A stockpot will end up as another workhorse in your kitchen. Having the soccer team over for spaghetti dinner? You need a stockpot. However, stockpots are also used for smaller meals as well. For example, you need a surprisingly large amount of water to properly cook pasta. In addition to pasta, stockpots are typically used for everything from cooking soups, to making mashed potatoes, to steaming crabs.
Stockpots come in a variety of sizes, measured by their diameter in centimetres, but all are built with flat bases; tall, straight sides; one small handle on each side; and a lid. You will probably benefit from buying a larger stockpot than you think you need; water requires room to boil, and stocks and soups need room to move around when you stir them.
Stockpots come in a variety of metals, such as aluminium, cast iron, and stainless steel. Frequently you will find non-stick coated options, but this isn’t as beneficial in a stockpot because most things you will cook in a stockpot centre around liquid. However, there are plenty of people who simply love non-stick lined pots and pans and purchase a complete set of them.
One of the most important qualities to look for when choosing a stock pot is the heaviness of the metal. Because the preponderance of what you will be making will require a significant amount of time over the burner, the heavier metal will distribute heat more evenly and prevent burning of liquid or food in contact with the bottom of the pan. The heaviness and thickness of the metal is typically a good indication of the quality of the pan, but you should also look for handles that are very well attached and secured to the pan, and a heavier lid that fits snugly. Heat-resistant handles are an excellent new addition to some lines of pots and pans. Accidentally grabbing a stockpot by its handle with bare hands, when it has been simmering over the stove for an hour, would be a disaster.
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 | Kitchen Craft Clearview 3 Tier 16cm Steamer , 18/10, 18cm, base, clearview, cook, craft, dishwasher, finest, finish16cm, glass, head, heat, induction, juicers, kccvsteam16, kitchen, lid, mirror, polished, safe15, sources, stainless, steam, steamer, steel, stockpot, tier, touch, ventcool... Shop: Head Cook | £22.99 |
 | Tesco Hard Anodised Stockpot , aluminium, anodised, distribution, durability, glass, grip, handles, heat, kitchen, lid, material, soft, stockpot, tesco... Shop: Tesco | £24.00 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless Steel Pasta Insert 20cm , &, 20cm, 24cm, colander, cooker, cooking, cookware, don't, drains, fit, inserts, lifted, pan, pasta, potatoes, saucepan, stockpots, used, utensils, vegetables, water... Shop: Cookware | £24.95 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless Steel Steamer Insert 20cm , &, 20cm, 24cm, cook, cookware, fish, fit, healthiest, inserts, needed, pan, specialist, steamer, steaming, stockpots, utensils, vegetables... Shop: Cookware | £24.95 |
 | Insignia 24cm Stockpot , &, 24cm, 50, aluminium, base, cast, close, consumers, cooking, cookware, distribution, durability, encapsulated, fitting, flavour, handles, heat, helper, hot, insignia, instyle, lid, lifetime, moisture, nutrients, ovenware, pans, part, polished, pots... Shop: InStyle | £24.99 |
 | Tesco Finest Cast Iron 22cm Stockpot Red , 22cm, cast, cooking, diameter, finest, iron, kitchen, material, red, stockpot, tesco... Shop: Tesco | £27.00 |
