I need a pot

I've heard Vernon's hardware on Fla. Blvd. has a large selection.

forgot the name, but a hardware store in Port Barre has the best selection and prices of anywhere that i have seen.

antique stores used to be the best places to get them, then they started going up on their prices. I haven't checked them out in a while but they may have come back down now that so many different places sell them.

check out vernon's on florida blvd. Goodwood hardware has a good selection but I find them to be expensive.

Goodwood is overpriced and the people are generally grumpy there.

Ralph's Market had/has a selection.

Yep those are the ones I saw.. Very good prices.. they had about 6 to choose from.

Spend the money and get a ten gallon pot. It will be WAY more useful than the five gallon. You don't have to fill it up every time, but the extra room is nice. I shopped around when I got mine. Goodwood is about as fair as anyone when you buy to whole rig (seasoned pot, stand-burner, regulator, hooks, lid, ect.) An important quality about iron pots is how smooth it is. Older antique pots are very smooth inside and most desirable. Cheaper pots have more of a texture due to the coarser sand used in the casting process. Bayou Classic pots, although made in China, are a pretty good middle of the road. Don't for et to put a gallon or so of water and boil out the new pot when you get it, as they are coated in wax prior to shipping and storage. Take care of that damn thing like you would a gun barrel. Keep it slick, shiny, and dry.

how much approx is a 5 gal and 10 gal pot? i was at st charles true value in houma and they had what was probably 10 gal. pot plus burner for $499. dat's a lot!!!

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Spend the money and get a ten gallon pot. It will be WAY more useful than the five gallon. You don't have to fill it up every time, but the extra room is nice. I shopped around when I got mine. Goodwood is about as fair as anyone when you buy to whole rig (seasoned pot, stand-burner, regulator, hooks, lid, ect.) An important quality about iron pots is how smooth it is. Older antique pots are very smooth inside and most desirable. Cheaper pots have more of a texture due to the coarser sand used in the casting process. Bayou Classic pots, although made in China, are a pretty good middle of the road. Don't for et to put a gallon or so of water and boil out the new pot when you get it, as they are coated in wax prior to shipping and storage. Take care of that damn thing like you would a gun barrel. Keep it slick, shiny, and dry.

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This is an excellant post although I have a 15 and a 5 gallon and like them both. You can get a 5 gallon with burner for a hundred or so at Goodwood most of the time. It is a chinese pot but like you said a good starter and if you take care of it it'll last.

My big one came from an old black man in Opelousas who cooked cracklin in it for about 50 years and when he got too old he gave it to me. That baby is nice.