Can this hot pot be used for cooking macaroni and soups?
1999432
Yes, it does a great job from boiling water to hard-boiled eggs to soups & making noodles. Alton Brown (from "Good Eats" TV show) uses this same unit for all of the above on his cooking show. I am so very happy with mine that I bought one for each of my sisters & my mother. Now that we all have one, we wonder what we did previously without one. You will be delighted.
1999433
No.This kettle is only for boiling water.You can use the water to make whatever you want in a different container.
1999434
To reheat, yes. To cook, no. After it reaches a certain temperature, it turns off.
1999435
No. You cannot get the bottom (underneath) wet and it would be difficult to clean. Heat water ONLY.
1999436
I would say yes to Soups, but I can't imagine using it for Macaroni. Even with soups you would want to be sure to wash it thoroughly so no grease was left on the sides to change the flavor of future water usage.I love this Hot Pot but only use it for boiling water.
1999437
I use mine just for heating water. Anything else would leave a residue or grease. To clean the calcium build up just use vinegar. Why would you want to cook macaroni in it? Pasta needs a LOT of water to cook. I do like this pot because of the large opening so that its easy to clean.
1999438
I had one of these for several years. I actually chose this one because of the wide mouth and reports that it could be cooked in. Officially, the answer is yes. However, my needs were mostly for boiling water and I found it wasn't so easy to clean after using for other purposes. Not so much in the beginning, but we lived in a hard water area and over time once the calcium build up began, it became hard to get the stains out. It probably didn't hurt anything, but I think that while it's possible, it is less than ideal for foods. I left this behind with another family member when I moved and bought a different model and I can say that I wish I had this one back! Whichever one you decide on, make sure it goes off automatically once it boils. The one I have now doesn't do that and I've come back to a pot with all the water boiled away and the whole unit so hot - I'm surprised it still even works.
1999439
We have used ours for boiling eggs, but have not tried macaroni or soups. I don't see why not, but clean-up afterwards would be a concern. The lid opens quite wide, but does not get to a 90 degree angle to the kettle, so you can't scrub it like you would a regular pot and it cannot be immersed because of the built-in heating element. Once you get "particulate matter" out of the pot, you can always boil a little vinegar in it to further clean it. I recommend using it to heat the water for your pastas and soups, then use standard equipment at the stove.
712727
In the past, I have used it for macaroni and cheese, and pasta. I am pretty sure you can use for other stuff like chicken and stew.
1469788
It's primarily for soups and stews. It could be used for sautéing, as in sautéing ingredients for the soup/stew, but isn't supposed to be used at more than medium heat.
1308511
Oh yes, it is! this pot is very nice for soup, stew, chili, etc...hope i've helped and you buy one.
1056338
The pot is fine for slow cooking or keeping food warm. It can't be used for pre - searing meat, for example, which I believe is possible in some fancier slow cookers. Perhaps that is the source of your confusion.
1439377
I don't think that I would try it for hot soup. It is fairly small. I used it for carrots/celery/ranch dressing. I don't know how it would handle the temperature of soup.
1885464
I have never used this for hot soup so I do not know. but I guess 8 hot soup of American size can not fit this bowl.
1691330
This pot is great for boiling lasagna noodles. It can handle anything you want to put in it. It's a "10"!
2034303
Yes you can. I have cooked soup and hot dogs in mine. It is very versatile, and I use mine every day.
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.
1774530
yes! my daughter uses it for soup sometimes, it stays hot to warm for 4-5 hours
760248
i would say yes. we use it daily to heat the vegetable soup that my wife makes for the dogs and it boils l 8-qt stockpost sized pot in about 25 minutes
1691331
I generally use it for soup stock, but I'm sure it would be great for boiling lasagna noodles. It's very versatile
2101968
I have used it primarily to keep food warm. I have cooked a few soups in it that only took a few hours. The individual pots have a gap to let you put the lids on and have a serving utensils in the unit so using it to cook lets a lot of steam out.
847509
It would work to make a double-boiler with a glass bowl, but it is taller and narrower than the pot I use for that purpose. I use a dutch oven and a large stainless steel bowl to melt chocolate. If you've got a medium glass bowl, it will be fine. I use this pot to heat up soup, milk for cocoa, cream when I am making caramel candies, etc.
1161314
You definitely can. It is a stainless steel so it should not be a problem. However, make sure you set it on a medium flame because the handles can sometimes go bad with continuous exposure to high heat. But the body of the cooker itself is of a very good quality steel and can be used as pan for sautéing, as pressure cooker and of course for deep frying too.
1089334
yes but you need to pot the top and not leave it in for too long, this get very hot very quickly. However found it best to put soup in the aluminum tray to heat and it will take about 30 minutes at most to heat.