 | Judge Vista 24cm Stockpot 5.5l , 18/10, 24cm, 25, 55l, applicable, awarded, blue, buyer, compared, conduct, cookware, dishwasher, glass, handles, heat, helping, hobs, judge, kitchen, lht, lids, lip, manufactured, mark, metals, phenolic, pouring, proven, round, safe, satisfy, shoots, sl... Shop: Blue Shoots | £27.87 |
| | Kitchen Craft Clearview 3 Tier 18cm Steamer , 18/10, 18cm, base, clearview, cook, cookware, craft, dishwasher, finest, finish18cm, glass, head, heat, induction, kccvsteam, kitchen, lid, mirror, polished, safe15, sources, stainless, steam, steamer, steel, stockpot, tier, touch, ventcool... Shop: Head Cook | £27.99 |
 | Tesco Finest Copper Base Stockpot , 24cm, base, cast, copper, dishwasher, handles, hobs, induction, kitchen, safe, solid, stainless, steel, stockpot, tesco... Shop: Tesco | £28.00 |
 | ProCook® Elite Tri Ply Stainless Steel Steamer 22cm , &, 22cm, aluminium, cook, cookware, elite, fish, fit, healthiest, inserts, layer, material, materials, needed, pan, sandwiched, skins, specialist, stainless, steamer, steaming, steel, stockpot, triply, utensils, vegetables... Shop: Cookware | £29.95 |
| | Kitchen Craft Clearview 3 Tier 20cm Steamer , 18/10, 20cm, base, clearview, cook, cookware, craft, dishwasher, finest, finish20cm, glass, head, heat, induction, kitchen, lid, mirror, polished, safe15, sources, stainless, steam, steamer, steel, stockpot, tier, touch, ventcool... Shop: Head Cook | £29.99 |
 | Master Class Stainless Steel Stock Pot 24 cm , 24, 85, aga, base, cook, cookware, dishwasher, edges, encapsulated, head, heat, induction, lid, ovenmcstpot, rolled, safe, sources, steel, stockpot, used... Shop: Head Cook | £29.99 |
 | John Lewis "The Pan" Stockpot and Lid, 22cm , &, aluminium, cookers, cookware, enamelled, garden, glass, handle, induction, interior, john, lewis, lid, nonstick, rubber, silicon, stockpot... Shop: John Lewis | £30.00 |
 | MasterClass 24cm Stockpot w/ Stainless Steel Lid , &, 24cm, 85, base, cooker, encapsulated, heal, heal's, induction, lid, litre, masterclass, mirror, polished, son, stainless, steel, stockpot... Shop: Heal & Son | £30.00 |
 | Stellar 7000 24cm Stockpot , 18/10, 24cm, 7000, acheive, base, blue, coating, combines, cooking, cookware, design, dishwasher, distinctive, elegant, ensuring, evenly, forged, furthermore, handles, heat, helping, hobs, hot, kitchen, lifetime, measuring, nonstick, oven, pan, platinum... Shop: Blue Shoots | £32.85 |
 | Master Class Stainless Steel Stock Pot 26 cm , 11, 26, aga, base, cook, cookware, dishwasher, edges, encapsulated, head, heat, induction, lid, ovenmcstpot, rolled, safe, sources, steel, stockpot, used... Shop: Head Cook | £32.99 |
| | Kitchen Craft Clearview 3 Tier 22cm Steamer , 18/10, 18cm, base, clearview, cook, cookware, craft, dishwasher, finest, finish22cm, glass, head, heat, induction, kccvsteam22, kitchen, lid, mirror, polished, safe15, sources, stainless, steam, steamer, steel, stockpot, tier, touch, ventcool... Shop: Head Cook | £33.99 |
 | Stellar 1000 20cm Stockpot 4.15l , 1000, 20cm, 415l, bases, blue, celebrated, cooking, cookware, deep, design, dishwasher, forged, hobs, hot, kitchen, lifetime, nonsick, oven, pan, premium, safe, shoots, stainless, steel, stellar, stockpot, uinclude, versatile, wonderfully... Shop: Blue Shoots | £34.84 |
 | Tesco Finest Cast Iron 24cm Stockpot Red , cast, dishwasher, finest, gas, hob, iron, kitchen, red, safe, stockpot, stylish, tesco, to... Shop: Tesco | £35.00 |
