Customer Reviews

All-Clad Stainless 24-Quart Stockpot

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I purchased the 16-quart version of this stock pot as a gift for my mother, who wanted a large, very heavy stock pot but didn't want to spend several hundred dollars. For the price, this is an excellent, heavy, stock pot. I own a 6 quart All-Clad stainless stock pot as well and have been very pleased with it.

Since another reviewer was so negative, I thought I would add my $.02 to the versions I did not purchase, since they are made in the same way as the 16 quart.

I will admit that the description is somewhat misleading -- according to the All-Clad representative I emailed and to my observations of the pot, it is not "clad" all the way up the side but has the aluminum core only on the bottom (the same goes for the 20 and 24 quart versions). This is not part of the durable, timeless All-Clad stainless line; this doesn't discount it as a quality product, though.

While this does have a "lip" where the clad bottom meets the stainless sides, it is on the outside of the pot, not the inside, so there is no danger of food getting caught or burning, as another reviewer warned. The inside is smooth from the bottom up.

Is this the exact same quality as the All-Clad stainless line? No, but at about 1/3 the price of the stainless 12 quart stock pot, it is a great alternative and I wouldn't hesitate to buy another. It is an *extremely* heavy stock pot, far superior to other stock pots in this price range.

This pot is HUGE. You could probobly cook 6-8 lobsters or have an awsome clam bake with it. It's beautiful, heavy and unbelievably priced.

I did a lot of research (and saving) before I purchased this huge stockpot. The size was important for this amazing recipe for V6 juice that my elderly neighbor shared with me. I thought the All-Clad reputation would be worth the expense and I was right.

The recipe I mentioned calls for making 8 qts of tomato juice, then making an equally huge amount of vegetable juice, then combining them. It was running quite late and I was getting very weary when I realized that I was not going to be able to finish the juice and get it canned that evening. Since both pots of juice were far too large to refrigerate, I decided to bring each of them to a near-boil, cover, then sleep fast, and get up and start all over in the morning. It was 1 am before I got to bed - and was awakened at 4 am with the aroma of tomatoes. I had left the gas burner on under the tomato juice! The gas flame was higher than medium, but the tomato juice hadn't even scorched. Of course, it had reduced to a nice thick tomato sauce by this time; but we were very fortunate. I'm sure that a lesser pot would have burned black and most likely started our home on fire. If I ever need to purchase another piece of cookware, it will be All-Clad.

Tis stock pot is great! Great quality, great price, great value! Shipped on time in perfect condition.

Don't be fooled, this pot is not up to the usual standards of All-clad's pots. It appears that to cut the cost, they only made the bottom thick with that triple layer of metal. Normally that wouldn't be a problem, but the bonding of the bottom to the sides leaves a lip where food can catch and get burnt into the pan. (difficult to clean)

If you need a big pot, keep looking.