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Great tastes come to those who wait. Calphalon stock pots are ideal for stews, stock, chili and other moist-cooked dishes. Heavy-gauge aluminum is responsive to temperature changes, whether you're slowly simmering or rapidly boiling. Calphalon's stock pots are designed for easy cooking, easy cleanup and maximum performance. Add a stainless insert for your pasta-making pleasure.
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Technical Details
- Original Calphalon hard anodized aluminum for superior conductivity- Perfect surface for searing, browing, deglazing, carmelizing or any other classic technique, a truly versatile cooking surface
- Extremely durable, metal utensil recommended
- "Cool V" handles stay cooler with regular stovetop use.
- Lifetime warranty
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By Christal Anne Bardfield (All over, Army USA)
I was so excited when I saw this on a Goldbox deal that I ordered it without looking at the reviews. When I did read them I went back and tried to cancel the order...but it was too late. So when it got here I knew to test it to see if it leaked from the handle rivets. I thought maybe I got a good one when I first filled it up. There was no leak, YAY! Then I put it on the stove to test how long it would take to boil. After about 10 minutes I came back to check it and sure enough, there was the leaking that people have been complaining about. I think it's sad that such a reputable company is sending off a product to China to have it made and is obviously uniterested in quality control. I had always wanted a great stockpot, so I guess I'll save up and get a Circulon. I have never had an issue with their cookware! I would absolutely steer clear of this one. In all the years I have ordered from Amazon, I have never had to return something. Unfortunately this is going back tomorrow!
I think the good reviews for this pot must come from people who bought it back when it was made in the USA and they had quality control. Not sure if I will ever try this brand again, since thier standards are obviously dropping.
By G. Halligan (FL United States)
We have a large family and I frequently make big pots of soup & I pressure can what we don't consume immediately. Before this one arrived, I had an issue with my existing stockpots not fitting well when I had my pressure canner out. I'd basically have room for 1 stock pot and the canner. THIS 12 qt one has a smaller footprint then my 2 other stock pots (12 & 24 qt) That difference means that I can actually utilize the 3rd burner even with the big pressure canner going. For your average family, this is probably not a big deal but it's a huge deal to me. I'm happy with the quality, too. My handles have not leaked even when the pot is full. I will admit that I have no experience with other calphalon products but this one feels sturdy to me. The price was great. I couldn't have afforded a top dollar pot. The lid of mine did get a scratch thru the metal like others have mentioned but the pot looks great.
By Paul Weiss (Portland, OR USA)
Although I had been made a bit nervous by the user-supplied image of the leaking handles, I bought the pot, and am completely satisfied by it. I got it to use as a stockpot (using a stockpot to make stock - what an idea...) because my 8 quart stockpot is just a bit too small much of the time, and also because it was just the right size to fit a commercial steamer insert I already had. There are a lot of commercial aluminum pots which also fit that insert (and which are less expensive, in fact), but they are all raw aluminum, and I don't like the idea of cooking with wine in uncoated aluminum. The first thing I checked was the water-tightness of the handle rivets; they are just fine.
By the way, the pot is hard-anodized, which is a term with a very specific meaning. The process results in the deposition of an aluminum oxide layer on the raw metallic aluminum, and there is not a great range in the film thickness possible with the process. Aluminum oxide is very hard, and is used in the manufacture of abrasives, for instance. Although I can't claim that those people who report that the coating was scraped through by light contact with other pots are incorrect, I've much more often seen "smears" of stainless steel and aluminum from the other pots being laid over the anodized surface. Metallic aluminum is much softer than steel, but aluminum oxide is harder than normal stainless or mild steel; in fact, it takes pretty tough tool steel to go through it. (It is a brittle material, so you can fracture it and penetrate it in a cooking pot with the tines of a meat fork, for instance; bad idea.)
I have a dozen inherited Ohio-made Calphalon hard-anodized pots and pans, mostly more than 30 years old, and well-used by my mom as her daily cookware before she passed away. Some of them are well past their pretty stages of life, and have suffered huge insults from fork points and collapsing pot racks dumping them on to a range top or her tile floor, but none of them has lost its finish; that stuff is tough. It's also reasonably stable in acidic environment. It's basic, not acidic environments which will louse them up. Don't use bleach solutions, ammonia, or automatic dishwashers or their soap on them. Cooking with wine, vinegar, or tomatoes has been OK, in my experience. Since this stuff is no longer fashionable (the line has been discontinued), the pricing is great on the remaining pieces. There are differences between my old Calphalon stuff and this pot, but it's not clear to me that the Asian-made pot is inferior in sum; for instance, the handles on the new pot are better than the old style, in my opinion.
By Mark Pitts (Provo, UT USA)
I bought this specifically because it was a USA quality product. While it may be still a good pot, the dang thing was made in China. I was sorely disappointed. Never again.
By Fifi (Denver,Co)
Though I have yet to use this stockpot, I did purchase it at a good price and had always wanted this size. I have had and purchased Calphalon for many years and I can say that there is a marked difference in the product from the pans that I bought years ago, so I do wonder about the quality. Hard Anodized if used correctly can be one of the best metals to use in cooking. Read the directions and follow them and you will love this as much as I do. This is my most recent purchase so all my other Calphalon is much older and still in great condition. If this product doesn't hold up in the same fashion I will update this review, but as of now I'm a Calphalon FAN!! Thanks Amazon for the grat prices. PS the best time to buy the Calphalon is on their Friday sale day!
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