Had a "4 liter" bowl w/o the lid, purchased this set of two 4 quart" bowls to always have one available while the other is in the dishwasher.  Use tends to be large salads or even something to dump popcorn in and of course, extra food storage, I make roughly gallon quantities of soups and stews although a little less space efficient for the latter than some other containers I have.  Doesn't fit squarely in the dishwasher but doesn't interfere with the central post.  The lids are a little more problematic in the dishwasher covering a lot of real estate on the upper rack.