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As All-Clad will inform you, this steamer works with 6, 8 or 12 quart stockpots. I use it with my 8-quart copper-core stockpot. (It still looks more like a Dutch Oven to me). The fit between the pot and the steamer is perfect. Nothing wiggles, jiggles or does not stay in quite right unlike so many `universal' steamers on the market. Its large size allows you to steam six artichokes, while its uniformity of heat allows cooking asparagus for two. Clean up is a snap throw it in the dishwasher or simply rinse it out by hand. The clearance between the steamer and the bottom of the pot allows for more than enough water to steam for well over an hour. The downside is that it is expensive, but isn't all All-Clad? The upside is that like the rest of the All-Clad line you will buy once and be done.
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This is a superb large steamer insert. It is great for large quantities of veggies or whatever you would like to steam. There is nothing like the flavor of freshly steamed veggies! It fits perfectly in the 6, 8, and 12 quart stock pots. I have only used it in the 6 and 8 quart stock pots myself. It is made very well and is excellent quality built to last. All Clad truly is lifetime cookware, I am sure you will not be disappointed. And it is backed by a lifetime warranty, what more can you ask for? Highly recommended! A+!Best Deals for All-Clad Stainless Professional Universal Steamer Insert
I have the 6 qt All Clad 11 inch diameter pot, and I ordered this to steam vegetables with it. The combo doesn't work well at all. I think it's because the steamer insert is so big and deep (which I wanted I steam a lot of veggies) that there is barely any room between the surface of the steam water and the bottom of the steamer insert. If I keep the water really low so that the veggies will cook faster, then I'm constantly boiling off all the water and burning the pan. And if I fill it up more so it lasts the entire steam time, it makes the process take forever. The other night it took literally 30 minutes to steam some collard greens, and I'd had it. My other tiny pot with small steamer insert could steam this up in minutes, but I couldn't fit all the leaves in there and would end up doing them in batches, so either way was a hassle.I ended up going out to a retail store and bringing the steamer insert with me. The 8 qt All Clad pot looked much more promising, but I don't really do that much cooking besides steaming veggies and making rice and oatmeal, and it was a big investment in money. So I looked over at the 12 qt All Clad multi cooker set. I liked the idea of having two steamer inserts, this one that I already had and the one that comes with the multi cooker set, which is quite capacious itself. I thought how I could alternate the steamer baskets, as I steamed up my leafy greens in one, and then the second vegetable in the other in sequence (I make my food at night to take with me to work the next day). However, this steamer insert didn't fit in the 12 qt multi cooker pan! I guess because the multi cooker is a lower line of All Clad products than the high end 6 and 8 quart All Clad pans. I was so glad that I actually went to the store and found this out before ordering the set on line. I think it's a little misleading for the company to call this a universal steamer insert, and then make an 11 inch pan that won't fit it, but there it is. The high end 12 qt stockpot will probably fit just fine, but the store didn't have one in stock to check.
In the end, I found another brand of stainless steel cookware, and their 12 qt multi cooker was a perfect fit with this All Clad steamer insert. And I've been in steaming heaven ever since! So the lesson is to make sure that you have a deep enough pan that will actually fit this steamer, and then it works wonderfully. I haven't tried the 8 qt, but I can vouch for the fact that the 6 quart does not steam well with this, even though another reviewer said that it did.
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The product desciption lacks information on dimensions.The bottom of the steamer will nest into a pot. 10" diameter at the bottom. 10.75" diameter at the middle rim.
Top dimensions: 10.375" inner diameter, 11.125" outer diameter, 14" out to out at the handles. Height: 5.5".
Fits into our 8 quart All-Clad stock pot. Note: does not come with a lid but the All-Clad stock pot lid fits perfectly.
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I would hate to complain that this steamer is too big because I should have realized what kind of product I was buying. It is big nonetheless and is absolutely perfect for restaurants and huge families when I say a huge family, I mean a family that has around four or more kids.If you don't steam things that often or simply don't have a huge family, then consider the smaller All-Clad steamer model that fits over sauce pans a model that I find is absolutely perfect in size.
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