The All-Clad 12 quart Multi-pot with inserts is a very high tech pot. We bought it from Williams Sonoma on sale for $100.00. It seemed like it was the greatest pot ever, “it does so much and it will make life in the kitchen a breeze”, we thought.
It is a great pot………right up to point that you have to clean the damned thing! The pot itself is great but the inserts are made with what looks like stainless steel screen door screen. We bought it to make pasta in but the pasta gets stuck in the mesh and then getting it out is horrible. We like to use scrubber sponges with that 3M scrubber stuff on one side. The scrubber stuff gets stuck in the mesh while trying to get the pasta out of the mesh and you are right back at first base. The steamer insert is just as bad with small things like broccoli. For green beans and larger vegetables it was OK.
My advice is if you need a 12-quart stock pot and you get a chance to buy this thing cheap then by all means do it. Otherwise just buy a 12-quart stock pot and save yourself the headaches of cleaning this rascal.
Ed and friends
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