Cast Iron pots

[Davey S2]

Anyone have any other than Le Cruset?

I need a big caserole pot but the pikey in me refuses to pay £130+ for the large Le Cruset dishes.

Analon do a new Raymond Blanc range of cast iron pots (I have their Professional range saucepans which are excellent) which look good and the large one is about £50.

Anyone got one or any good reasonably priced recomendations?

Thanks

[Cotty]

I don't know about their pots but I have recently purchased a Lodge Logic skillet and its very good. American company but you can find their stuff in the UK

http://www.lodgemfg.com/Logic-dutch-oven.asp

[Pints]

I have one of these:



Try your local South African shop.

[JayBM]

I bought a couple of 6l Vogue Casserole pots from Nisbets at the end of last year. Used them a few times and they seem very good for the money.

http://www.nisbets.co.uk/products/ProductList.asp?...

[aberdeeneuan]

I got some in house of Fraser in the sale, £20 quid a pop an been really chuffed with how they have been.

[Shaolin]

Pints said:

I have one of these:



Try your local South African shop.

Does that work well on a hob?

[Cotty]

Shaolin said:

Does that work well on a hob?

Is designed for an open fire, but nothing to say it would not work in an oven with the shelves removed

[Mobile Chicane]

Davey S2 said:

Anyone have any other than Le Cruset?

I need a big caserole pot but the pikey in me refuses to pay £130+ for the large Le Cruset dishes.

Analon do a new Raymond Blanc range of cast iron pots (I have their Professional range saucepans which are excellent) which look good and the large one is about £50.

Anyone got one or any good reasonably priced recomendations?

Thanks

Outlet centres for LC.

The irony being the bigger the pot, the cheaper it is since it won't have sold as most wimmins can't lift them.

Shirley no issue for a chunky lad like yourself?

[smack]

Staub is good kit, and I would pick up some pieces, but have alot of cast iron LC stuff already.

But like LC it isn't cheap. But will last you well into your grey hair days (or no hair), so cheap in the long run.

[Dennis99]

We got a ruddy great heavy blue one for £25 last year at Dunelm Mill.

http://www.dunelm-mill.com/shop/cast-iron-casserol...

[Timberwolf]

Dennis99 said:

We got a ruddy great heavy blue one for £25 last year at Dunelm Mill.

From what I've been told, the thing with the Le Creuset cast iron cookware is it's a very fine (i.e. light) cast for the strength... which is fair enough if that matters to you, but at £25 for a decent-sized casserole I doubt I'd begrudge a few sessions on the chin-up bar.

[markreilly]

I have a couple of non LC pots,bought them in hardware shops at €50.sold as a "knock down" from €80,you must have the same deal in the UK,great pots can't see the difference myself.if you want real cast iron Lodge is great,all the other brands look pretty spot on to me,judge by weight as much as anything

[Dennis99]

Timberwolf said:

From what I've been told, the thing with the Le Creuset cast iron cookware is it's a very fine (i.e. light) cast for the strength... which is fair enough if that matters to you, but at £25 for a decent-sized casserole I doubt I'd begrudge a few sessions on the chin-up bar.

What's the odd hernia getting it out of the oven anyway?
Had a lovely Beef in Beer on Monday in it. Yum

Edited by Dennis99 on Thursday 3rd March 09:03

[Davey S2]

Thanks all.

Might go for one of these now (Analon 7 litre) as they are in the Debenhams sale for £62 (normally £105 in John Lewis)

[Bill]

Cotty said:

Shaolin said:

Does that work well on a hob?

Is designed for an open fire, but nothing to say it would not work in an oven with the shelves removed

And you can get them without legs.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Slightly O/T but if you are thinking of cast iron for casseroles, look at clay pots as well. Way better than any of the cast iron pots i've used in the past and given away.

[smack]

I bought a set of about 6 LC items, which 5 were saucepans, with the old wood handles (plastic now), and in the no longer made old Blue colour (not the new graded colours) to match my other stuff LC dishes for about 80 quid of fleabay.

[Bill]

Davey S2 said:

Thanks all.

Might go for one of these now (Analon 7 litre) as they are in the Debenhams sale for £62 (normally £105 in John Lewis)

I've got one of these too They're good stock pots, but have disadvantages for stews - they're tall rather than wide so you don't get as large an area for browning meat and you need to use a very low shelf in the oven, because it's nonstick it doesn't brown things as well and the coating isn't as tough as I'd like.

[pugwash4x4]

look for dutch ovens on ebay- i paid £30 for a 10l one a while ago- very veyr versatile and will last for years and years.

[Balmoral Green]

Dennis99 said:

We got a ruddy great heavy blue one for £25 last year at Dunelm Mill.

Thanks for that, there's a Dunelm just around the corner from our showroom. I just bought a huge oval for £39.