You can spend close to $400 on a stockpot, but does that get you a better pot? To find out, we tested 16 models and landed on a few favorites.
We think most home cooks will be well served with a 12-quart stockpot, but if you know you need a bigger size—to make larger batches of stock, huge pots of soups, or lobster boils for a very large crowd—then you may want to consider owning a 16-quart pot as well. The Tramontina is our top pick for this larger size. It shares the same build quality as the 12-quart version, which we also tested. Its shortcoming are minor, and, for the price, it’s the best we found.
The handles have to be comfortable, sturdy, and easy to grip—the last thing you want to feel is uncertainty as you move a large pot of scalding water off the cooktop or while draining through a strainer. For home use, stockpots come in a range of sizes, usually from 8 to 20 quarts . For most home kitchen tasks, we think a 12-quart stockpot is an ideal size and large enough for making big batches of stock or sauce.
A big driver of a pot’s cost is the cladding, that is, the multi-layer sandwich made up of a layer of conductive aluminum between two slabs of stainless steel, and how much of it there is in the pot— you’ll see this often marketed as tri-ply or multi-clad. Typically, the more expensive stockpots have full cladding that covers the bottom and sides of the pot, while less expensive models have cladding only on the bottom.
Our test field included both fully clad pots, like the All-Clad and our winning Cuisinart, as well as pots that have cladding only on the bottom. Full cladding adds weight and cost, but helps manage heat better and reduces the risk of scorching, especially in the corners where the pot wall meets the base. Lids are either tempered glass or stainless steel, and while we didn’t find the material of the lids to affect performance, we generally prefer metal lids since glass can break.
Handle design was one of the first features we considered when deciding which pots to eliminate from the test field. Metal handles are typically either narrow and round, or wide and flat. We considered handle size and shape in terms of comfort and ease of holding the pot, both with bare hands and when using both oven mitts and kitchen towels.
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