i know you will get some good thoughts but that doesn't look sturdy enough. i have used a calphalon bar for over 20 years now and that bar (and the anchors used to hold it) are super super sturdy. you're hanging a lot of weight on those bars.

Try a local metal fabrication shop.

It is not a complex shape or anything.

It does need to be stronger than a typical towel bar, with adequate mounting provisions for the weight.

Check out the Enclume Utensil bars. I have one. They can be used for pots too. good luck.

Here is a link that might be useful: Enclume Wall Utensil Bars

They also have actual designated wall pot racks. See the link. I love the Enclume products, the quality is great. Good luck! Tina

Here is a link that might be useful: Enclume Wall Pot Racks

I would be concerned not only about the weight possibly causing sag or crimp, but also the fact that the tubes are hollow & likely to dent.

You also may be able to make something. I noticed that you can buy chrome plated brass pipe and fittings at some of the renovation sites. I made a black one out of lead gas pipe and it cost all of $20. {{!gwi}}

Here is a link that might be useful: Chrome pipe link

rexem - How did you do the wall supports/ anchors on that pipe rack? I see it is a length of pipe with 2 threaded 90" turns, but what is holding it into the wall?

Yes rexem, please tell us what you used! That's the look I wanted (people love their Enclumes but I really want a round bar.) Thank you everybody for weighing in!

Looks like a regular pipe flange.

Make sure you get some screws into the stud far enough.

With 1/2 inch drywall you are looking at at least 3 inch #12 wood screws.

You might look at the smaller size bar rails too. They have cute ends and flanges.

Linked is one place that does the fittings and rails. I have never ordered from them - just thought about it.

Here is a link that might be useful: They haz rails

I'll second the motion in favor of iron pipe - it's durable, cheap, & easily available. Hardware stores will cut to length & thread it for you. On my monitor, it looks like the brass turn pieces have countersunk openings for screws that go directly into the wall, much like the towel bars above.

I'd planned on using copper pipe for mine but they were expensive & had to be ordered (& I needed them immediately) so I 'temperarily' used iron. That was in 2003 & I haven't changed them out yet, LOL!

You asked how it was attached. We had to drywall behind the stove so we put plywood up first and the screws are long. That sucker isn't going anywhere. If you won't have that option, you will have to screw into the studs. But since you can have the pipe cut to any length, it might work. It is just a normal flange which you can countersink screws into, an elbow, two small pieces of pipe and then one long one.

The questioning of the strength of the bar presupposes that it is a towel bar and not a shower grab bar. A shower grab bar is designed to hold the weight of a human being. A towel bar is designed for towel weight. We have grab bars installed, into the studs, in our remodeled baths. A shower grab bar does not bend, dent or compromise the safety of the bather.

From looking at Jcox's photos, it is difficult to tell if they are shower grab bars or towel bars. They could be either.

To reiterate, shower grab bars would easily hold the weight of pots and pans, IF they were carefully and correctly installed. For that matter, any bars would have to be carefully and correctly installed.

And I, too, like the simpler bar and attacher config.