Dutch Ovens

by tim irvine 10 days ago

Is it useful if you already have a saute and a Dutch oven, or is it just another pan in the kitchen? My saute and DO are both 24cm. I rarely cook for more than six. Would I think I had just adde...

Hi everyone, I'm new on this forum and I'm currently putting together my own starter collection of Staub pieces in graphite grey. I prefer their esthetic to LC and I like the idea of a non-stain...

by CHSeifert 3 days ago

To all you ECI cocotte users out there - what type of things do you use your ECI cocottes for? I now own 4 Staub ECI and 3 Le Creuset ECI cocottes. But I only use them for 3 certain specific...

Let’s see if I can explain this - in my second language... Most cookware are designed with a slightly convex bottom. When the pan is cold, the material that toutches the stove top is the outer s...

Greetings chowhounders! I’m a new member to the forum and this is my first post. During the past couple of months I’ve been reacquainted to cooking, first out of necessity and lately have evolved i...

Hi everyone, I'm a new owner of a small Staub collection, and one reason why I decided to go this route was not wanting to deal with stained interiors. I saw some folks saying that lighter inter...

by CHSeifert 5 days ago

Hey Ladies & Gents, I’m looking for good prices on the Lagostina Lagofusion 26 cm stewpot, but it has now been at €190 constantly for a year on Amazon.de Have any of you seen it for sale in E...

So I am having the great existential crisis on what versatile dutch oven size to get. I am debating on 4 qt vs 5.5 qt Staub round cocettes. I need room to make 3-4 servings of stew and curry type d...

Well, my pot came and I am concerned of pinhead bubbles and pinpricks in the interior enamel, there is also an area of rippling and a couple or so of pinpricks in the outer lid. My main concern ...

I'm looking to buy my first copper pot, and I have no idea how wide I can reasonably go. My stove is an electric glass top with 9" burners. I have a 12" cast iron dutch which is a nice comfortable...

Hi, I’m inquiring about a brand name of Club cookware that was popular back in the 70’s and I’m sure prior to that time. It was an durable aluminum product. I still own a few pieces and they are my...

I just got a vintage Fissler Asta enameled pan. It is absolutely wonderful in quality and heavy in weight. Can anyone tell me the age of this enameled line of cookware, how high end it was/pric...

Hi Chowhound! Let me begin with a special thank you to all contributors who have greatly expanded my knowledge of and contributed to my passion for all things cooking. Apologies in advance for t...

by CHSeifert 2 months ago

I would like to start a thread where we all can discuss cookware and techniques used by professional chefs and amateur cooks in their kitchen. I would like to start by sharing this video with y...

Hello, I would like to ask for your help as I don’t have extensive experience with roasting pans and I need to buy one. My aim is to roast kid leg/shoulder, pork , chicken (I sometimes add pota...

by kaleokahu 6 months ago

And it's only $450! Who wants Harrison Ford casserole?

I am about to replace my entire range of non-descript disk stainless steel gear because it is coming to the end of its natural life after 25 years (delaminated bases, tired of gas burn rings up th...

I have the 4 1/2 quart oval Essential cast iron oven (the one with the glass lid). It is similar in size to a Le Creuset that I used to own, which I used for roasts, stews, etc. for about 20 years...

I bought a Le Creuset casserole pot a few weeks ago and have used it three times, the third time to make a curry. After washing the pot the third time I noticed that bits of the shiny enamel has pe...

Cooking skill level - if Michelin star chef was a 10 and a college grad was a 2, I’m a 6. Debating if I want to keep the cast iron Dutch oven I’ve ordered. Never used one before, and neither did m...