Other recipes, however, call for gumbo to be made in a stock pot and these may even be labeled and sold as gumbo pots. If your stock pot is thin on the bottom and you're concerned that the roux ...

Strain the seafood stock into the large stockpot ... Once the okra is cooked, add it to the gumbo pot. Continue cooking the gumbo for 60 minutes. Add the reserved crabs and shrimp and cook ...