Can it boil a few quarts of water long and steady enough for a pound of spaghetti?
1879333
as in the description Left side has 900 watts for cookin/boiling. Right side has 600 watts for reheating/simmeringso one side can boil a pot that has a few quarts of liquid and the other will just keep it warm/hot the bigger side fairly steady
1879334
as in the description Left side has 900 watts for cookin/boiling. Right side has 600 watts for reheating/simmering so one side can boil a pot that has a few quarts of liquid and the other will just keep it warm/hot the bigger side fairly steady
1879335
We found that the burner with higher power is very good for boiling water for spaghetti. The less-power burner worked great for simmering or for steaming vegetables quickly. One note is that the burners are rather close together so there's not a lot of room for two pots at the same time unless they are both fairly small. Overall we were very pleased with the product, it worked perfectly while our kitchen was being remodeled.
1879336
My both burners backed up within 5-10 minutes. So, I apologize I can't respond to your question.
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.
1879338
Yes..I cook on this stove so far I do not have a problem with it, go ahead and buy it.
240923
Yes. Cook with a little more water than it calls for and it will be very mashable.
338303
I use this to cook rice and quinoa and my daughter uses it to cook dried beans. It can be used as a slow cooker, so you could heat soup or baked beans in it, but you'd have to be very patient. The microwave would be much quicker. I doubt you could do spaghetti; I don't think it could boil water in a timely fashion. This is one of the few rice cookers that can properly cook brown rice. I'd recommend re-gifting it to a rice eating family.
2217915
YES ! I bought expecificamente to cook beans, take only 30- 40 min. Just make sure you add water.
2125075
I don't think it would work very well for that purpose, but I've never used a pasta pot before so hopefully someone else will answer your question better. It's an awesome steamer! ;)
199897
Because you are boiling water to cook the pasta, I would say yes. My microwave is large enough for it to turn. By the way I LOVE my pasta n more.
1903775
Yes. I like to cook beans in an iron pot, slowly, and this works perfectly well for that purpose.
1594889
Yes but I would not pour boiling water in it. The pot is made of thin glass
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
1966275
No problem so far. Maybe if you tried to press water out of the spaghetti but simply draining has not caused a problem.
1175348
Pretty thin metal. I wouldn't because you are likely to burn whatever you cook. That's why is better for streaming and cooking pasta. You have to be awfully careless to burn off all the water!
442089
Maximum 3 quarts, but I wouldn't put any more than 2.5 quarts. it would boil over.
133918
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.
122794
No, it will not boil water. You could make tea/instant whatever with it as it gets plenty hot, but not boiling.
2061548
It really isn't the best thing for just boiling water, but the quick rice function would probably be the quickest boil. The slow cooker function also holds at a very low boil, but takes a bit of time to get there. The steam function might also work. But if you were trying to boil water for something like pasta, I don't think it would work very well.
53006
Yes, I use this colander to strain boiling pasta countless times without any injury to the feet or rim.
419275
Yes, certainly. My main use for this is to place a multilevel steamer that is too tall to stick on the range. The water boils just fine.