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"B.Server" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 01:40:56 GMT, wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> > I am currently re-doing my kitchen in which I plan to install
> >a pot filler. Is there a standard height above the stovetop that they
> >are commonly placed. Obviously it will have to be higher than the
> >tallest stockpot used. If anyone has a number in mind I would
> >appreciate it. TIA.
> >
> > E. Katz
>
>
> Why not use one with the flexible stainless steel hose? It can be
> mounted where it is convenient and reach all of the cooktop.
>
> Personally I have never figured out the utility of one in a home
> kitchen. The 5-7 times a year that I make stock, adding water a
> gallon at a time is not much trouble. What is a burden is moving the
> hot, full, stockpot off the stove to cool and strain it. The filler
> is not much help for that.

For what you have described I would agree. I make stock or can almost every
Sunday. The pot filler is great.