# About First Cook Essentials
**URL:** https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11
**Category:** First Cook Essentials
**Created:** [November 2, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11 "2016-11-02T16:27:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@System1](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/System1)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11/1 "2016-11-02T16:27:04Z")
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### Author:  [@HunterC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/HunterC)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11/2 "2016-12-05T22:03:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Lynlamb](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Lynlamb)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2017, 2:31am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11/3 "2017-03-02T02:31:22Z")
Question is what is the best size stock pot to use? I was thinking a 16 at. Is a 20 too big?
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### Author:  [@HunterC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/HunterC)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11/4 "2017-03-03T18:00:06Z")
Hey @Lynlamb a 16 will work great, but if you think you want a little more space a 20 will also be fine. The Precision Cooker can circulate up to 5- 5.5 gallons.
Hope that helps and happy cooking!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/about-first-cook-essentials/11/5 "2020-01-13T00:06:28Z")
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