I had been hoping that I could use the rack in one of my smaller pans for when I was canning with smaller batches, or smaller jars. My large canner is huge and takes a long time to heat up, and small jars tip. Unfortunately all of my other pans are 12 inches (24 cm) in diameter or less so this rack sits right on the lip and doesn't fit inside...kind of a waste 😖. Recently I used it inside my large canner on top of the other canning rack. This helped so my small jars didn't tip, and because I only had a few jars to process. The rack would fit into most large pots if it was just a 1/2 inch smaller in diameter 🤔