 | John Lewis "The Pan" Stockpot and Lid, 26cm , &, aluminium, cookers, cookware, enamelled, garden, glass, handle, induction, interior, john, lewis, lid, nonstick, rubber, silicon, stockpot... Shop: John Lewis | £35.00 |
| | John Lewis "The Pan" Stockpot and Lid, 26cm , &, aluminium, cookers, cookware, enamelled, garden, glass, handle, induction, interior, john, lewis, lid, nonstick, rubber, silicon, stockpot... Shop: John Lewis | £35.00 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless Steel Stockpot & Glass lid 20cm , &, 20cm, 35l, basket, chip, convert, cooker, cookware, curries, escaping, flavour, flexible, lids, oven, pasta, potatoes, proof, selfbasting, steamer, stockpot, stockpots, t304®, utensils, versatile... Shop: Cookware | £37.95 |
 | T304® Pro Anodised Stockpot & Glass lid 20cm , &, 20cm, 24cm, basket, carrying, chip, cook, cooking, cookware, day, duty, fit, fits, handles, heavy, inserts, pasta, riveted, safer, snugly, steamer, stockpots, utensils, whatever... Shop: Cookware | £37.95 |
| | Stellar 1000 22cm Stockpot 5.30l , 1000, 22cm, 530l, bases, blue, celebrated, cooking, cookware, deep, design, dishwasher, forged, hobs, hot, kitchen, lifetime, nonsick, oven, pan, premium, safe, shoots, stainless, steel, stellar, stockpot, uinclude, versatile, wonderfully... Shop: Blue Shoots | £39.82 |
 | T304® Pro Anodised Stockpot & Glass lid 24cm , &, 20cm, 24cm, basket, carrying, chip, cook, cooking, cookware, day, duty, fit, fits, handles, heavy, inserts, pasta, riveted, safer, snugly, steamer, stockpots, utensils, whatever... Shop: Cookware | £41.95 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless Steel Stockpot & Glass lid 24cm , &, 20cm, 35l, basket, chip, convert, cooker, cookware, curries, escaping, flavour, flexible, glass, lids, oven, pasta, potatoes, proof, selfbasting, steamer, stockpot, stockpots, t304®, utensils, versatile... Shop: Cookware | £41.95 |
 | Stellar Hard Anodised 24cm Stockpot 8 Ltr , 24cm, 4mm, 6000, advantages, alloy, anodised, approved, blue, body, brings, cast, change, clean, coatings, combines, conventional, cooking, cookware, design, distributes, distribution, diswasher, durability, economical, elegant, furthermore, handles, ha... Shop: Blue Shoots | £43.80 |
 | Hahn 20cm Stockpot and Lid 2-7 , 100%, 240, 1000, 18/10, addition, aga, aluminium, base, boiling25, bonding5mm, casseroles, chef\'s, coated, collection, construction, contemporary, cook, cookshopsin, cookware, cover, culinary, distributed, due, durability, efficient, electric, encapsul... Shop: Head Cook | £44.95 |
 | Kitchen Craft Clearview 3 Tier Multipot 7.5 Litre , 18/10, base, colander, cook, cooker, cookware, finest, finish20cm, glass, head, heat, insert, insertcan, lid, mirror, pasta, polished, pottoughened, safe15, sources, stainless, steam, steamer, steaming, steel, stock, stockpot, touch, used, ventcool... Shop: Head Cook | £44.99 |
 | steel elite stockpot , elite, littlewoods, steel, stockpot... Shop: Littlewoods Direct | £45.00 |
| | Stellar 1000 24cm Stockpot, 6.85l , 1000, 24cm, 685l, bases, blue, celebrated, cooking, cookware, deep, design, dishwasher, forged, hobs, hot, kitchen, lifetime, nonsick, oven, pan, premium, safe, shoots, stainless, steel, stellar, stockpot, uinclude, versatile, wonderfully... Shop: Blue Shoots | £45.79 |
 | Ethos 8 Piece Cookware Set , &, 115cm, 14cm, 16, 16cm, 18, 18cm, 20, 22, 24, 24studio, 75cm, 95cm, appliances, black, comprises, glass, handles, kettles, kitchen, knobs, lidded, milk, pan, phenolic, saucepans, set, stockpots, toasters, unlidded... Shop: 24Studio | £46.87 |
