This All-Purpose Stockpot is the perfect addition to any cooking environment indoors or outdoors! The Steam-Boil-Fry Stockpot has an indentation that raises the basket 1.75 inches above the bottom for steaming or boiling. Use the basket to deep fry chicken, fish or hushpuppies; steaming or boiling seafood, clams and vegetables. Use without basket to boil soups, stews, gumbo, jambalaya, and low country boil. Extra-strong basket with wire swing handle Inner ridge holds basket 3/8-inch off bottom of pot Pot measures 10 inches high by 14 inches in diameter | Bayou Classic ® 24-qt Aluminum Stockpot with Lid and Basket