Cajun Cookware Coffee Makers 7-Cup Aluminum Drip Coffee Maker - GL10035

This looks like the real McCoy, but it is not. That is, it lis not the same quality of the old Wearever alumnimum pots. It is thin, poorly assembled, and I would not want to take responsibility for what might leach out of it. I bought it because I was desperate. I grew up in Central Louisiana, and I've never used anything other than a drip coffee pot unless I have guests and just want something I can plug in and forget. So when my old (maybe 30 year old) Wearever pot finally developed a tiny leak from mishandling , I started looking for another like it. No luck. The leak was so small that I just put a paper towel under the pot when the coffee was dripping and kept looking for a replacement. Then one day I was in a hardware store and there it was---right size and even if it was made in China and had some visible weld marks, it was distributed by a firm in Marksville, LA, heart of Louisiana. Folks in Marksville knew coffee, I figured. I was so happy with my find that I tossed my old pot into the trash. Unfortunately. First problem: the lid didn't fit perfectly and while trying to put it on the pot after pouring boiling water into the water holder, the handle tilted from the heat, the top slipped down into the water, and I found my entire hand in boiling water. That was last week. Today, I put coffee in the basket of the pot, put it on the front burner of the stove, and turned the gas on under the teapot that sat on the back burner for afternoon coffee. Just then the telephone rang and I reached over to take the call. I was a yard away from the stove and only had time to answer the call when I smelled something awful: in trying to take the call, I had mistakenly turned the flame on under the coffee pot. In less than 30 seconds (tops!), the bottom had melted in two spots and the coffee grounds in the basket had gotten so hot they were roasting. I do not exaggerate. The gas flame was on low, and the bottom burned through. I can't even count the times someone had put the old pot on the stove to warm up and forgotten about it until the liquid had cooked out. A good scrubbing, and the pot was fine. I would be very careful with this pot. I'm looking for one that looks like it but that is made of good-quality, heavy grade aluminum. I don't care what it costs. As a result of this $26 purchase, I have a badly burned hand and no coffee pot. Can one get aluminum poisoning in a week's time? I wanted to like this pot. I really did. But I think it is dangerous.