 | Stainless Steel 9 ltr Maslin Pan , 30cm, 5mm, addition, base, bowls, boxed, chutney, display, graduated, handles, imperial, instyle, jam, kitchen, loop, ltr, markings, marmalade, metric, mirror, mixing, pan, polished, sandwich, side, soups, stockpot, used, utensils... Shop: InStyle | £47.99 |
 | 20cm Stockpot With Lid , 'z', 14cm, 18cm, 20cm, 24cm, 265cm, 28cm, 2l, 35l, 75, 365, 5mm, 6l, acclaimed, aldo, aldo's, bases, blue, books, chef, combining, company, comprises, conductivity, cookware, cotswold, cuisine, design, develop, dishwasher, divider, ease, eightp... Shop: The Cotswold Company | £49.00 |
 | Stockpot and Lid 24cm Mirror Finish , bellux, combining, cookware, dishwasher, escape, lid, mirror, pans, pots, premier, professional, safe, stainless, steam, steel, twentyfive, vented... Shop: Premier Cookware | £49.00 |
 | ProCook® Elite Tri Ply Stainless Steel Stockpot & Lid 22cm , &, 22cm, 26cm, aluminium, basket, chip, convert, cook, cooker, cookware, curries, dishes, elite, layer, material, materials, meal, pasta, pot, potatoes, sandwiched, skins, stainless, steamer, steel, stockpot, triply, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £49.95 |
 | T304® Pro Stainless SteelStockpot & Glass lid 28cm , &, 20cm, 35l, basket, chip, convert, cooker, cookware, curries, escaping, flavour, flexible, glass, lids, oven, pasta, potatoes, proof, selfbasting, steamer, stockpot, stockpots, t304®, utensils, versatile... Shop: Cookware | £49.95 |
 | Kitchen Craft Clearview 5 Tier 20cm Steamer , 18/10, bain, base, cook, cooker, deep, finest, finish20cm, glass, head, heat, insert, juicers, lid, mirror, pasta, polished, safe15, second, sources, stainless, steam, steaming, steel, stockpot, touch, ventcool,... Shop: Head Cook | £49.95 |
 | ProCook® Elite Hard Anodised Stockpot & Lid 22cm , &, 22cm, aluminium, anodised, basket, chip, convert, cooker, cookware, curries, distribution, elite, heat, material, pasta, potatoes, properties, steamer, steel, stockpot, tougher, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £49.95 |
 | Stellar 1000 26cm Stockpot 8.50l , 1000, 26cm, 850l, bases, blue, celebrated, cooking, cookware, deep, design, dishwasher, forged, hobs, hot, kitchen, lifetime, nonsick, oven, pan, premium, safe, shoots, stainless, steel, stellar, stockpot, uinclude, versatile, wonderfully... Shop: Blue Shoots | £51.77 |
 | Circulon 2 Covered Stockpot 24cm 57L , 180c350f, abrasion, aluminium, anodized, browning, circulon, clean, cookware, customer, deglazing, distribution, escape, exterior, food, gas, gauge, heat, heavy, hilow, hot, lifetime, mark, meats, moisture, nonstick, outlasts, oven, pans, patented, pots... Shop: Premier Cookware | £54.99 |
 | John Lewis Classic Stockpot, and Lid, 26cm/9L , &, 6mm, aluminium, base, classic, cookers, cookware, dishwasher, garden, heat, john, lewis, lid, oven, retention, safe, sandwich, stockpot... Shop: John Lewis | £59.00 |
 | Jamie Oliver Italian Series Risotto Pan (Stockpot) 24 cm , 24, aluminium, blue, brushed, clean, cm, coating, contemporary, cook, cookware, curved, dishwasher, distribution, dripfree, exactly, flavour, food, heat, indicator, italian, jamie, lifetime, lips, metal, minerals, multilayer, oliver, pan, pouring, premi... Shop: Blue Shoots | £59.65 |
