Stock pot with fitted strainer-basket

A system for cooking food, said system comprising:

• a container having a top opening, a floor, a side wall and an inner cavity within which liquid may be placed such that the liquid partially fills the inner cavity;
• a strainer-basket that is insertable through the top opening and into the inner cavity of the container, said strainer-basket having a side wall with indented regions formed therein, said indented regions having lateral edges;
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• support pins extending inwardly from the side wall of the container, said support pins being configured to engage at least one engagement surface on the strainer-basket;
• the strainer-basket being initially insertable to a submersed position within the inner cavity such that the support pins are received into the indented regions, rotation of the strainer-basket is limited by abutment of the support pins against the lateral edges of the indented regions and a lower portion of the strainer-basket becomes submersed within liquid that partially fills the inner cavity;
• the strainer-basket being subsequently moveable from said submersed position to a draining position by i) vertically lifting the strainer-basket to a position where the support pins are no longer within the indented regions and, thus, rotation of the strainer-basket is no longer limited by abutment of the support pins against the lateral edges of the indented regions, ii) partially rotating the strainer-basket to a rotational orientation in which the support pins are aligned with at least one support pin engaging surface on the strainer-basket and iii) lowering the strainer-basket such that said at least one support pin engaging surface rests on said support pins so as to support the entire strainer-basket above liquid that partially fills the inner cavity.