Pasta Pot Review Guide
Is it time for you to buy or upgrade a pasta pot? The reviews here will help you choose the very best product for your kitchen.
Choosing Your Pot
The pasta pans above are all Amazon customer favorites and span everything from Rachel Ray's user-friendly 8 quart pot to Alessi and Zevro pans, an expensive Gordon Ramsey beast and many more.
However even if they're all great, you still have to choose one right? Here's what to consider when weighing up different models:
1. Think size. If you are just going to be cooking for a partner or yourself, the chances are you'll be wasting your cash buying a monster-sized 12 quart pot.
2. Stainless steel - or a mix of steel with cast iron insert - is the best quality material to go for (more on stainless steel here).
3. Eye for inserts - for real pasta obsessives, pans that include a pasta insert component are just wonderful. You simply boil up your pasta water, add the pasta in the insert to cook away, then when it's ready you pour out the water from underneath - leaving you with succulent pasta that's ready to eat... no colander/sieve or draining required!
Happy shopping!
(Also check out these stainless steel cooking pans)
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Other Pot Recommendations
Click the links below - or the pictures further up the page - to see other pasta pots that I and my readers rate...
Pasta Pot: Winware 20 Quart Aluminum Pasta Cooker
Pasta Pot: Winware 20 Quart Aluminum Pasta Cooker
This pasta cooker is effectively a whole pasta cooking set and will suit both large family …
Pasta Pot: Welco 4 Piece Pasta Pot
Pasta Pot: Welco 4 Piece Pasta Pot
This four-piece pasta pot is a quality stainless steel product that should suit all but the very largest hungry …
Pasta Pot: Pasta Pro
Pasta Pot: Pasta Pro
This ingenious pasta pot is designed 100% with cooking, draining and serving pasta in mind.
Finished in a jolly red …
Pasta Pot: KitchenAid 80429 Gourmet Reserved 12-Piece Hard-Anodized Cookware Set
Pasta Pot: KitchenAid 80429 Gourmet Reserved 12-Piece Hard-Anodized Cookware Set
This huge set of pasta and other pots is everything a large …
Pasta Pot: Nordic Ware Restaurant 7-Piece Cookware Set
Pasta Pot: Nordic Ware Restaurant 7-Piece Cookware Set
If a new pasta pot is just one of the cooking pans you need, then you mind find this set …
Pasta Pot: Calphalon Contemporary Stainless 8-Quart Pot
Pasta Pot: Calphalon Contemporary Stainless 8-Quart Pot
This quality pasta pot set is a mid-priced stainless steel product that will suit most …
Pasta Pot: Mario Batali 6-Quart Italian Essentials Pot
Pasta Pot: Mario Batali 6-Quart Italian Essentials Pot
This beautiful pasta pot in classic Chianti red is a perfect for couples and small families …
Pasta Pot: Prime Pacific Stainless Steel Pasta Pot Set
Pasta Pot: Prime Pacific Stainless Steel Pasta Pot Set
Prime Pacific makes a wide range of low-price, great value products and this affordable …
Pasta Pot: All-Clad Stainless 12-Quart Multi Cooker
Pasta Pot: All-Clad Stainless 12-Quart Multi Cooker
This large All-Clad pasta pot set will suit even the largest family and is a superb quality …
Pasta Pot: Pasta Boat Microwave Pasta Cooker
Pasta Pot: Pasta Boat Microwave Pasta Cooker
Like the Fasta Pasta and Pasta N More (also featured in our Pasta Pot Review Guide ), the Pasta …
Pasta Pot: Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Steel 5-1/2-Quart Multi-Pot
Pasta Pot: Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Steel 5-1/2-Quart Multi-Pot
This Cuisinart pasta pot is quite an unusual shape, in that it's not …
Pasta Pot: Simply Calphalon Stainless Multipot
Pasta Pot: Simply Calphalon Stainless Multipot
This mid-priced stainless steel pot, by highly respected producer Calphalon, holds 8 quarts of …
Pasta Pot: Pasta N More 5 Piece Microwave Pasta Cooker Set
Pasta Pot: Pasta N More 5 Piece Microwave Pasta Cooker Set
This pasta pot alternative is designed to cook (in the microwave), strain and store …
Pasta Pot: Rachael Ray Porcelain Enamel Nonstick 8-Quart Pasta Pot In Blue
Pasta Pot: Rachael Ray Porcelain Enamel Nonstick 8-Quart Pasta Pot In Blue
This is the second oval Rachel Rae pasta pot in our site's review guide …
Pasta Pot: Norpro KRONA Stainless Steel 8 Cup Multi Pot
Pasta Pot: Norpro KRONA Stainless Steel 8 Cup Multi Pot
This handy little stainless steel pot holds 8 cups or 1.9 liters of liquid. It is designed …
Pasta Pot: Anolon 12-Quart Covered Pasta Set
Pasta Pot: Anolon 12-Quart Covered Pasta Set
This quality set is designed specifically for cooking and quickly draining pasta, as it includes …
Pasta Pot: Nonstick Pasta Cooker
Pasta Pot: Nonstick Pasta Cooker
This pasta-focused 6 quart pot is large enough to suit most families and makes a great value addition to any …
Pasta Pot: Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Steel Pasta/Steamer Set
Pasta Pot: Cuisinart Chef's Classic Stainless Steel Pasta/Steamer Set
This pasta pot sets features four pieces in total: the huge 12 quart 'stockpot', …
Pasta Pot: Farberware Classic Stack 'N Steam 3-Quart Saucepot and Steamer
Pasta Pot: Farberware Classic Stack 'N Steam 3-Quart Saucepot and Steamer
This great-priced, family-friendly pot holds 3 quarts of liquid in …
Pasta Pot: Lemon Green Silit 3-3/4-Quart Pasta Pot with Insert
Pasta Pot: Lemon Green Silit 3-3/4-Quart Pasta Pot with Insert
This outstandingly-colored Silit pot touts a steel core for excellent heat distribution, …
Pasta Pot: All-Clad Stainless 7-Quart Stockpot with Pasta Insert
Pasta Pot: All-Clad Stainless 7-Quart Stockpot with Pasta Insert
This professional grade pasta pot by All Clad features a full size pasta/colander …
Pasta Pot: Calphalon Nonstick 8-Quart Multipot
Pasta Pot: Calphalon Nonstick 8-Quart Multipot
This heavy duty tall pasta pot is 100% rated on Amazon and truly all about the inserts.
With …
Pasta Pot: Norpro Krona 8 Cup Multi Pot
Pasta Pot: Norpro Krona 8 Cup Multi Pot
This tall, traditionally-shaped pasta pot holds eight cups (1.9 liters) and features a straining lid …
Pasta Pot: Rachael Ray 8-Quart Covered Oval
Pasta Pot: Rachael Ray 8-Quart Covered Oval
This highly popular Rachael Ray pasta pot holds up to 8 quarts of liquid and has been ergonomically …
Pasta Pot: Fasta Pasta
Pasta Pot: Fasta Pasta
Fasta Pasta is not so much a pasta pot as a full-blown replacement.
Designed to save on everything - time, energy and …
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