Large pot with glass lid, 30 cm, 8 litres

Do not let the pot set the limit

You know the moment when the size of the pot decides how many people you can invite. This 30 centimetre piece holds 8 litres: you do not halve the recipe, you do not split one soup between two pans, and you do not work out whether one more portion will fit.

Enough for the whole thing at once

Eight litres is the amount that covers a celebration, a name day or a large gathering, and on ordinary weeks it cooks half the week at once. Bean soup, goulash, stuffed cabbage, broth: each of them fits in the quantity the recipe originally intended.

The 13.5 centimetre wall and the 30 centimetre width together mean the ingredients are not pressed against one another. There is room for the foam, for meat on the bone, and for the soup to stay below the rim once it comes to the boil.

How it is built

What makes a pot this size premium

Fashion by Berlinger Haus builds the shape on two things: minimalist style and a matt finish. An eight-litre pot does not disappear in a kitchen, so how it looks matters. Here the handles grow out of the body, the surface does not reflect, and nothing on it shows off.

The handles and the lid knob are stay-cool, ergonomic and soft-touch. At this size that is the detail that counts most, because a full pot always needs both hands.

The glass lid

The tempered glass lid rests on the pot through a soft-closing, heat-resistant silicone system. It does not clatter, it does not dance above a rolling boil, and the silicone rim keeps it in place even when the pot simmers for hours.

Its greatest use, though, is that you can see through it. Opening eight litres of soup for no reason means letting the built-up heat go; this way you simply look, and the lid stays where it is. A toothed strainer row runs round the rim of the lid, with a built-in strainer and an integrated spout: you let the cooking water out through the lid.

The base heats, not a single point

In a large pot the quality of the bottom shows up first. This one has a turbo induction base, so it works on every type of hob: induction, gas, electric, vitroceramic and halogen.

At eight litres that is the line you lean on most. The turbo induction base is designed for even heat distribution: the bottom of the pot works right out to its edge, not only over the ring.

The coating shows itself at the sink

titanPro coating

A non-stick layer on the wall and the base of the eight litre pot. It is the brand's own hard-wearing non-stick coating.

This pot is easy to clean, and on a 30 centimetre piece that is the difference between leaving it in the sink overnight and going round the inside once with a soft sponge after it has cooled.

Materials and safety

The body is forged aluminium, the lid tempered glass with a heat-resistant silicone system, the coating the brand's titanPro system.

When it comes out

Before Christmas, when the broth is made and the pot stands on the hob from eight in the morning until noon. Or in September, when a whole batch of pepper stew cooks at once and all that is left is to fill the jars.

And it comes out simply because you do not feel like cooking every other day. One afternoon, one pot, and the next three dinners are already in the fridge.

Care

• Always move a full pot with both hands, holding both handles.
• The eight litre pot holds its heat for a long time: wait until it is lukewarm before any water goes in.
• Stir with wood or silicone to protect the non-stick surface.
• Wash it with a soft sponge and washing-up liquid; metal pads and scouring powder scratch.
• Dry the silicone rim of the glass lid and store it separately if the pot goes on a shelf.

The smart choice

You can start with two four-litre pots instead of one eight-litre, but then you take up two rings, season twice and wash up twice. This size replaces exactly that: one set of ingredients, one ring, one lid. The 13.5 centimetre wall is what keeps room above a rolling boil so the soup does not run onto the hob.

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