"Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> "B.Server" > wrote in message
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> > 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.
>
> Because it is there. Some people must have the latest gadget just because
> they can. Mostly the same people that have every singe piece of All Clad
> and get upset when it gets a scratch from real use.
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> Might be handy at times, but if you can't lift the pot to the stove, you
> won't lift if off either. Limited use in a home, great if you are
> handicapped in some way.

It cuts your lifting in half. A fifty percent reduction in work seems to me
like a pretty useful "gadget". Actually probably more than that because the
volume of the fluid is reduced during the stock making.