My Favorite Pot!
Anytime I get any new kitchen equipment, tools, etc., I read the care instructions. Advertisement should not need to list what is common sense. That being said, I did read the instructions and have had this pot for over a year now and it is my favorite go to pot for soups, stews and roasting. The heat retention is great and cooking soups in an enamel cast iron pot enhances the flavor of your dish, especially if your ingredients include any that are reactive to traditional stainless steel pots. The care instructions are simple easy to follow and Lodge, as always made an exceptional product! To give a product one star because of a user error is silly.
DISCONTINUED------- GO WITH COLOR SERIES
I am not going to go into detail of all the pros and cons of this pan. I think they are well listed by the other reviewers however, if you are looking for this pan and wondering why the price has jumped drastically, it is because Lodge has temporarily discontinued the "L" Series (enameled cast iron) and the "Signature" Series (cast iron with stainless accents). You will not find these again till they re-introduce them with new look and design tentatively late 2013. So if you love the signature series buy them while you can or wait till they come back. I personally dont recommend the "L" series over the "Color" series which is not being discontinued but if you really wanted an "L" series get it while you can. (EXCEPTION: the apple pots are not being discontinued)
More issues with this Lodge L Series Dutch Ove
Buyer Beware! Even though the advertising specifies pot can be heated to 500 degrees, it does not go far enough. What it needs to say is "do not heat the pot empty!!" Mine had a small explosion - a fifty cent piece size in the middle of the pot burst and the glass enamelwas in shards when heated to 450 degrees in preparation of adding dough to make a Pot Boule (a round cottage loaf). Despite bread recipes calling for this process, preferably in a heavy, enameled dutch oven, I found out the hard way and at a loss of $100 (cost of pot and shipping), that it is not safe to do this. I called the manufacturer after Amazon would not accept a return, and they said they have written in the instruction book not to heat the pot empty. I wish this had been specified in the advertising; I would not have bought the pot, since this is precisely what I needed and bought it for and receiving the instructions with the pot would have been to late even if I had read them.
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