Polder 8 inch Strainer and Steamer Insert Basket, Stainless Steel, Perfect for Cooking Vegetables, Pasta and more

Bigger than what I thought it would be but good quality. Works great in my big pot for making broth, I lift it out of the pot without the need to strain my broth. Has a good sturdy weight to it, sits well in the pot. I bought it after watching Chef Billy Parisi using it, used his link to purchase.

I make my own chicken and beef broth on a regular basis. Before I bought this strainer, I always had to pour a giant pot of scalding hot broth through a standard-shaped strainer into a bowl, which resulted in a big mess and occasional burns because the bones always fell out last and splashed into the bowl when it was nearly full. Then I'd scrub, scrub, scrub....and scrub...and scrub...the pot, which would have a filthy bottom and sides as well as a sort of bathtub ring around the rim where the fat/skin/etc. collected at the top of the pot. This strainer fits inside my Le Creuset stockpot like it was made for it. I removed the handle, which just pops in and out, so it didn't interfere at all with the fit of the lid. When I made broth with the strainer, it couldn't have been easier to lift the strainer, chicken bones, etc. contained neatly inside, out of the pot and dump it in the trash, leaving a pot full of strained broth with no mess and no burns. Yes! Then I went to wash the pot and discovered that the bottom and sides weren't grimy at all and there was only a thin ring around the top, which took next to no scrubbing to clean. Yay! Then I rinsed the strainer and put it in the dishwasher, and it came out sparkling. Joy! Last night, I decided to see if the strainer could improve on my asparagus pot, which is tall and narrow with a specially designed steamer insert and vented glass lid. The asparagus pot is a good idea in theory, but has never worked that well for me in practice because the thin asparagus tops still get mushy while the thicker bottoms aren't as done as I'd like. The Polder beat the asparagus pot (which is now in the Salvation Army donation pile) hands-down: it made perfect, evenly steamed spears. This strainer is also handy if you're into juicing; its depth makes it perfect for holding a lot of whole fruits and veggies for cleaning. Depending on your level of fastidiousness, you can wash them one by one and move them to a large bowl or else just rinse the whole strainer-full. Bottom line: this strainer is a fabulous tool. It makes cooking and cleaning so much quicker and easier that I don't know how I ever managed without it. I LOVE this thing, and I'm not in the habit of waxing lyrical over kitchen utensils, I promise you.

As an old woman, I truly thought I had everything I needed in my kitchen. This thing is awesome. Makes my life easier and does a great job!!!

love this for tomatoe canning. It is nice and big and sits securely in the bottom of my stock pot. Wish the handle fit within the steamer so that I could put my lid on the pot while it is cooking.

Love this thing. You can use it for everything. It is surprisingly easy to clean. So glad I bought it.

Been looking for this for years...had something similar but it got lost in a house fire. Never thought to look under "steamer" !! [Cannot imagine why I would use this as day-to-day-steamer..maybe at a restaurant level, but not for a family. Frankly, I think AMAZON has mis-named it!.] Have large country garden and a local farmer's market. Buy when veggies are cheap or available and put food by in the freezer. Biggest pain in freezing = blanching. Dumping the food into boiling water is no problem, but scooping it out at the end of, say exactly 3 minutes, is hell without something large nough to scoop out at least most. (One of the reasons I don't cut up string beans and gave up on freezing peas and cut corn.) With this basket, all goes in at once and all comes out at once. Perfect. Will sure make blanching control easier. The basket appears to be made to commercial restaurant quality. It is 7 1/2 (19cm) " high by 9 1/2" (24cm)in diameter. Fits perfectly inside of a 14 litre-14 quart stock pot. Also fits inside our pressure canner. Best quess is it holds at least two litres of produce. . The insulated handle = greatly appreciated. AMAZON: put it under "blanching basket" or at least searchable as |blanching|

I really needed one of these and am still glad I have it but about the fourth use one of the spot welds on the vertical supports came apart. It still works and seemed to be more of a hassle to send back than to just make do with it as is. The strainer holes are just the right size for straining hot pasta and other items but would not recommend rinsing rice in it. While it might work I am sure some would leak out..

Instead of retrieving the bones and spent vegetables at the end of the simmering process (9 hours), and then having to lift up a heavy pot and pour the broth through a colander or strainer in the sink, I simply bring the whole pot over to sink, place another pot nearby and lift the strainer (which contains all the bones, etc.), place the strainer into the empty pot to let it drain, and what is left in the original pot is the broth. With a good brush and some soap used in conjunction with the sink sprayer, the strainer comes clean again. It really saves me about an hour in clean up time. When making bone broth, during the beginning of the simmering, the "gunk" that forms at the top of the pot has to be skimmed off. This Polder strainer traps all of the "gunk" and therefore eliminates another step. I am appreciative of Amazon listing the dimensions of the strainer, therefore I knew it would fit into a soup pot that I already owned that has a higher vertical dimension. This strainer has helped me to keep up with making the bone broth because it facilitates the process.

Good quality. Perfect for blanching my green and yellow bean bounty.

Bought this basket for boiling bones for soup. Works like a charm. Soupmaking is so much easier!

Excellent quality and arrived very quickly

Il est de bonne qualité, mais je croyais qu'il était plus large. Il va bien dans un chaudron moyen, mais si vous faites des pâtes, vous aurez besoin d'un chaudron plus grand et ce panier est trop petit pour un chaudron de 23 pouces de largeur.

Great product!