I agree with you about BB&B, Shel. Great sales and return policies, and most of what they carry is good stuff.
Be careful to examine any pasta pot carefully, though. I did buy a non-branded 8-quarter from them awhile back; stainless construction with disc bottom; pasta and steamer inserts, glass cover. Looked really nice, and the price was right.
Problem is---and I didn't realize it for some time---is that the strainer insert only reaches about halfway down. Which makes it, in practical terms, useless.
The strainer insert, if you're going to use it, should reach at least to within an inch of the bottom. If not, you have to use far too much water, which takes that much longer to boil and uses more fuel.
So, learn from my mistake, and before buying any pasta pot, check out the design features carefully. |