Winware SST-40 40 Quart Stainless Steel Stock Pot with Lid - Perfect for Cooking Soups, Stews, Pasta & Large Batch Meals for Family Gatherings

This review is for the 20 quart size. It fits very well on my standard electric stove top with plenty of clearance from the microwave situated right above the stove. I'll add exact measurements at some point, the measurements listed by Amazon don't seem to be correct.The short version: I highly recommend this pot, if you're a homebrewer of any level and need a 5 gallon pot for 3ish gallon stovetop brewing, this is your pot. Don't buy one of those entry level pots from homebrew shops, they are garbage and way overpriced.The longer version:Recently I moved into a smaller apartment and it's also 5 degrees outside most of the time. I've been searching for a solid, 5ish gallon pot for homebrewing that didn't cost $100+ and would also be useful once I can move back outside to my 10 gallon pot and burner. I looked at every 16, 20, 24 gallon pot there is and this one was by far the best value.I did a test run of heating 3 gallons of cold tap water to 165 degrees then to boiling.It took 38 min to get to 165 and continuing right to a boil it took another 22 minutes.So an hour total to get 3 gallons to boil on a standard electric coil stove top element. Not too bad. Also, if your worried about the electric cost of running your stove for this long, my rudimentary math/google searches told me it would be around $3 and $5 for the entire brew session depending on your local kwh cost.Tip:Don't wash anything that's super hot with cold water. If you dump cold water into this pot after it was boiling you might cause the bottom to become deformed. Let it cool down a while before you wash it. For homebrewers: if you're using an ice bath, let the pot cool for a couple minutes on an off burner. Put it in the water bath with no ice at first, add a tsp of salt (which lowers the freezing point of the water, which means faster cooling, or so i'm told) then add the ice. This will help prevent damage to your pot.Pros:Solid handles - no faulty grommets that will loosen over timeIt comes with a good lid - watch out for this one, some pots don't and it adds $15 to buy oneHas a thick aluminum core bottom - aluminum is between copper (the high end) and stainless (the low) as far as conducting heat goes - this is a good thingThe sides are not too thick if you're thinking about drilling and adding a thermometer and ball valveVery sturdy when pouring 3 gallons of wortCons:No cons of note yet, I figure any large problems with this pot will appear over a long period of time and are probably more related to how you take care of the pot anyway (i.e. rust, scratching, handles falling off, dents, discoloration) All of which are cons of the owner not the pot.Not really a con, more of a tip:This is not a problem with this pot, but rather all stainless pots - It does not hold heat very well. Adding thickness to the sides would add considerable weight which in my opinion would be more of a con. If you're using this for homebrewing (or really anything) I would suggest looking into reflective insulation. It's a thin tin foil looking material that you would wrap around the pot, cutting holes for the handles and using a specific foil tape made for this stuff to seal it. Leave plenty of room at the bottom to clear direct heat from the burner, the stuff is made of plastic. It would simply keep more heat from being lost through the sides of the pot.