After many months of searching, I too found the Chefmate pot. Although I've had it only two months, I have had nothing but good experiences with it. I have baked two loaves of no knead bread and countless dishes.

Now I am looking for a stainless steel knob that will tolerate high heat.

Enjoy!

Thanks southern,
I've heard some people say that they wrapped their knobs in aluminum foil and that seemed to protect them just fine. Just a thought, thanks for the feedback on the pot...

FYI, the knob-wrapped-in-aluminum-foil trick is iffy at best, and downright noxious at the high temps required for no-knead bread baking.

The phenolic (plastic) portion of the knob is attached to the threaded metal sleeve with an adhesive that melts at high temps.

I tried the foil trick once, and then promptly went out and bought a cheap stainless knob at Home Depot (see link below). Approaching 30 loaves of no-knead bread at this point, and it's holding up beautifully...

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:1414139}}

Thanks joe blowe,
I appreciate that info...I don't plan on making bread in my pot but apparently lots of people do! Your information is valuable.....

Le Creuset sells stainless steel knobs. I don't know if it will work for your pot, but it might be worth checking out.

Here is a link that might be useful: Le Creuset knob

Thanks for the tips for the stainless steel knob!

I got my red one right after the C.I. review came out. I look every time I'm at Target, but I haven't seen one since.

I just remove the knob when I do no-knead bread. I find that I can easily remove the lid with pot holders and the tiny hole doesn't affect the bread at all.

I'm so glad I found this thread! I picked up a red Chefmate at Target last week (there was just one, tucked away on a shelf) and was a little worried about melting the knob in the oven. I didn't think to just replace it with a metal knob (duh!).

Thanks for the idea!