Red pill me on le creuset

red pill me on le creuset

nice, but expensive.

you can get a lodge enameled cast iron dutch oven for 1/4 the price

this. got mine for $45 shipped, it's worth it

Not as good as staub

Dutch ovens are gangster. I use mine for a lot of stuff...especially deep frying.

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It's really good, and in my opinion worth the money if you're buying it for life, but solely based on the fact that you started this thread, you wouldn't notice or care about the difference in quality between it and enameled Lodge. Don't waste your money.

lodge. i've had mine for five years and other than slight discoloration on the inside, it's perfect. just don't slam it around or anything. i got it for like fifty bucks.

>poor people smell
ick
Correct

Also it's important to remember that cast iron is, as a rule, pretty shit tier for general-purpose cookery. These things are really at their best with oven use, low and slow. This is true whether it's enameled or not. There's a misconception that iron (which is an insulator, relatively speaking) somehow has desirable properties for cooking, but nothing could be further from the truth. There is a reason it is used in handles for copper cookware - it's because it conducts heat so badly that it's an ideal handle material.

>a misconception that iron somehow has desirable properties for cooking, but nothing could be further from the truth
>it conducts heat so badly

Cast iron heats slowly and evenly, which is exactly what makes it so desirable for cooking.

If you need an explanation... You do not need any.