a year ago and absolutely LOVE it! We've retired two old stockpots and use this one all the time. Sauce doesn't stick, the pot heats evenly, and it's easy to clean. It's not too big for a home kitchen, but it's sizable enough to end up with 10 quarts (after cooking all day). The heavy bottom distributes the heat, nothing scorches, and we can let sauce or stock simmer all day without worrying at all about sticking.
professionally speaking...
This is a steal! We use Sitram at the cafe' AND all of our catering kitchens...wish that the handles were revited but I've never seen any seperate in the last 25 years sooo...I'm ordering 6 of these before the word gets out!
