Customer Reviews

Cuisinart 99-36 Everyday Stainless 3-Piece 7-Quart Pasta Set

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These two are the most frequently used pots in my kitchen and they've been great! They're big enough to hold several servings of pasta. The best part is that they clean up easily since the handles are attached as smooth welds. I've had other pasta sets with rivets that made it difficult to remove all the starch. These two clean up with a quick wash. One puzzlement is that the instructions said that the pot heats quickly so use med-hi heat, but my observation is that it doesn't heat all the quickly on an electric range. Using high heat did mar the interior finish on the pot though, so I'd recommend limiting heat to med-high.

The pots are great, the only thing is the handles get hot, so be careful you don't burn yourself like I did. I thought I read they didn't get hot when I ordered them? Any way I still love them. They have made a nice addition to my kitchen.

This is one of your best investments you can make in your kitchen. I used to have an enamel pasta set that I used constantly until it developed a hole. This pot should last the rest of my cooking days and still be around to be passed on in the family. This is a heavy pot that looks great. If you cook pasta, corn on the cob, potatoes, steam vegetables, blanch vegetables for freezing, or if you do any canning this pot is great for blanching them without having to fish those fruits or vegetables out one by one. YOU WILL LOVE THIS PASTA SET! You will also wonder why you never had one before.

This is the ultimate set you should get if you eat pasta at least once a week.
I was fed up with pouring the cooked pasta with boiling water to the colander and always get burned on my wrist by the hot steam. This set work like a dream. The stainless steel is beautiful, and it heat evenly. The only thing is that it doesn't heat up that fast as described. I guess with a 7 quart pot it takes time to boil that much of water anyway. I am thinking of getting a cuisinart everystainless cookware set now, since this set make cooking such an easy and happy task for me.

The "outside" pot and lid are fine. However, until you get used to remembering to fill the outside pot with the insert in place to insure that it won't overflow, you'll have boiled-over starchy water all over the stove. The height of the insert is very deceiving--the holes are practically up to the very top of the outside pot. Fill the outside pot with the inset in place ONLY up to the second row of holes.