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[xamystarzx]

I want to ask my husband for a large stock pot for Christmas. About 75% of my current cookware is Le Creuset pieces and I positively love them EXCEPT my Le Creuset Stock Pot. I don't use it often but when I do it's mainly for boiling noodles (That works fine), making a pot of chili, making chicken soup or making applesauce. Every time I make chili

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[janaya]

my hard annondized stock pot cleans up like a dream. it also browns beautifully and food doesn't stick much to it.

[janaya]

and my regular old cast iron dutch oven is also a dream, and super easy to maintain.

[xamystarzx]

I've contemplated a regular dutch oven since I don't have one but I'm thinking I might like the depth of a stock pot more...unsure!

[silence182]

I have a stainless steel stock pot from the Emeril cookware line. I actually have the whole set and find it really easy to clean. I rarely need to use more than dish soap and a soft dish cloth to clean them. I use the stock pot for everything from cooking pasta to big batches of soup and chili.

[devious_angel3]

I would see if you have any open to the public restaurant supply stores near you. Prices on things like stock pots is 50-75% cheaper than at the store. We got ours from one in St Louis and it has no coating or anything and we love it.

[altarflame]

It's interesting to me that people are choosing between a stock pot and a dutch oven - I've always known people to have a couple of each (albeit rarely anything fancy like Le Creuset, though I do have some LC) - I guess I came from people who did a lot of cooking for gatherings! And I have a lot of kids and invite people over a lot. I usually have the stock pot and dutch oven on the stove at the same time and feel like I couldn't cook anything otherwise :p

Anyway, I also have problems with my Le Creuset sticking something awful :/ I think the problem is that if they're pristine and brand new, nothing sticks...but the first time you ever burn anything and put tiny flaws in the surface getting the burnt things off, you create a texture that causes EVERYTHING from there on in to stick. At least that's my theory.

I use a lot of stainless steel and like it a lot. It does stick less easily, but perhaps more importantly you can scrub and scape the hell out of it without causing yourself any future problems.