Viking3-Ply Stainless Steel Stock Pot, 12 Quart Soup Cooking Pot with Lid, Kitchen Cookware, Dishwasher and Oven Safe, Induction Ready, Silver

I love my All-Clad and Staub cookware. Every week during the winter, I make a big pot of soup. I decided it was finally time to replace my inexpensive stockpot. However, All-Clad's stockpot was cost-prohibitive, and Staub doesn't make a stockpot. I did extensive online research on stockpots, including personal reviews. The Viking 3-Ply Stainless Steel Stockpot was highly recommended, so I decided to give it a try........Happy to share that I have not been disappointed!There are 3 elements of high-end cookware that this Viking 3-ply Stainless Steel Stockpot performs equally as well:1. If cooking something like spaghetti sauce, and it burns at the bottom of the pot, the remaining sauce is not ruined with a burnt flavor.2. If anything burns at the bottom of the pot, all that is needed for cleaning, is an overnight soak in Dawn and a run through the dishwasher........Easily, a shiny, clean pot! (For Staub, an overnight soak in Dawn and a gentle scrubbing.)3. It's not necessary to constantly stir a simmering recipe, because the pot heats the ingredients all the way to the top.I should clarify that I don't burn everything that I cook. ;) However, I do have a new gas range that cooks and bakes hotter than my old stove-top. So I have, on occasion, experienced a burned recipe and pot. The only negative element of this pot, is that I wish that a 14 or 16-quart option was available. Overall, I'm very happy with and can highly recommend this Viking 3 Ply Stainless Steel Stockpot.Amendment: I've used this pot at least a dozen times. The one drawback that I've noticed is that the lid doesn't fit snuggly on the pot. So when making soups, sauces, chili, etc. (anything w/liquid), steam escapes from between the lid and pot. This causes the contents in the pot to reduce. Periodically, during the cooking process, I have to add water/liquid, to keep the contents from reducing to the point of burning.

I ordered this thinking it was larger and almost returned it…I’m glad I didn’t! This is the best pot I’ve ever used!!! Heat transfers so quick and cooks so perfectly even. I’ve used it for large quantities of rice, popcorn, and so much more. It has ruined me and now I’ve got to replace all my other pans to match it’s quality!!

Love it, already had soup totally burnt black dry to the bottom of the pot. Was very disappointed of myself for forgetting about it until the house fire alarm came on. Added water waited 2 hours then boiled it. Started to stir It release all the burnt stuff, cooled it and washed it, everything came off. Happy customer.

Great!

It’s nice and big for soups and chili. Better price point than my D5 All Clad and works as well.

I had been eyeing a much more expensive (AllClad) 12-quart stockpot but couldn't bring myself to pay about twice as much as the Viking. I'm glad I ordered the Viking.. it is a beautiful sheen, great size, nice heft, and what really sold me is that the lid fits like a glove. It is certainly more than 'good enough'. One potential drawback that is not clear from the description: according to the box it is designed in the USA but manufactured in China.

The Good: Price. This stockpot is a third of the price of the AllClad which is made in the U.S. and comparable across the board.The Bad: If you are anti-China or imports, there's your "bad".The Ugly: See photo. The inside graduated lines to measure volume are off. Makes my pot appear to only be 11.25 Quarts. If you need the interior measure lines for accuracy, this is not the pot for you. It does give an approximation of volume so in that regard it's helpful. I'm hoping over time they will scratch or fade off, or with a little help with a scouring pad I'll force them off due to my OCD tendencies.Summary: I purchased both 12 Qt. stockpots, the Viking & the AllClad (we do a lot of large volume canning etc). They are comparable in quality and function. The AllClad is ever so slightly taller and narrower, but I prefer the Viking shape to work with on the stove as I'm shorter than my husband. I've found that BonAmi is an excellent cleaner to keep both looking like new inside and out. Only complaint is the graduated lines inside the Viking, it's distracting to see the 11Qt. line just below the rim. It is handy though to use the lines to keep track of how much volume has reduced.Overall I am satisfied with the Viking and recommend it as an affordable alternative to the U.S. brand that I am partial to.

It is a sturdy tri ply exactly what I wanted