# Irritated by pot sizes...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-by-pot-sizes/529455>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 18, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-by-pot-sizes/529455 "2010-02-18T08:49:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-by-pot-sizes/529455/1 "2010-02-18T08:49:38Z")

</div>

Inspired by the thread on food heresies…

I usually cook a certain amount of pasta each time I cook it. I fully acknowledge that my 4 quart pot is too small for that amount. But the next size up that I can find is NINE quarts, which is WAY too big for the purpose.

Why isn’t there any size between 4 and 9? Surely a 7 quart pot MUST have some use?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2010, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/irritated-by-pot-sizes/529455/2 "2010-02-18T08:58:34Z")

</div>

[6 Quart pots.](http://www.google.com/search?q=6+quart+pot&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)