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[–] jobes 1 points (+1|-0)

You'd probably be horrified by the literal lbs of vegetables I'll pile into a stock pot for my veggie soups. Mmm now I gotta make that this week

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

Nah. Our cook starts soups/stews in 10 gallon stock pots.

[–] jobes 0 points (+0|-0)

I only have a 5 gallon pot, now I want a 10 gallon pot

[–] [Deleted] 1 points (+1|-0)

LOLS

Remember the scene in jaws when the police chief said, "we're gonna need a bigger boat?"

That's a huge mass of water to boil. You'll need two things

1 - Room for it on the stove (they're huge!). 2. - A burner whose output is 10k+ BTU. It takes quite a bit of energy to effect a 150+ degree temperature increase (assuming you started with tap water).

We have a family kitchen and a semi-commercial kitchen. The big kitchen has a really large commercial range. When the three big burners light, you can almost feel the heat flare from across the room :-)

It's not a pot I'd ever use. My cooking is for 2-8 people. That much stock would feed dozens of people.