CuisinartChef's Classic Enameled Cast Iron Oval Covered Casserole (Cardinal Red, 5.5-Quart)

I have several cast iron pans. I shopped carefully for this one, and it did not disappoint. I read several other reviews, and you should know that it takes a few uses to season a cast iron pan. This one is also not as heavy as some of my other pans. This pan is replacing another pan with enamel on the inside because the cast iron interior is the ultimate nonstick cooking surface. This pan is very high quality. I know I will enjoy it for years. If you are on the fence about making this investment - do it!

I sautéed mushrooms, then added hamburgers.Came out great, but remember it is cast iron under that pretty enamel, so use pot holders!.I put it in the dishwasher. Manufacturer says you can, but I lost my clean finish, so I would recommend washing it by hand.

Perfect size and not too heavy to lift.

I always wondered why people raved about cast iron enameled dutch ovens- And now i know! I watched several videos on YouTube and this one was ranked in the top three, coming in second on America's Test video to the horrendously expensive Le Le Creuset.... When it arrived, it did have two tiny pen point chips on the rim, but I really don't see how to avoid that with this type of material. ... I was stunned at the wide bottom and depth- Which meant it has way more cooking capacity than I expected! I compared it to a stainless steel 8 qt. pot, and in actual cooking surface, there is no comparison! Being heavy, yes, it is a little more of a struggle to wash and rinse, but to actually cook in it is a dream! If you've always had trouble fitting the food you want to cook into a pot and had to do it in shifts, I really think THIS one will accommodate nearly everything you want to cook. It's more beautiful than the picture- A more blue toned Strawberry type red than an orange red. I love it. I expect to use it all the time!

I just got the red frying pan with black interior. In the many answered questions, there was a doubt as to the interior finish of the black-enameled pieces. It is definitely enameled on the inside. It is not a glossy enamel, but it is definitely enamel. The box also states it very clearly. I took a picture of the box and posted it. Looking at the inside of the frying pan, I can see that the finish is smoothly black and different from my regular cast iron skillet.

Love this little pan easy to clean and heats evenlt

Full disclosure: I've only had this oven for about a month and have only used it for baking batards (oval bread loaves), so this is only a review of how the Cuisinart works for baking bread. I have a 6 qt round Lodge and a 4 qt round Tramontina I use for regular cooking tasks, but my partner was tired of getting only 1-2 normally sized sandwiches out of an entire boule (round loaf) and having a lot of very narrow or very wide sandwiches otherwise. I decided it was time to buy an oval dutch oven and oval bannetons (bread proofing baskets) and learn how to shape batards to have loaves that are the same size nearly their whole length.I couldn't find any solid information about what size combinations worked, so I tried to use product dimensions to find dutch oven and bannetons that would match my dough size. I didn't think to account for the handles in the listed 15.6" width, so I bought 11.8" bannetons at the same time as the oven. I was nervous when they arrived and the banneton was exactly the same length as the opening of the oven. I crossed my fingers and went through with the bake anyway:1) Preheat the oven with the dutch oven inside to 500F2) Pull the loaf out of the fridge where it proofed overnight, turn it out of the banneton and onto parchment, score, and set in the dutch oven3) Immediately reduce the oven temp to 450F4) Bake covered for 20 minutes, then uncovered for ~25 minutes, until golden brown and sounding hollow when tapped on the bottomTo my relief, although the loaf fits in the oven with only a fraction of an inch clearance on each end, there is no noticeable difference in the bake at the ends of the loaf that are up against the dutch oven vs. the sides with greater clearance. The dutch oven has more than enough height for my 1kg sourdough loaves. I'm sure you could increase to a bakery standard 1.2kg loaf and still fit comfortably.The dutch oven darkens when it's at the high temperature I use to bake, but it returns to normal color once it cools down, although I wouldn't care at all if it stayed that darker hue of red. It doesn't leave nearly as thick and dense a bottom crust as the Lodge does, which often verges on burnt by the time the rest of the loaf is finished baking. After a dozen or so bakes, the Cuisinart hasn't even started to take on the oily dark spots, either inside or outside, that the Lodge does. Although only a light dusting a flower ever contacts the cooking surface, the oven still looks brand new. Its sharper corners allow the loaf to sit perfectly flat and avoid that slope at the edges the 6 qt. Lodge forces into a 1kg loaf.My experience with this dutch oven is very limited both by time and by use, but I wanted to give anyone like me, who's looking for an inexpensive way to bake two batards from a standard sourdough recipe (~2kg finished dough). There is almost zero information about what size dutch ovens will fit certain sizes and shapes of dough, but this combination is one I can attest to being perfect.I don't know how the dutch oven will hold up after years of normal cooking tasks, but this is one it's been flawless at so far. Even if it ends up with a few chips here and there and looses it's flawless interior surface, I'm confident it will provide me with reliable use for years to come.Bannetons I use: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XC2HYBB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was expecting a nonstick surface on this skillet. It’s beautiful to look at, but everything sticks even after seasoning the pan. Very disappointing. It sits on my stove for looks only.

Good quality

Es un poco pesado, y te tienes que asegurar de que esté engrasado para que no se peguen los alimentos

conserva muy bien el calor

This is a really nice pan!

Se ve y se siente de buena calidad, ademas de que la marca es muy conocida por ser de las mejores.Es facil de limpiar y muy durable.