I never use this pot. The pasta insert sits far too high inside the pot. Thus I have to use several quarts more water than is necessary. Not crazy about having twice as much scalding water than required sitting around. The quality of the pot is good; just extremely poor design.

This pot is just huge! It is perfect for boiling up corn on the cob to freeze for winter. You can get about 20 ears in this pot! It is worth the money if you cook up big batches of things. I would recommend it.

For $30 you can't beat the value. I had to give the item a 3 because of the design, when boiling pasta with the insert in place water boils over and gets everywhere, even with the heat turned down enough to maintain a slight boil water comes out in copious amounts. Both the pan and insert are of superior quality and a similar set would be in excess of $100 anywhere else.

I was disappointed in this multi-pot set. I bought it primarily for cooking pasta, but because the strainer/colander doesn't fit far enough down into the pot, you have to fill the pot to almost full to cover the noodles, much more water than you would ordinarily use, and therefore it takes longer to heat, once it did start boiling, the water spit out from under the colander and worst of all, I wanted to wash the pot right after cooking but I had a hard time carrying the 3 gallons of very hot water to the sink.
I don't have a big steamer and I think this pot might serve well for a crab boil or something like that. And it's very pretty. But disappointing for pasta.

I gave it 5 stars because of the price I paid for it - at $29.99 it's definitely a 5 star pot... So catch it on sale, if you can...

I like that the pasta insert can double as a LARGE steamer - there is room below it for enough water to do the job. I can even envision a stovetop clambake - though I have no access to fresh seafood, I'm ready, just in case!

It will definitely get a work out during the upcoming tomato and peach season, not to mention boiling and straining the venison bones this fall.

All in all, I'm very pleased!

;0))

PK