Can I just cook with only one 3 Liter inner pot instead of filling up the 6 liter with two of them?
1428476
Sure, I do that all the time. To keep the top pot with food really hot, I boil water in another pot and put it at the bottom. Two stacked pot in the cooker, but only the top one has food.
1428477
Yes- but use the other 3 L pot even in there as insulation to help with the thermal process. Fill the other 3L with hot water and put on the bottom of the pot, then your food-filled 3L on top.
1428478
Using boiling water in the 2nd 3L pot works the best but depending on what is being cooked some foods don't need the extra heat and you can place one 3L pot inside and then fill up the empty space with a big hot pad over top which will hopefully fit tight and then stuff a few dish towels in to fill up the empty space and help insulate and keep the heat down in the 3L pot. It won't work to put just the 3L in by itself as the heat will wick out of the pot into the empty space inside the thermal cooker quite quickly.
1428479
Yes. Just put something like a wadded-up towel on top of the 3-liter pot to take up the extra space and provide insulation. Works great for me, and doesn't require any extra water (I'm in California, and every drop counts!).
1512308
I did it once with no problem. You may want to get the 6 cup one, or you will end up doing it in a couple of batches. If you are used to that, then it shouldn't be a problem.
778505
Hello. If you can afford the 3, get it...if the other might be too small, why take a chance? You'll be able to use it more! By the way, ALL-CLAD "rocks"! You'll never be sorry for selecting that maker!!! Professional cook-ware!
1122985
Yes you can. Each pot has its own off and on switch. I use one pot all the time. One of the best things I ever bought.
832283
I don't have time to do the arithmetic for you. A liter is only slightly more than a quart, about 1%. When you realize that manufacturers measure capacity of cookware to it's maximum, not to a practical capacity, you can realistically read liters as quarts. In other words think of a 4 liter pot as a 4 quart pot and you'll be fine.
1032131
Yes, I believe so. The inner pan is more or less a dutch oven pan. You don't even have to use the slow cooker if you choose not to because you can completely cook the food in the inner pan on your stove top.
542677
it depens on the size of the pot that you are using. sometimes I use a 5 gallon pot and I can boil and cook fully and still have at least a half can of fuel left. but for cooking meals you use a canaster at least 4 times
735742
No there is not. However if you get the small fuel can everything fits in the pot.
571313
I dont know, but i doubt it. This pressure cooker sautes and everything else. Why would anybody need an additional pot besides the one which is removable?
1466669
Look at the space you typically have between burners on your stove. The 8 quart might overly crowd the back burner, making it useless, where as the 6 won't.
1058104
this has only one interior pot. It's an awesome unit otherwise. You can get the 2nd pot but it's hard to find; so far have only been able to find it in the UK.
941005
I really depends on what you are cooking, or for how many, or do you freeze leftovers. I think the 6 quart isi the best for all three. I think this cuisinart size is best because of the options that it gives you. You can cook for one or a party.
1608247
You could use this for any of your recipes, seeing that it's misleading.... it's only got a 6 quart capacity! I just received mine, and measured it. Yep, only 6 quarts will fit in it.
1533908
No, you cannot do this. For this purpose I suggest you to use butane burner, which you can buy separately
1726800
I used a smaller kitchen pot it worked fine. Just be aware it may ruin the bottom by leaving black streaks from the flame.
942098
Hi Gabby,....yes, you will need a 6+quart stainless or ceramic(unchipped)pot to cook all your ingredients in. I used a big stainless pot we had and it works perfectly.
873338
You should not need to add. If you half fill your cooker and get the temp at the low temp you want you will end up burinng about a 3rd or 4th of your lump coal.