I am a big fan of Cuisinart Everyday, formerly Professional. It is
stainless, and has a copper bottom, and independent consumer mags say it
heats too hot. The current product is from Korea, and is better than the
old product from France. It can be found very competively priced.

Peter Lampione wrote:
>
> What are the best pots for boiling water quickly over
> a smooth ceramic glass top electic stove?
>
> The pot needs to be lightweight (less mass to heat), except
> that the bottom has to be flat, and as good a heat conductor
> as possible.
>
> The pots I see most often mentioned in these newsgroups
> (such as All-Clad, Calphalon), are very nice and heavy weight,
> and thus heat up slowly.
> I have a wonderful Lagostina Irradial (4 qt), that has a
> somewhat this but well made aluminum/stainless steel bottom (ready
> also for induction!), and very this stainless steel walls.
> However, I'd like to have one or two more, in sizes 6 and 8 qts,
> and I don't seem to be able to find the Lagostinas easily (I bought
> it while traveling).
>
> What are the best stock pots for ceramic ranges, in terms of speed
> of cooking?
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Peter