Has anyone cooked stock in this pot that has salt and vinegar in it for 12 hours or longer? Does it pit from the salt?
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Yes, I have, and I've had no problems with pitting. I love this stockpot! The only possible con I would have is that it's heavy - but, that's also a plus for me. I dislike thin, tinny pans.
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Purchased an additional Large stock pot from Macy's. Cooked corned beef and cabbage and it left a strong cabbage odor. Tried the hot water and detergent soaks; boiled detergent and water; placed baking soda in the dry pot while storing to no avail. Called Cuisinart customer service a couple of times hoping for some kind of new idea other than returning the pot at my expense. Ending up returning the pot to the store I purchased it from without a problem. Lesson learned be careful what you cook because food odors linger. Hindsight should have returned the set to Amazon.
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To me it gets hot very easily. If I cooked something more than 5 mins, I will get burned with handles without potholders. It's disappointing for me. I stewed something for 1/4 the volume on gas stove for about 15 minutes and it already got too hot to hold.
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Never happened to me. Only problem was heavy weight which I knew before buying. Never ever even came close to burning. I did find out that it took almost no power to keep the pot on a very low simmer/boil. It was #2 on my stove that goes from #1-#9. I turn on high to brown/sautee steak pieces and onion. I then turn on 6 to bring up to boil and then way way down to #1 or usually #2 to cook for 4-5 hours ( dried beans ). Hope this helps
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We are pretty sure that the vent hole in the top of the lid is there for specific reasons. We have had ( no ) problems with the vent hole. In fact my wife following the recipy book made meatballs and spaghetty with water , noodles, spaghetty sauce and meatballs. She set the pot on oven @ 300 degrees F for 25 min, stirring occationally. It came out absolutely perfect to my surprise, because I was wondering what was going to happen with any extra water. There was no need to drain the noodles. We were amazed at the results.
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if you put this in the oven everything will get hot. On the stove top the handles on the side don't but the lid sometimes.This was my second time buying this pot.This was a gift for my oldest. I call it my grit pot. I am a 52 year old southern who cooks very good grits all the time and you my know this can be a hard thing to clean up. not with this pot.the top gets hot if you are cooking for a long time hour or more.
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Great to know it makes a good stock pot also. Have been researching and comparing stainless steel stock pots to meet my needs. This may do. What might be extra nice is not having to leave the lid slightly open while simmering - with this I hope to keep the lid secure, but steam can escape. Will review it after a few weeks. Thanks so much for the prompt response to my question. It was very helpful.
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Yes I did .... I purchased the Scanpan 6.5 stockpot a number of years ago. (This was shortly after I purchased a number of other Swiss Diamond cook pots ... I'll get back to that point before I finish.) The Sanpan stock I referred too showed sign of the interior finish peeling off after only several months use. That pot NEVER was washed in dishwasher, it was hand washed from day one. So yes I did call Scanpan customer service, (that was when they had a toll free number and you could speak to some one who spoke English fluently. FORGET Snapan! It is now made in a "third world country" !! FORGET the "Lifetime Guarantee" !!
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Hi Robin, this particular pot is great. At times when It's just two us. I use this pot to cook pasta, using just 8 oz. of pasta. Fill pot just over half, add some salt, bring to a rolling boil, add pasta, I cook the pasta just about 7 1/2 mins. Drain pasta into a colander,Sprinkle with Parmesan-Reggiano, Add A Ladle of sauce to the pasta and serve. This pot works great for pasta, it also works terrific to, again, for making homemade sauces. We love it. Let me know what you think, Ok?
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If you boil any tender vegetable for long periods it will fall apart I would just add it to the end for a few minutes. It will cook just fine. Great idea by the way I will try it. I sauté it and add garlic and chopped clams tastes really nice.
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I've never done that, but I don't see why not. I boil a mix of vinegar and water for cleaning in much of my cookware - stainless and non-stick. It makes for easy clean up with no lingering odor or flavor.
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If you get calcium deposits, I've found it best to use the pot to heat up a vinegar/water mix. It gets rid of the deposits and is probably much less toxic than using actual soaps/cleansers on the inside of the pot.
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You can start with cleaning it under plain water. I have never cleaned it using vinegar so I am not sure what that'll do. Based on my experience these don't last more than two years at most and usually one year or so. I did have some functionality restored after increasing the amount of salt but not for very long. Good luck!
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My problem was similar to yours - burnt pasta sauce. I soaked the inside of the pot with hot water and the new Dawn Ultra. The next morning the bottom scrubbed clean but left a dark stain. The stain was completely removed using the Dormond product. Cheers.
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I have had no problems with this. I have used the sauté several times and the pressure cooker and slow cooker settings. Have not burned anything. Perhaps not enough water was used?
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I heated a 12" diameter pot of soup (8 qt pot of soup) and had no problem with it. It was boiling much, much more rapidly than a standard electric burner.
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I wouldn't know for certain - sounds like it could be oxidation. You could ask for a different pot. I use mine every week, but it had no marks brand new. It has a few pencil-point sized black dots now but it has had burned food when I did not watch it closely and had the heat too high or was cooking something too long by multi-tasking. The dots don't worry me, but if your pan came to you in that condition, I'd ask for a new one. Contact amazon. They can tell you how to send it back and get a new one. They have return labels you can print out. Whenever I have called them with a problem, they promptly call me and I have resolved every one of the few problems I have had. I hope I was helpful.