Emile Henry Flame Top Round Ovens

My wife and I bought the Emile Henry Flame Top 5.5 quart dutch oven to make the Jim Lahey no-knead breads. We had tried making his recipes with other baking equipment and were unable to achieve a dark, crisp crust. Using this pot took care of the problem. We've also used it to make some one-pot dinners. Pot roast, using the Joy of Cooking recipe, came out great. As with the bread, we had this dish using other cookware, but it took a dutch oven with a tight-fitting lid to get it right. We also used it for onion soup, carmelizing onions and leeks in the dutch oven, then adding hot stock. Tasted great, and cleanup was minimal, as nothing sticks to this pot and it cleans up beautifully in the dishwasher.

When the pot first arrived, my wife thought it would be too big and heavy for her to handle, but it has not been a problem. In fact, we chose this dutch oven over cheaper ones because it is half the weight of pots made with cast iron. Since it is so large, we keep it on a stand in our breakfast nook. With the beautiful cobalt glaze, it is practically a work of art.

After reading another reviewer's comment about problems with boiled-over milk that stuck to the outside of the pot during the breaking-in process, we followed the directions to the letter, watched the milk carefully and had no problems.

Instructions recommend heating milk in the pan prior to first use. I wasn't watching and boiled milk over pan. It stuck to the pan like glue and was hard to remove with soaking and scrubbing. Watch the pot when heating the milk!

Since that first cleaning, the pan is amazingly easy to clean, heats very quickly and evenly and makes gorgeous no knead breads. On top of that, the pan is a thing of beauty and not near as heavy as the currently popular enameled pans or my regular cast iron.

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I had been wanting an oven proof dish and lid for a long time. This durable pot makes it very easy to do the stovetop to oven kinds of meals.

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I loved this pot but, despite being careful with using and cleaning it, it developed a crack after one month's worth of use.

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I was a little on the edge about buying a clay pot for stove top use, however I am very pleased with the purchase and look forward to adding more of these beautiful and well made pots to my kitchen. The color is a deep purple that has add the typical blacking of enamel at the base from regular usage. In this case it makes the pot even more remarkable in coloring. What I like the most about the pot is that it can go in the oven, fridge or microwave as well as on top of the stove. I have not put this in the dishwasher as I have heard from others that this shortens the life span of the pot and I wish to have this beautiful for as long as possible.

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