Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> "Sheldon" >
> ups.com:
> >
> > I'm sure the 8 qt pot will work... chili is never an exact recipe...
> > if you see the pot is beginning to get kinda full just cut back a
> > bit. I only specify the 10 qt size because I'd rather have a little
> > extra head room... remember my recent post about boil overs and
> > spatters...
> >
> > You should own a 10 or 12 quart pot anyway... you may want to consider
> > a PIAZZA.
> >
> > Sheldon
>
> I got busy this afternoon and didn't have time to see if you had time to
> answer the post. While I was out I went ahead and bought a 10qt. stainless
> Farberware. It was on sale at JC Penny for $59.99, marked down from
> $79.99. I really didn't have a lot of time to compare the different brands,
> but Farberware has always been good to me so I went ahead and bought it. I
> saw quite a few aluminum pots too. The aluminum pots were a little more
> expensive sometimes. Not quite sure what the difference is between
> aluminum and sainless.

The major difference is that aluminum is reactive, stainless is not...
I don't have any aluminum cookware anymore... oh, I have one really
old Mirro roasting pan, but it's my pot lid storage. Farberware makes
great cookware and in that price range can't be beat. Did you get the
newer version with the encapsulated "impact bonded" bottom, I have
that in a 6 qt, it was the replacement that Farberware sent me when my
40+ year old pot developed a small crack at the top edge... a very
nice pot... my only disappointment is that the new version is anout an
inch narrower (but taller), I liked that the extra wide diameter
becasue it gave more surface for browning meats, th eold one held four
pork chops with space to spare, with this one I need to jam them in.
Farberware really means it when they say UNconditional guarantee...
they were only interested in how long I had it and how much use that
old pot saw, they were very pleased that it lasted so long... and I
really used that pot and used it hard, hardly a day passed I didn't
use that 6 qt pot. I wonder if the new version will hold up as well.

Sheldon