Buckingham Large Stock Pot with Stainless Steel Lid Multi Purpose Boiling Pot for Soups Stews & Brew (15 litres)

My partner is obsessed with rice. Not just normal, sensible, honest rice, but the sort of aggressively fancy, gluten-free, wholegrain brown basmati that has to be specially mixed with coconut oil. Apparently, this triggers some sort of mad-scientist chemical reaction that transforms standard carbohydrates into "resistant starch," which I am reliably informed is utterly magnificent for the human body. Because of this dietary witchcraft, twice a week, I am politely commanded to bulk-cook a medium-sized mountain of the stuff to last for three days. ​Before purchasing this Buckingham stock pot, I was living like an absolute peasant. I was attempting to archaically boil hundreds of grams of this super-rice using two separate, tragically small pans. It was a miserable existence. I had to constantly hover over the stove, frantically chucking in extra mugs of water like a profusely sweating man desperately trying to keep a Finnish sauna alive. To make matters worse, it generated double the washing up. It was terrible in every conceivable way. ​So, I bought this 8-litre behemoth. It is huge, and crucially, it didn't require me to remortgage the house to buy it. It easily swallows the entire mountain of fancy rice and all the necessary water in one go, completely eliminating the mid-boil panic. ​Because the handles are made of the exact same stainless steel as the rest of the pot and are riveted directly to the side, I fully expected them to reach the temperature of a dying star. But here is the brilliant part: I don't know if the designer is some sort of mathematical, mad genius, but the pot is so hilariously gargantuan that the ambient heat simply dissipates before it ever reaches your hands. Even on full chat, you don't burn your fingerprints off when it’s time to move it off the hob. ​However, there is one rather spectacular flaw. To keep the cost down, the metal is ridiculously, almost comedically thin. It is an 8-litre vessel with the structural integrity of a wet tissue. I genuinely believe that if you were enthusiastically stirring a heavy stew and accidentally poked the side with a sharp knife, the blade would straight-up pierce the metal like a sheet of A4 paper. If you are planning an epic quest to destroy a magical ring, do not give this to Samwise Gamgee. It will not deflect a goblin's spear, and you certainly cannot use it to bludgeon a charging orc. ​But as long as you keep it strictly inside a kitchen, refrain from violently stabbing it, and avoid taking it on perilous journeys through Middle-earth, it is an absolutely fantastic, budget-friendly triumph.

Reading other reviews, I had very low expectations of this pan, but for the money decided it was worth a try. I was very pleasantly surprised at just how good the pan is. Yes, the metal is reasonably thin, so if you're expecting the quality of a pan costing 6-7 times more than this, then you will be disappointed. However, I was able to cook up a batch of curry for 25 people with no issues and no burning or scorching on the bottom of the pan and this was all on a powerful, outside catering style burner (i.e. very large burner - heat kept to medium or lower, however!). I was even pleasantly surprised that I had some limited success with this on an induction hob (but I think you'd need a thicker bottomed vessel for more success - so as per description, consider this not suitable for an induction hob). I wasn't sure if a 15L pot would be big enough for my needs, so to put this into perspective, I was able to cook approx 30 generous portions of curry and the total contents came to approx half way up the pan (it is 25.5 cm's high and 29cm's wide). I think, I would therefore cook for 40-50 people without issue (although the pan might start getting quite heavy at this point!) Ultimately, I wanted to economically mass cater at home, for friends and this pan came through with flying colours. I respected the pan by not exposing it to a very high heat and I was able to cook a thick sauced curry (Tikka Masala) from beginning to end, reasonably quickly, and by stirring regularly, I had no burning on the bottom and consequently it was very easy to wash up. (I've provided photo's of the inside and bottom of the pan, after 2-3 hours of cooking, on a medium heat on a very powerful catering burner, after it had been quickly and easily washed up.)

very pleased with this stock pot, just what I wanted.

Arrived quickly before the estimated delivery date so a win there, lightweight which is perfect for me as sometimes when you order pots online or even buy them in-store they tend to be heavy but this is different looks great feels great. I have not used it yet but when I do I will update this review but for now 5 stars excellent.

Size wise it was perfect for what I needed, which was cooking big batch of sauces. I thought it was non-stick and that is not the case, it burnt at the bottom regardless of what heat I used and I wanted to simmer which I couldn’t. It looks sturdy but it made a bang sound the minute it was on heat which gave me a fright! It does feel cheap. I didn’t want to be harsh with my stars by leaving 1 as I do think it is good for something, but it definitely isn’t good for food, more candle making something like that. It’s a shame as I had high hopes for this, have only used it once and probably won’t use again

Perfect!

Do not suggest for proper cukinng people's. As its looking beautiful but for cooking shait. I love like cooking,never seen such a rubbish.

Super fast next day delivery, even though I didn’t pay for it. The pot looks good! Good value for money

De momento genial, pesa poco y sin problemas.

Qualität Katastrophe.... Rücksendung

Ok

Excellent rapport qualité prix, je l utilise sur feux de camp au bois, pas de soucis. Assez léger, tout inox, c'est ce que je cherchais.

Der Topf hat akum ein Eigengewicht, was im Alter sehr wichtig it für eine solche Topfgröße. Ich bin sehr zufrieden mit dem Kauf.