Just got done cooking for my furry lot. How big a pot can one put on a stove. Like 3 or 4 gallons plus the pot and ingredients or is that too much? Am thinking of looking for a big strong stock pot. Can one use stainless with reinforced bottoms? When I was a kid my grandmother always had a big pot on the back of her cooking stove for broth and things.
I had been canning on my electric stove for a few years and everything sunk towards the middle. I would look at getting a campstove or crabcooker to do large amounts of broth. Unless you have a strong gas or propane stove to cook on.
Whoops, I just realized you had another thread going on this subject. I guess you were talking about a woodstove.
I put a 10 qt on mine from time to time for stews with no problem! Think about this: 4 gallons is only roughly 32lbs and add your ingredients pushing the 40lb mark isn't any big deal in my opinion.
I modified our Napoleon 1900P shroud several years ago so it would allow a big stainless stock pot to rest directly on the surface of the firebox......there is a thread somewhere in our archives regarding the mod. Anyway, the pot held close to 4 gallons of water and it helped humidify our house very nicely. It wasn't anything special, just a thin, generic stainless stock pot. But it was easy to simmer a pot of chili or soup in as wel
Well let's see I'm a 155 lbs and I've stood on top of my stove a few times screwing around with the pipe, didn't hurt my stove any. Stove weighs 550 lbs, made out of plate steel, I think it's pretty sturdy
Wait? Lucy, Are we talking "wood stove" or "kitchen cooking stove" The wood stove can hold a few hundred pounds easy!!!
Thanks guys, I was worried about it bending when it is hot. Mine is only an economy type stove not nearly as heavy. Had to leave my little paradies yesterday and had lots of fun.Spent all afternoon in little antique type and rummage shops looking for cast iron goodies. Found a few, i think but didn't buy yet. Need to learn more so i won't buy rubbish. Wished i'd had the sense to take some pics to show you. Any advice is more than welcome.
Scotty Overkill, some of those SS pots are not really rated for over 400 degrees. Most of them don't say. I assume that the reinforced bottoms handle more. Cooks use them on high gas fires. Got to check out how hot those get.
Wow, i just looked at some Brewing pots. Huge and heavy. One advertised their gas burners for brewing at 220,000 btu. Make you wonder if he added too many zeros. Can't find out what that actually tranlates to in Degrees. The review are not so good, some leaking and warped bottoms.
I wondered this too as I have some very heavy trivets for mine. Not sure if my stove should really take all the weight when hot but it is thick steel as the main box is I believe 3/8 inch steel. Good luck, when in doubt spread it out.
Hi Woodwidow, that is exactly what i'm afraid of. They don't make regular stoves like they used to. They are only good for warming things up not for cooking and canning. Canning pots weigh a lot with water and jars in them. I've looked at the professional stoves (very expensive) but they are all gas and we only have electricity out here. Propane is awfully expensive when you really cook and can.
