589274 Tue Jan 20 06:53:11 -0800 2009 2 41 Cookware 0 4341126 I bought this pot to replace my extreamly thick reactive aluminum pot. I use it to make 8 gallons of tomato sauce at a time..I cook very slow and low for the first day and then again the next day for a few more hours stirring frequently. My problem regardless of what I try I am still burning the bottom of the pot. I thinking about either going back to my old pot or trying a thick piece of may sheet aluminum on top of the burner and the pot on top of that. Does anyone have any suggestion. Bill Tue Jan 20 06:53:11 -0800 2009 160496 wdames 1 4341229 Your diffuser idea is all I can think of. Obviously there's too much heat sitting in one spot for too long so either turn down the heat or try something else. I guess the tomato sauce is too thick (thicker than say, chicken noodle soup) so you're not getting the convection in the sauce that you need to disperse the heat. Tue Jan 20 07:25:16 -0800 2009 4341126 42270 HaagenDazs 1 4341321 Maybe you need a Lightnin Mixer: http://www.lightninmixers.com/smscale_batch.asp OK, just kidding, but you never know. Tue Jan 20 07:54:37 -0800 2009 4341126 12626 ted