Snow Peak Cook and Save Titanium Pot

I really like this pot because it's the perfect size and has a rubber lid for storing food away for later. I typically cook things like soups, rice, noodles and what not with this pot. Because of it's size, I also use it to steam/reheat things. The key is to use water so you don't end up burning your food given the thin walls. Water and constant stirring is the key to not burning your food. This pot is also great for boiling drinking water. I really like the plastic lid when I'm out in cold weather because I can cook extra and simply store it for later.

For full pots, the handle feels like it won't support it, but so far, no issues. I've also made it a point to not depend entirely on the handles for moving it about because I'm afraid it might give. To address this concern, I either slide it off the fire so I can hand it with my hands using some kind of insulation, or two, I grab the handles with my left hand and support it with my right so as to not depend entirely on the handles.

Just purchased this pot a week ago and used on a multi-day trip up in the Sawtooths.



As in the tech specs, this pot is super light coming in at just under 8 ounces. Nothing like shaving a few ounces to lighten your load!



Cooking:

Let's talk about cooking with this guy. It's pretty sweet and can hold a decent amount of food. To keep cleaning the easiest on our trip, I kept the heat low and the food moving to avoid burning the food or marking up the bottom of the pot. The pot looks great and never had any food-stuff stick to it.



Handle:

Initially I had some concern with the thermal spread of the heat from stove heating the handle up too much when cooking. The handle did heat up a little bit while we were cooking but never too much. There was never any discomfort using the handle. Just make sure that when you?re cooking, you don?t leave the handle up against the pot, otherwise it WILL HEAT UP TOO MUCH! (We didn?t make this mistake, just using my noggin). Have the handle in the open position and it?ll do a good job of staying usable.



The handle does a great job dealing with heavy loads. We had four cups of water and some soup mix cooking and there were never any concerns about the handle being too frail to handle the load.





Titanium Lid:

So a few things about the lid. My main concern is with the mini titanium handle on the top. It could just be the pot I have but it seems like the flange that holds it in place was put on too tight. They look like spot welds and the pressure might have been set too high, but the small pinchable handle should be able to rotate cleanly on mine and it doesn't. Not a major concern for me since it meets my weight criteria.



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I use a stainless steel pot exactly this size almost everyday. It is the perfect size for a very large one pot meal whether it is mac and cheese, rice, potatoes or anything you can cram into it. The size allows a standard mac and cheese, a large can of meat and a ton of veggies all in the same pot for a simple one pot meal. I am getting this pot in titanium because while mine is a great size for making large amounts of food or boiling lots of coffee water, it is too heavy in stainless steel to carry around in a pack. I have cups and smaller pots in ti and I know this will be a welcome addition for my all around lightweight cooking experience. The 2 liter ti will allow me to braise a chunk of meat and throw lots of other local goodies in for a great stew which is terrific on a cold rainy day. Looking forward to having my Snow Peak Ti in 2 liter arrive soon.

This pot is awesome! Super lightweight and easy to clean. Big enough to feed 2 or one really big meal. I use it all the time when I go bikepacking and it has been great to me. The best part is by far being able to store any extra food for a midnight snack

This pot is great for big 2-person meals or regular 3-person meals. We often do 30 mile days and make a big meal mid afternoon. Leftovers stay in the pot, the plastic lid snaps on and and we finish them up a few hours later. We looked for the lightest 2L pot and found it.