 | ProCook® Elite Tri Ply Stainless Steel Stockpot & Lid 26cm , &, 22cm, 26cm, aluminium, basket, chip, convert, cook, cooker, cookware, curries, dishes, elite, layer, material, materials, meal, pasta, pot, potatoes, sandwiched, skins, stainless, steamer, steel, stockpot, triply, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £59.95 |
 | ProCook® Elite Hard Anodised Stockpot & Lid 26cm , &, 22cm, aluminium, anodised, basket, chip, convert, cooker, cookware, curries, distribution, elite, heat, material, pasta, potatoes, properties, steamer, steel, stockpot, tougher, utensils... Shop: Cookware | £59.95 |
 | Hahn 24cm Stockpot and Lid 2-22 , 100%, 240, 1000, 18/10, addition, aga, aluminium, base, boiling25, bonding5mm, casseroles, chef\'s, coated, collection, construction, contemporary, cook, cookshopsin, cookware, cover, culinary, distributed, due, durability, efficient, electric, encapsul... Shop: Head Cook | £59.95 |
 | Anolon Advanced 24Cm Stockpot , 240c, 475f, 9without, anodised, autograph, body, du, durability, durable, gas, gauge, glass, handle, heal, heal's, heat, heavy, interior, lid, mark, nonstick, oven, pont, riveted, safe, safety, satinless, son, steel, toughened... Shop: Heal & Son | £60.00 |
_2-9.jpg) | Hahn 26cm Stockpot and Lid 2-9 , 100%, 240, 1000, 18/10, addition, aga, aluminium, base, boiling25, bonding5mm, casseroles, chef\'s, coated, collection, construction, contemporary, cook, cookshopsin, cookware, cover, culinary, distributed, due, durability, efficient, electric, encapsul... Shop: Head Cook | £64.95 |
 | John Lewis Hard Anodised Stockpot, 24cm , &, 180°c, 24cm, 25, aluminium, anodised, coating, comfortable, cookers, cookware, dupont, garden, handles, induction, john, lewis, nonstick, oven, rubber, safe, stockpot... Shop: John Lewis | £65.00 |
 | Jamie Oliver Italian Series Risotto Pan 26cm (Stockpot) , 26cm, aluminium, blue, brushed, clean, coating, contemporary, cook, cookware, curved, dishwasher, distribution, dripfree, exactly, flavour, food, heat, indicator, italian, jamie, lifetime, lips, metal, minerals, multilayer, oliver, pan, pouring, premium... Shop: Blue Shoots | £69.60 |
 | Stellar Lamina 24cm Stockpot & Lid 7.00l , 24cm, 700l, approved, blue, cast, celebrity, chef, conductive, consistent, cooking, cookware, dancing, dishwasher, ensuring, handles, heat, hobs, it's, james, kitchen, lamina, lid, lifetime, martin, oven, pan, quickly, safe, sculptured, series, shoots,... Shop: Blue Shoots | £69.69 |
 | Anolon Professional Stockpot 24cm 76L , 240c475f, advanced, analon, andamp, anodized, autograph, bodytwice, cleaning, cooking, cookware, dupoint, durability, durable, gas, gauge, glass, handle, healthy, heat, heavy, interior, lid, lids, lifetime, mark, nonstick, oven, pans, pots, premier, pro... Shop: Premier Cookware | £69.99 |
 | stockpot , littlewoods, stockpot... Shop: Littlewoods Direct | £75.00 |
 | Stellar Lamina Copper 24cm Stockpot , 24cm, andall, asset, blue, cast, character, combines, conducts, confidence, conventional, cook, cookware, copper, diswasher, evenly, functional, handles, heat, hobs, kitchen, lamina, lids, lifetime, oven, pan, quickly, safe, sculptured, series, shoots,... Shop: Blue Shoots | £79.64 |
 | Anolon Advanced 24cm 5.7ltr Stockpot , 18/10, 24cm, 57ltr, 'hot, 'standard', accomplished, advanced, aluminium, anodised, anodized, anolon, autograph, blue, chefs, coating, complemented, confident, consructed, construction, cookware, delightful, delivering, desire, distribution, dupont, dura... Shop: Blue Shoots | £79.65 |
