is this pot well suited to cooking linguine or spaghetti for 2 people?
1657602
Yes, this pot is well suited to cooking linguine or spaghetti for 2 or 3 people.
1657603
I cook pasta for me and my son, with some leftovers. I think it would be okay with smaller amounts of water and pasta, I say go for it. I love the easy drain design, use it for browning ground beef and pouring the grease off as well as for pasta.
1657604
oh yes, it is more than big enough to cook pasta for two, I have done it, and then put the sauce right into the pan to finish cooking. actually holds enough for 3-4 people
1879337
Yes, my husband loves to take the big spaghetti pot and cook a whole pound of pasta. It does take awhile for the water to boil but it does a great job of it. I just cooked spaghetti tonight and it was delicious. This is a great product and I highly recommend it.
1024794
It is a nice size pot for small quantities of food, I have boiled potatoes and cooked pasta in it because of the size, I would not recommend it for rice or stir fry anything for the bottom is rather thin and might stick and burn. Soup will cook fine in it. For a family of four, this small pot is great. Hope it will help!
805796
I would not recommend it, for it is too delicate. It is to be used as a tranfer pot for your already boiled water source and for serving and/or steeping.
332150
Extremely light. It's basically for stocks and thin liquids, i.e. pasta, blanching vegetables, etc., so a thick-sided pot is not necessary and this thin-sided one is perfect and quite light. If you are looking for a thicker, heavier pot for long cooking food..thick soups, sauces, stews, etc., this is not the pot.
1203967
There are 3 of us and part of the pasta box is fine in the pot. To mush pasta in pot and the water runs out of pot as it is not deep enough. I use the pot for my sauce and making soup for it is the right size.
1912083
I'll go with what the other user posted. to me its big enough pot to do 8 quarts of whatever I am cooking. Its a beautiful pot and very sturdy, after all its a Commercial grade and it cleans up awesome. Works well on my PIC
2201003
We use it for blanching vegetables and don't cook pasta in the pot. I would guess that 3 4 lbs of pasta is what could be cooked at one time.
1406251
Yes, it's perfect for one person. My first one lasted several years and then the on switch got wonky. It's a great little pot, you can't go wrong.
1203965
It's probably a bit small for a full one-pound box of pasta, if you mean sizewise. I'd cook a half box in a pot this size. Otherwise, well--it's the same as any other pot...just fine.
1308511
Oh yes, it is! this pot is very nice for soup, stew, chili, etc...hope i've helped and you buy one.
860354
I love the sizes, the frying/sauce type pan is pretty big, bigger than the ones I had. The big pot is really a good sized spaghetti pot, deep medium one really is sized appropriate and small pot is perfect for little things- soup, chili...etc. The only problem I've ever had was with the frying/sauce type pan, the handle broke off while cooking.Other pots are perfect! I'd suggest to buy, for the price- we've had them for 2 years now & the rest are holding up just fine :) Hope that helps.
2131177
The pot that I own doesn't have the basket. But yes, that basket is not designed for pasta. I believe that the basket is intended for veggies, hard boiled eggs and such. This is probably not a large enough pot for pasta, except perhaps one or two servings. I use mine primarily for cooking rice. I did use it last evening to thicken some gravy from my slow cooker. I find that this is a very useful little pot. Now that I own it, I could not be without.
432424
This pot is great for one person. Its not quite big enough for a 2 person meal though..Hope this helps....
735335
Since we use this lovely fondue pot only when we are entertaining at least two to four other people, it works great for us. For just the two of us, I use an older, much smaller pot to warm left over fondue (if we ever have any). ;-0
133921
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.
710477
It's pretty small and the mesh is tight but the largest strainer could work depending on how much spaghetti you are draining. I would not try to use it for anything more than a couple of cups of pasta. I use mine for straining kefir.