Customer Reviews

Demeyere Resto 4.7-Quart Asparagus/Pasta Cooker, Silver

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I cook a lot, private chef. Bought this for myself, great for asparagus & perfect for pasta. Basket webbing is small enough so I can steam smaller items, basket hook a good feature. Added plus, it does not take up a lot of storage space. Liked it so much that I got one for my daughter. I recommend it.

I've got this pot on GoldBox deal and recently started cooking with it. I really like it. It's very narrow so it would fit on a smallest burner of my glass cooktop. It has a perfect flat bottom - a must for glass cooktop. The insert made from mesh not wires, so nothing falls thru the walls. I cooked asparagus and it was just perfect. You can put pasta, vegies etc into the basket and it is very easy removable. The little hook let's you get the basket higher - away from watter on the bottom - and dry it. I believe you can do deep frying in this pot - I've just never tried it yet. Anyway if you on a market for this kind of cookware you should consider this pot.

On balance this is a good product. It is well made and does the job. I wish it were two inches deeper though. The normal length of the long pastas such as linguini are just about 1 1/2 inches longer than the depth of the pot so you have to keep stirring it until the pasta softens and sinks completely. If you don't, you end up with a short end of the pasta not cooked sufficiently when the rest of it is.

Having said that I still think it is a very good piece of cookware and I use it frequently for various boiling tasks.

Beware, this pot is made in Indonesia, not Belgium like other Demeyere products. The pot arrived severely defective, there was a HOLE in the bottom edge, daylight shows through! The metal is thin and was machined too closely. Very light weight, not substantial like a true Demeyere pot. The quality and styling is not the same as that found in the authentic Demeyere pot I ordered at the same time from Amazon. The advertising copy on Amazon does not say where the product is manufuctured which is misleading to the consumer. The packaging identifies the pot as a Resto by Demeyere. This is not a Demeyere pot.
It is troubling that Amazon does not offer free return shipping for such a blatently defective product with misleading advertising copy.

Versatile pot with small base Fits perfectly on my small burner. Has some weight to it and is induction compatble. Insert is hefty will last as long as pot. Lid could be heavier. Only complaint induction cookware still too expensive. Use it for pasta or hard boiled eggs.

While this pot was certainly useful for it's intended purpose, I did find it somewhat awkward to remove the hot, steamed asparagus to a serving plate. Because the asparagus is standing upright in a deep, narrow pot, in a wire basket, it inevitably fell out like pick up sticks, and I'd have to get out the tongs and rearrange the stalks on the platter. Some stalks would break in the process. I think the idea of cooking asparagus upright like this is to cook the thicker end of the stalks more than the delicate flower end, but a special pot seems quite unnecessary. Why make a simple steaming process so complicated.
At some point, I tried roasting asparagus on a cookie pan in the oven. Just drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper, toss gently to coat. It is quick, easy and in my opinion, more flavorful. My family prefers the roasted version.

This is advertized as a pasta/asparagus cooker but arrived with no cooking instructions, no cleaning instructions and no user manual or any written documentation of any kind. Kinda chintzy considering the price.