Stock Pots
CAC China A2SP-6-120H 120 Qt Aluminum Stock Pot, 6mm Extra Heavy-Duty, 4 Handles
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Every serious kitchen runs on a stock pot: bone broth that simmers for hours, biryani gravy built from scratch, pasta water at a rolling boil, soup in quantities that carry a full dinner service. The Nishi Enterprise stock pot collection covers commercial aluminum stock pots, stainless steel stock pots with lids, and the high-BTU stock pot ranges built to fire them, from a 4-1/2 quart tri-ply pot up to 160 and 200 quart banquet pots. Shop by material with stainless steel stock pots or aluminum stock pots, by brand with Winco stock pots, or browse everything below.
Aluminum stock pots: 6 mm extra-heavy and 4 mm heavy
Aluminum is the standard restaurant stock pot because it heats quickly and evenly, weighs about half what stainless does at the same size, and costs less. We carry two gauges. The 6 mm (1/4") extra-heavy pots — Winco Elemental ALHP (formerly AXHH) and CAC China A1SP / A2SP — have a base thick enough to stay flat on a 90,000+ BTU stock pot burner and to hold a long simmer without scorching; they run from 12 to 160 quarts, with four-handle versions at 120 quarts and up for two-person lifts. The 4 mm (3/16") heavy pots — Winco Elemental ALST (formerly AXS) and CAC China A5SP — are lighter and cheaper, the right choice for pasta water, corn, seafood boils and any pot that gets lifted and emptied many times a shift; 8 to 100 quarts. Covers are sold separately (Winco ALPC series, CAC ALID series). See the full aluminum stock pot range.
Stainless steel stock pots with cover
Choose stainless for tomato sauces, wine reductions, tamarind and other acidic foods that discolor aluminum, for pots that go through the dishwasher, and for induction ranges. The Winco SST series (8–80 qt) is 18/8 stainless over a 5 mm aluminum-core sandwich bottom with welded handles, cover included and induction ready. The Winco TRI-GEN TGSP series (4-1/2–20 qt) is full tri-ply with a mirror finish and cover. CAC China STKP stainless stock pots with lids run 8 to 83 quarts. All are listed under stainless steel stock pots.
Stock pot ranges and burners
A 60, 80 or 160 quart pot needs a dedicated low-profile burner; a standard range will neither hold the weight nor deliver the heat. Our stock pot ranges include single and double burner units from Winco Spectrum, Imperial, Globe, American Range and Southbend, rated from 80,000 to 240,000 BTU.
Which size do I need?
- 8–12 qt: single-burner soup and stock for cafés, food trucks and home cooks.
- 16–24 qt: the everyday restaurant workhorse for stock, pasta, chili and dal.
- 32–40 qt: high-volume stock, seafood and crawfish boils, tamales.
- 60–100 qt: catering, institutional and commissary batches on a stock pot range.
- 120–200 qt: banquet, langar and community kitchens; four-handle pots recommended.
Pair your pot with sauce pots for wide, low gravy and curry work, Indian cookware for patila, kadai and tandoor tools, and the rest of our commercial cookware.