Circulon 81403 Elementum Hard Anodized Nonstick Stock Pot / Stockpot with Lid - 10 Quart, Gray

I bought these as a gift for my daughter and she's very happy with them. I use this brand also and am very happy with them.

Truly non stick. We stayed at an air bnb that had this set and baught it when our set was pretty well worn. Totally non stick and a breeze to clean. We love them and use them every single day.

This is a fantastic pot for making stews, spaghettis, soups or any other dish you need to use a pot for. Great heat distribution, big enough for a family meal prep and finally a pot that has heat protection handles (so hard to find these days with all the cost cuttings manufacturers are doing)!

Heavy weight pot - nice and flat bottom.

Easy to clean, great price

Found the Ciculon pot online. It seemed to fit the bill to replace a worn out pot of the same volume. It needed to have a long-lasting nonstick surface, easy pour spouts, glass top and anodized exterior at a reasonable price. Plus is the glass top is set up to to be a strainer. Only problem is the pot is not as wide as the one it replaced, but it is deeper to give it the same overall capacity. It will take some getting used to. Would give it a 5 star rating except for that.

Pot ReviewA very good looking pot. I rely heavily on other buyer reviews. I bought this pot because our 5 quart pot, with our growing family, was maxed out in the usable cooking meal size. We try to cook enough food for 2 main meals at a time, like on a weekend. So I thought "Why not go for large", hence the 10 quart size. Well, some of our meals are baked in the oven with the pot & lid, (silicon covered handles for the heat of the oven, much better than others on offer). The very nice looking pot with lid and silicon covered handles came today. After inspecting the pot and lid, which was good looking, and securely put together, I then noticed the height of the pot with the lid which is about 10 � inches. For this pot and lid to go in our oven you would have to remove one of the oven racks! Hadn't thought about that! I was prepared to send the pot back when my wife said "Why not use it just as a stove top pot; for things like chili". So we keep it. But again I have some reservations about the pot diameter which is about 10 � inches round with the handles sticking out another 2" on each side. It is 7 � inches deep and has the possibility of burning your forearm when sauteing vegetables in the deep pot. I think the pot could have been 1" to 2" more in diameter, thereby being shorter in height. So we will see! It wouldn't have taken much for me to send the pot back so that in itself says a lot for the looks and feel of the pot.As for the coatings themselves. I feel that non-stick coatings on pans and skillets as "sacrificial" items. Trying to keep them looking "New" is really to much of a challenge for us. We have been using pots and pans for over 50 years and they don't end up looking as new. I don't know about how others cooks and spending as much time in clean up as they do but as long as the coating isn't poisoning us when it's heated and does not flake off the pot when you use it, we are prepared to take what we get. There is always stainless steel or cast iron but we have had enough of them. Even tho I am old, I don't expect this pot to last a lifetime!

This is my 3rd pot exactly like this however, the last 2 had to be replaced because after a few uses it would start to spin on the stove. Well....this one was slightly different as it arrived in an actual Circulon box - the first 2 did not so I can help but to wonder if they were not true brand pots. I even hand washed it because I read anodized should not go in the dishwasher although it says dishwasher safe.I absolutely love the size of this one. Nothing sticks.... nothing! It's short and really wide so anything can spread out and cook! Because it's so good with nonstick it is so easy to clean! I use it for almost everything! Hope this one doesn't start to spin - with small kids and small dogs I don't want to chance it sliding off with hot food!Definitely recommend 😃

Soo first off, they are coarse so it feels bizarre, I think you’d have to watch out for staining because of that but I don’t cook on more then medium heat. And you shouldn’t with these.The quality is really nice. Lighter weight then my other hard anodized pans.The draining lids are Brilliant!!!!!! I reeeallllyyy hate that the biggest part doesn’t have a pouring lip/strainer. It’s too bad. The little ones do but the big one should also! Anyways, I love them so far. They wash very nice. The non stick is reallly great too. Love it all so far.

great quality will buy Circulon products again

Got these to replace an older set of Circulons which had become the very opposite of non-stick due to washing in the dishwasher over a few years. I appreciate the lids on the two saucepans that enable you to drain vegetables without needing a colander or sieve. What I would say though is that the two saucepans are both quite small whilst the stock pot type pan is enormous. Before buying this set, think whether the sizes will suit because I think we won't use the stock pot much and we've currently had to keep one of our old pans if we are to prepare anything for more than, say, 4 people. The Chef pan is useful but would be better if it was in the wok sort of shape with sloping sides - this one is not much good for stir frying. So far, they are good pans but I wish I had looked more closely at the sizes and picked a different set with a couple of larger saucepans. Now we're looking after them, we'll see how long the non-stick really lasts.

Exactly what we wanted, excepted that it is a little too pricey.

Love this wok, I even used it to deep-fry doughnuts.