Has anyone experience the pot turning turning into black patches all over inside when boiling water on it?
1355764
I have not boiled water, only brewed beer and I have not had that problem/issue.
1355765
Haven't seen it myself. I've used it about a half dozen times, for brewing beer.
1355766
I've never had this happen, but have only used mine a couple of times so far.
1355767
my bet is you have oxidation... not uncommon with new items that you dont wash first, or if your water is treated with chemicals that would be a factor too...........filter your water, and clean and sanitize the pot and lid with good water, then try again and you should be fine.
955827
Not patches, but definitely discolored. My understanding is the dis colorization is oxidation, which you definitely want bit will protect the pot as well as the flavor of whatever you are cooking. Basically it is the aluminum version of "seasoning" the pot.
1989289
No, mine looks great, almost like new even after a lot of use. I have quite of few stainless steel pots and pan and nothing like what you are describing has ever happened. In my never to be humble opinion it is not common.
1717201
No. We have never had a problem with the pot. This is our 2nd one and wouldn't spend our money on any other coffee pot. what did happen with our first one is the heating element went out after about 3 years and the warranty labor with the shipping would have cost around the same as a new one. We then bought a cheap coffee pot that was garbage. We agreed it was worth the money. We would give this pot 5 stars. Hope that helps.
1572887
Not that I know of. I have had these pots for months now and I have not had a problem like that.
2199122
I have owned three of these coffee pots. One had the same problem. I had to pull out the instructions and follow them exactly. This particular pot required cleaning OFTEN. I hope this helps.
2137295
Hi Allyson, my cooker does the same thing. Overcooks, does not sit well, water boils over and I'm so unhappy with it I can't return it as it's too expensive to return because of the mailing cosyt Would Amazon take it back and pay return postage it was expensive!!!! Lucy Plus you can't put in dishwasher like my old one from 1940.
1458905
Did you see the water boiling. Did you properly close the lid ? Mine cooker starts to boil water immediately and the lid look clouded with water vapour.If your cooker does not boil water then its defective.
795217
Your question depends on use. My roommate kind of ruined the answer that I can give you based on my own experience. After week three, I came home to a pot that was charred because it was let on a gas stove for a good hour and had turned light brown in that time. I was devastated. You'll be happy to know that it cleaned up very well. I used Barkeeper's Friend... despite the accident, it polished up perfectly! Hope that helps.
1146688
No but I notice a few spots on the outside of the pot that are getting discolired but it's not rust. I empty my pot each time I use it, not because of rust but to keep down a hard water build up.
1099252
I wouldn't know for certain - sounds like it could be oxidation. You could ask for a different pot. I use mine every week, but it had no marks brand new. It has a few pencil-point sized black dots now but it has had burned food when I did not watch it closely and had the heat too high or was cooking something too long by multi-tasking. The dots don't worry me, but if your pan came to you in that condition, I'd ask for a new one. Contact amazon. They can tell you how to send it back and get a new one. They have return labels you can print out. Whenever I have called them with a problem, they promptly call me and I have resolved every one of the few problems I have had. I hope I was helpful.
1568216
Hello, I have never had this problem. I have seen micro bubbles just before the water starts to boil and against the blue Led light hue could be mistaken for what you are seeing only a guess. Regards
249919
I use mine twice a week and there is a slight amount of discoloration, not enough for me to worry about. Any discoloration is merely cosmetic. Mine is the most used pot in the kitchen--love it.
2043133
I haven't experienced that yet but I also don't get an extreme boil before I shut it off. Sorry not sure if that helped.
635659
I have only used it 7 times so far and have not seen any mold issues so far. However I can see now mold can occur after prolonged use if the steam is blocked. I imerge the bamboo pot in my stainless steel pot with water but i do not cover the stainless steel pot to allow the steam to escape.
2019541
i haven't had problems with anything boiling over. as a matter of fact. i don't put the little lid on. it's fun to watch whatever i have boiling. boiling water or whatever, only goes so far in the pot and that's it.
945689
Actually, I don'tworry about it. Clean the inside with a scotch bright type sponge. The black outside of the cup is inevitable, but actually helps conduct heat. All my cookwear has blackend exteriors.