A nice pot for the price tag. Big and shiny. A little thin on the Ss gauge. maybe a #22. Handles seem well welded, need to screw the lid handle. Thermometer and bulkhead work well. So far in happy with my purchase. The only down side is that I don't think is really a 45gal. They calculate the volume for a perfect cylinder. But this pot got a couple of curves and the upper diameter it's a little bigger than the bottom diameter. A brew a 17 gallon batch and it almost half full instead of a third. My calculation is this this pot it's around 41gallons. Good enough for 30gallon batches .