Kuhn Rikon 4th Burner Pot with Glass Lid and Steam basket 12 cup

Great product! Love this item it’s a must have very handy especially for boiling eggs

This review is for lye-based soap makers should any of you happen onto this product. I make lye-based, home-made soap. I do not sell it but make it for myself and for gifts, so I do not make huge batches.A finished batch will run around 50 oz. by weight. One of my tray molds has an interior measurement of 13 inches by 9 inches and should be filled with about 3/4 inch depth of mixture (scored for 24 little bars). The other one has an interior measurement of 10 3/4 inches by 10 inches and should be filled with about 1 inch depth of mixture (scored for 12 large bars). I make enough for one of the tray molds at a time, not both, if that was not clear. Sometimes I use one mold and sometimes I use the other.Before you pour the soap mixture into the molds, you beat it using a stick blender. I was looking for a better container in which to beat the mixture. The container needs to be fairly deep since the contents can splatter somewhat, when using the stick blender, and the mixture is caustic at that stage. Tall and fairly narrow is ideal for mixing the soap. The stick blender can really mix in a narrower container. You don't find very many stainless steel containers shaped and sized like this one, and I looked hard to find this.A small stock pot will work, but the handles are hard to hold onto when pouring the finished soap mixture into the tray molds. You are holding on with all your might to the stock pot handle and trying to scrape out the last of the mix into the mold, and holding it gets pretty heavy for one hand, by the time you are done. Obviously you don't want to drop the pot into the mold and splatter caustic soap mixture all over the counter and possibly yourself.This pot will be just perfect, I think. It is 8 inches tall and just under 6 inches in diameter. If that doesn't sound very big, let me tell you, it holds a lot! I have poured water into this pot and weighed it and then poured that same water into each of the two different tray molds that I described above. I can get all I need for a batch by weight into the pot and then pour it into each tray, and there is plenty to fill each tray.The handle on this pot is much easier to hold onto than a stock pot handle is. It even has a non-slip, somewhat cushioned, handle gripper. Pouring the contents into the molds and scraping out the last of it into the molds while holding with one hand should be a lot easier and safer. Also, this pot is stainless steel which is a must since aluminum creates a very bad reaction with the soap mixture. Stainless is pretty necessary for making lye soap.So I know that this is an odd review because I am using the pot for a specialized purpose. But if a home-made lye soap maker reads this, I sure do recommend this pot for capacity for small batches and also for the easy-to-hold handle.I will run an actual batch of soap through it soon and add to this review. Well, I have not used it twice to make lye-based soap, and I absolutely LOVE it for that purpose. The height keeps the caustic mixture from splattering when I mix it with the stick blender. The handle is GREAT to hold onto when I pour the finished mixture into the mold. I am so glad that I bought this.

Perfect for that small back burner that wouldn’t get use otherwise! I’ve made boiled eggs, but mainly we like to brew tea in this thing. Heavy duty and works on induction

This pot can make a very large amount of pasta or other items, but could also be used as a smaller pot. It’s very tall so you need a long spoon for stirring with smaller items, but it fits perfectly on the small burner of our two burner hob. We love the included basket, the clear top and the strainer built into the top. We don’t even use a separate strainer anymore when cooking noodles for Indomie!

I have a small apartment and thus, a small kitchen.I wanted a pot that wouldn't be so wide and big I can easily store it in the pots and pans section under my tiny sink.It turns out I don't even have to, coz I use it frequently it stays on the stove top.How come pots and pan makers don't make them as nice as this one?The pros:Highly Versatile- I've only used it 2 days in a row now to make pasta but since the pot itself is made of thick stainless steel,it can virtually do a LOT-steam (there's a basket included for that,make sauces and gravies,soups,deep fry( spring rolls standing up), boil.I can foresee myself using this to mix my pancake batter.About the only dish probably that can't be cooked in this is saute.This was the first time I cooked pasta noodles without taking out the strainer as the lid comes with strainer holes too!Less things to wash!Easy to cleanUnobtrusive,as it's small but tall so it can fit quite a lot in it actually.There's a measurement guide on the side (in cups).The red silicon handles stay cool for the lid and handle even if the pot itself is really hot.The only not-so-good thing I've noticed is that if you fill it past the 8 cup level and it's comes to a rolling boil, even with the lid on, it overflows from the spout part.Yes, you have to position the lid so that it's not on the strainer portions (the lid has 2-big holes and small holes)My small burners (electric) are still big for the bottom part of this-around an half an inch-so if you're going to use this on a gas stove top, just make sure the fire doesn't grow bigger than the bottom part so the stainless steel stays nice and clean.

Absolutely love this pot. Takes a bit to boil a full pot due to small diameter but it works well for canning a single jar or steaming vegetables. It’s my new favorite kitchen tool. Fits nicely on the stove when other burners are full of giant pans.