Features Surgical stainless steel stackable steamer pot with 5 stainless steel steamer perforated pan nests. The steam control valve allows you to cook in a way that promotes good tasting foods without losing all the nutrients lost in conventional cooking. The stainless handles are resistant to heat, cold and detergents. Perforated pan nests in a pot. Water is simmered in the lower pan whose steam cooks the food in the steamer.
Water is simmered in the lower pan, which gently heats the double boiler.
It is well worth every penny to invest in a this size stainless steel stacked steamer. In many homes, the steamer pot lives on the stove and is never put away. It is used just about every day to cook a wide variety of foods, from vegetables to flavored meat dishes and steamed whole fish. Steaming cooks food with hot vapor. Food has no contact with the boiling liquid, usually water but occasionally wine in the bottom of the steamer pot.