Calphalon Stainless Steel All-Purpose Stack Steamer

by Calphalon

Product Features

• Ideal piece for steaming vegetables and food packets, such as tamales
• Fits most 4-, 6-, 6-1/2-, and 8-quart Calphalon saucepans and stockpots
• Durable 18/10 stainless steel
• Stackable with other steamers for cooking multiple dishes
• Hand wash in hot, soapy water, with a nonabrasive sponge; lifetime warranty

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SY5U
• Item model number: A2106
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #244,466 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

This sturdy, lightweight steamer is roomy enough to fit most anything--steam vegetables and fish, make couscous, cook tamales and other small packets of food, and even reheat leftover rice. The steamer is also stackable, so it's easy to stack two or three on one pot base and cook several foods simultaneously--allowing flavors to mingle. The loop handles are plenty big enough to provide a good grip without steaming fingers, and the bottom has a ring of five raised feet that facilitate drainage. --Jennifer Harris

Product Description

While the pasta is on the route to al dente perfection, you can be using all that good steam to cook broccoli, shrimp, or something else in this stacking steamer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stainless Steel Steamer Is An Improvement, February 5, 2001

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Michela (Seattle, WA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calphalon Stainless Steel All-Purpose Stack Steamer (Kitchen)

This Calphalon 18/10 Stainless Steel All-Purpose Stack Steamer is one of the newer line of steamers and inserts in the Calphalon line. I own several of the Calphalon hard-anodized aluminum steamers, and even though they are supposed to be non-reactive to foods and "safe," I am upgrading to the stainless steel ones. This stack steamer is for the larger Calphalon pans and stockpots (4 1/2-quart to 8-quart). They are large enough to hold asparagus when trimmed and placed flat in the steamer. Another great feature of these steamers is that they can be stacked on top of the pot filled with boiling water, similar to the use of a wok with bamboo steamer inserts and top. Thus, you can prepare a whole meal of fish and vegetables using only one burner on your stove top.

Be sure to hand-wash and dry this beautiful heavy-gauge stainless steamer. Highly recommended!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A little pricey, but very pretty and built like a tank, October 9, 2001

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Patricia (Nyack, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calphalon Stainless Steel All-Purpose Stack Steamer (Kitchen)

Okay, a steamer ain't rocket science. But this one's built for a lifetime and beautifully matches (and fits) the 6.5 quart pasta pot from Calphalon. A little pricey? Sure, but over the 30 or 40 years I'll be using it, it will always be just as gorgeous as it is today.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful add-on to the 8 quart stockpot!, May 9, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Calphalon Stainless Steel All-Purpose Stack Steamer (Kitchen)

This little gem, used in connection with the 8 quart stockpot and pasta insert are just what you will need to either build or complement your perfect kitchen setup.

The steamer is well constructed and designed to really fit with the corresponding pots with very little wiggle room....thusly avoiding the usual water splatter that is common with a lot of the lesser quality sets on the market.

Storage is a breeze! Find a spot that is about 12x12 inches in a tall cabinet and you are set!

As a closing note, I HIGHLY recommend the purchase of the pasta insert!