hi jim! i usually suggest this to my non-foodservice friends: make friends
with a local chef ( we're easy, chat us up, tell us your problem, then
promise us a taste..) ask him or her to take you into a professional
wholesale shop. be specific in your needs with with a clerk & .be prepared
to pay cash money. plan B would be to ask friend chef to share some of his
catalogues and order from same - we usually get supply catalogues regularly.
plan 3: bribe friend chef to toss an appropriate vessel into the dustbin, as
i believe you call them, some late night whilst you're wandering past his
back door . ;^) maybe friend chef chef knows of a concern about to close up
shop... HTH regards, bob


"jim" > wrote in message
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>I hear with a little jealousy how accessible bulk equipment seems to be in
>the US for home food and drink making. In England it seems that any larger
>cookware at a real premium.
>
> I would love to find an affordable supplier of 5 gallon boiling pots
> suitable for heating all my must water in one hit. Currently the most I
> can boil at a time is about 6 litres and I fear that I am 'cooking' my
> fruit for too long when I add in four consecutive loads of boiling water
> over an hour or so - plus its a real hassle.
>
> Does anyone know of any UK suppliers of suitable cookware which comes at a
> reasonable price? Otherwise, suggestions as to likely catering supply
> outlets would be a boon. I have googled this and am still reasearching,
> but most of the stuff I find is for stand alone electric boilers - I'd be
> happy enough to get one which would sit on my hob.
>
> Many thanks for suggestions, Jim
>