Norpro 573 Stainless Steel Vertical Cooker/Steamer, 3 Piece Set, 10in/25.5cm, as shown

I found this steamer to the right size for my needs. It is stainless steel and very affordable. Better in my opinion than others offered elsewhere. It distributes heat evenly and I like the design as well.

Great way to easy steam veggies and other items that need steaming! Great buy!

The pot is 8 1/4 inches high and 5 1/2 inches diameter. The specifications say 10"D x 8.75"W x 5.5"H. The picture says 11 inches high with lid. I have no idea what their numbers mean. I was looking for a pot 10 inches high for sous vide cooking, but this works despite being only 8+ inches high. The specifications say the pot holds 2.9 liters or 3 quarts. It is actually 3.5 liters or 3.69 quarts. Despite the factory not having any idea what they are selling, it is a sturdy pan that works fine.

I waited a long time to buy a asparagus steamer for canning... I was a fool. What can I say other than it is "perfect" for small batch canning. I can fit 1/2 pints all the way up to quart jars (albeit barely). It heats up water quickly and I can see the water boiling through the glass top. The steamer hole also allows me to see when the water is at a hard boil. I can jam to fruit to syrups to tomatoes. Being a slow prepper, it even allows me to ready the next jar while the previous jar is being canned.The price is excellent. I went to a regular department store to find it at almost double the price and it wasn't even as well made! This SS cooker/steamer feels solidly constructed.So unless I get a bumper crop of tomatoes, my old 7 QT canner is gonna get mothballed!

I really like this asparagus steamer. Recommended by a friend who claimed she can't get along without it, I can see why. It takes up very little room--I'm storing it inside my pasta pot, is perfect for 2 or 3 servings of just about any steam able vegetable, and is super easy to use and clean.Dubious about the tiny amount of water in the bottom, I steamed some asparagus for 5 minutes. The asparagus was perfectly cooked, and there was still plenty of water left in the pot. I steamed some Brussels sprouts for 9 minutes, and there was still water left. I'm a convert to the cult of the asparagus steamer!The other use I've found for this is as a wine bottle chiller. Yes, a wine chiller. Put a bottle of wine in the pot, and then fill the pot with ice and water. In about fifteen minutes, your Chardonnay or Pinot Grigio will be at the perfect temperature. You can do that while the asparagus you previously steamed, as well as the herb mayonnaise you made to go with the asparagus are cooling in the fridge. This pot will accommodate a BIG bottle.Talk about your one pot meals!

The media could not be loaded. I’ve used this product twice and the metal is falling apart. What you see is not a stain but a ruff patch of bare metal. After first use I thought something was stuck to the bottom and wiped with a magic eraser when I hand washed. The second use was worse and I put in dishwasher. It’s now rusting.Have I fed my family some kind of metal coating? Amazon offers no support on this product and I have discarded. DON’T PURCHASE!

This pot is classic for steaming asparagus, but what it does for me is allow the easy processing of canned goods in tiny batches. This summer the garden was spotty with the produce and it wasn't worthwhile to try to hold onto things to get enough to do a big batch, everything would spoil first. So this little pot and the incredibly convenient basket allowed me to make a single jar of things like pickled okra or canned tomatoes from what was coming out of the garden in small quantities. And this doesn't take much water so it wasn't spending forever waiting for a huge pot to boil and heating up the entire house doing it. This provides a thrifty way to preserve fruit and vegetables and a friend tells me that when it comes to regular cooking, he loves the way his marinara sauce turns out when simmered in this size pot with the minimal amount of surface area.

I bought this for single jar canning of produce from our garden, jalapeños mostly this year. It is so easy to take just a few ripened jalapeños, about 15 or so, slice them up, boil the brine, fill the jar (taken straight out of the dishwasher so it’s sterile) and put it into this cooker with water already boiling in it...about 15 minutes later I have another shelf stable jar of jalapeños. It used to take me most of the day to can 6 or 7 jars in a large water bath canner. The problem with that was getting enough jalapeños ripe and still fresh at the same time. Now I can do this once every few days as they ripen on the plant and it only takes about an hour-ish out of my day. And I am not heating up a huge stockpot of water for just one jar.I also have used this once to hard boil some eggs. Everything would have been perfect if one of the eggs hadn’t had a hairline crack I didn’t see, which of course leaked egg white all into the water. The leaked egg white cooked onto the basket insert, making it hard to clean...so just a heads up on that. Try to make sure your eggs have no tiny cracks and cleanup will be a breeze.