For the 8 qt. pot, has anyone tried to boil pasta in it? It doesn't seem tall enough for that. Or is it just the picture?
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It's low but it worked good enough for years til we got the 12qt. It's hight is 4.75 inches at best. Maybe 4.5. Good luck.
1540008
It's okay, but if you do a lot of pasta, look for a taller pot. Other notes: this is our go to pot for pasta sauce and soup, you can saute and then add the other ingredients saving a lot of time and pot washing.
1540009
I use it frequently to boil pasta and it works perfectly fine. But, you are seeing it correctly; it's not tall and slim like a traditional pasta pot if that's what you're specifically looking for. However, it's an excellent all around pot. Great to make a big batch of sauce and meatballs for your pasta : )
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No, but it goes pretty far down. This is not a big pot, however. You can cook a pound of pasta, but it's a little bit crowded. Still, I like this product because you get the All-Clad premium quality. I'm happy I bought it and use it a lot.
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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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I saw this AC 2 qt pot at the BB&B...; it's weirdly shaped, very tall and does not have a wide base. I personally don't like the shape of it, but the 3 qt is too large and they don't offer a 2.5 qt.
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Yes, that is what I use it for, and I am satisfied given the price. However, the legs keep the strainer well above the bottom of the pot, so your pasta pot should be deep. Also, your pot lid will not fit tightly on the pot, which was not a problem for me.
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I think its a 5 qt pot. Good size, apx 14x6. Good for boiling pasta. Its pretty heavy, we like it a lot!
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Sharon, I'd probably take the cooker to a few local thrift stores (lol) to see what I could find. They always seem to have an abundance of pot lids in various sizes - but no pots to match. If that doesn't work, just go to the Fagor website and see what they have to offer. Wow, you got a 10 QT model! I'm coming over for dinner!
710747
I believe that it was designed for pasta. Well, that is what I use it for. I actually use this pot for a lot of things, anything that needs to be strained or steamed. Hope this is helpful.
748186
It's a very powerful burner. Sounds like a jet engine when opened up all the way. I boiled 4 gallons of water for pasta in about 3 minutes. A large diameter pot is necessary to capture as much of the heat from the burner as possible.
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Dear Carolyn,The pot is round. I don't have it in this house to confirm how its height was measured, but I assumed that the lid was not included. I was not disappointed or surprised when I received the pot, so I really think that is the way it was. Makes sense: you want to have a sense of the size of a apiece of meat that will fit in (for example).Susan Straley
315533
Yes, I can boil a box of pasta in there. I feel like it's plenty of water to adequately boil pasta. We are a family of 4 and we use this pot for everything. I have one for sauce and one for pasta.
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This pot works great, although it does take up two burners on our stove. Very easy to drain water - there is a little spout on one side of the rim. You cannot screw the lid on. I just take the lid off when I'm draining water, and pour the pasta into a colander. Would be difficult to try and hold the lid on while draining, as the pot is large and a little heavy. Hope this helps!
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From one Grandma to another.. I never even considered cooking pasta in my medium Steamer - with or without the basket. I would worry it would burn and/or melt from sooo long with high heat. I hate the rack. Removing the hot rack always burns my fingers, and gloves would be too bulky to get a good grip on the steamer.I use a 2 qt (mebbe is's only one quart) pyrex glass measuring cup in my microwave to boil water. If you do try it for cooking pasta, pls share your results with me. Good luck!!'
735327
I bought this with a 35qt pot, but have a smaller 8qt pot too. It has trouble bringing the 35qt pot to a full boil if it is full, so it hasnt been great with qt jars. I have used it with pint jars and the 35qt pot and that seems to work well(shorter jars require less overall liquid). When using it with my 8qt pot it works fine for canning, but it is to short a pot for qt jars.
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I'm not sure. The 6 quart had high and low, I cooked on low. Although I switched to high for an hour or so. My pot was filled to the top with broth and veggies as well and I was home to watch it since it was my first recipe in this. I followed a recipe from allrecipes.com. Sorry I can't be of more help. Good luck.
2256228
Must add boiling water, but drains and easier to clean than pot that has been cooked in. And frees burner since resting pasta can be set aside. Less kitchen drama.
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This was my question too, as I was looking for an insert/colander that would fit the stock-pot I have. Why buy another complete set if this strainer/steamer basket would serve the same purpose? I've found that this works just fine for cooking pasta and then draining it. You just need to use a potholder to grab the handle. I was tired of pouring cooked pasta into a separate colander placed inside the sink. I haven't tried using it to cook extremely thin spaghetti, but I prefer thicker pastas, especially bucatini.