 | Anolon Professional 24cm Stockpot (7.6L) , 240c/475f, 24cm, 76l, 'hot, abrasion, advanced, aluminium, anodised, anodized, anolon, appreciate, autograph, blue, body, clean, convenience, cook, cooking, cookware, delicious, distribution, dupont, dupont's, durability, durable, elegance, flat, food,... Shop: Blue Shoots | £84.63 |
 | ProCook® Titanium Stockpot & lid 28cm , &, 2000, alpha, arguments, clean, coating, cooked, cookware, dishes, don't, durability, family, generously, high, meal, occasions, pan, pot, stock, stockpot, strength, superior, utensils, worry... Shop: Cookware | £89.95 |
 | Anolon Advanced 26cm 9.5ltr Stockpot , 18/10, 26cm, 95ltr, 'hot, 'standard', accomplished, advanced, aluminium, anodised, anodized, anolon, autograph, blue, chefs, coating, complemented, confident, consructed, construction, cookware, delightful, delivering, desire, distribution, dupont, dura... Shop: Blue Shoots | £94.58 |
 | 22cm Accademia Stockpot & lid , &, academy, ceramic, construction, cooking, cooktop, design, dishwasher, distribution, due, electric, elegance, elegant, fiveply, food, functional, gas, halogen, heat, induction, instyle, oven, ovenware, pans, pots, radiant, retention, ring, safe, se... Shop: InStyle | £105.00 |
 | 20cm Deep Stockpot & Lid , &, collection, combining, contrasting, elegance, entirely, fits, instyle, kitchens, lid, marmite, ovenware, pans, perfectly, pots, practicality, professional, shiny/mat, stainless, steel, stockpot, stovetop, surfaces, today's... Shop: InStyle | £109.99 |
 | Demeyere Atlantis Deep Stockpot without lid 20cm , 41395, 7ply, adjusted, beautifully, belgium, chanceĀ , concept, constructed, cook, cooking, cookware, demeyere, design, dishwasher, head, heat, induction, left, litrescode, match, material, materials, optimum, outstanding, pan, pans, personally, process... Shop: Head Cook | £110.00 |
 | 24cm Accademia Stockpot & lid , &, academy, ceramic, construction, cooking, cooktop, design, dishwasher, distribution, due, electric, elegance, elegant, fiveply, food, functional, gas, halogen, heat, induction, instyle, oven, ovenware, pans, pots, radiant, retention, ring, safe, se... Shop: InStyle | £120.00 |
| | Demeyere Atlantis Deep Stockpot without lid 24cm , 41394, 7ply, adjusted, beautifully, belgium, chanceĀ , concept, constructed, cook, cooking, cookware, demeyere, design, dishwasher, head, heat, induction, left, litrescode, match, material, materials, optimum, outstanding, pan, pans, personally, process... Shop: Head Cook | £130.00 |
 | Demeyere Atlantis Deep Stockpot with lid 20cm , 41395, 7ply, adjusted, beautifully, belgium, chanceĀ , concept, constructed, cook, cooking, cookware, demeyere, design, dishwasher, head, heat, induction, left, litrescode, match, material, materials, optimum, outstanding, pan, pans, personally, process... Shop: Head Cook | £140.00 |
 | 24cm Deep Stockpot & Lid , &, collection, combining, contrasting, elegance, entirely, fits, instyle, kitchens, lid, marmite, ovenware, pans, perfectly, pots, practicality, professional, shiny/mat, stainless, steel, stockpot, stovetop, surfaces, today's... Shop: InStyle | £149.99 |
| | Demeyere Atlantis Deep Stockpot with lid 24cm , 41394, 7ply, adjusted, beautifully, belgium, chanceĀ , concept, constructed, cook, cooking, cookware, demeyere, design, dishwasher, head, heat, induction, left, litrescode, match, material, materials, optimum, outstanding, pan, pans, personally, process... Shop: Head Cook | £155.00 |