Poll Time!

[devreux]

It's prime chili-makin' season, and coming up on prime soup-makin' season, too. For years I've been getting along fine with a modest "big pot," which allows me to make 4-5 quarts of chili at a time. Right now, though, I'm making chili (while local peppers are plentiful) and socking it away in the deep freeze, so that when I want chili during the

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[page_of_swords]

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[devreux]

~chuckle~ I'm not certain that I need to go from 5 quarts to 5 gallons all in one fell swoop! But I'll keep it in mind, for sure. :-D

[cellio]

I love my 3-gallon heavy-bottomed pot. I don't know how much bigger you could go for chili without having to alter your cooking methods, but that size works fine for chili and soup. (I've done more of the latter; these days I mostly use the crock pot to do chili -- smaller batches but it runs unattended.)

[ragnvaeig]

Yes, if you have somewhere it can live comfortably.

[firynze]

I need to get a bigger pot myself, so I totally vote yes!

[risiko]

Yes, provided it fits in your sink.