Le Creuset 3-Ply Stainless Steel Casserole 30cms

Advantages: size, depth, ease of use, retains heat, weight, quality, easy to clean
Disadvantages: size for storage

...Le Creuset 3-Ply Stainless Steel 30cm Mediterranean Casserole - an investment which repays its' outlay as you use it. Brilliant when cooking larger quantities. Easy to manage on the cooker despite its size. The handles are flat so you are able to get a good grip and we find they don't become hot. Heats up quickly and retains heat so we cook at a lower temperature. The lid fits well so once the food is cooked we can turn the heat off until we are ready to serve. The size is ideal as you can add ingredients and still be able to control the contents of the casserole. We mainly cook with olive oil and have no problems with food sticking. The stainless steel pans are not heavy compared to their other range! Easy to clean....

toerag13 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Le Creuset not guaranteed if hot!

Advantages: lovely quality product
Disadvantages: not guaranteed if hot!

...I love le creuset and got a set of casserole dishes and oven dishes for wedding presents. I've been happily using them and loving the whole oven to table to hob experience and just the general quality feel of the prodcuts. However, my favuorite oval casserole dishes has recently lost a few bits from the cast iron enamel on the inside base of the pot. I emailed le creuset through their website and got a quick call back - great I thought. However, the call agent then went through lots of questions like have you ever burnt anything in it, do you use the high setting on your gas hob etc etc. Apparently the 'lifetime guarnatee' is only valid for manufacuter's faults and should I have used the top gas heat on my hob with my casserole dish at any point then this will damage the cast iron coating!!! Imagine my disappointment at having...

TC_Pie 07.08.2007 · Read review
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Le Creuset "pans out" for me

Advantages: Food cooks faster, pans clean more easily
Disadvantages: Quite heavy, especially to drain; could also use a larger saucepan

...I was given a large Le Creuset lidded oval roaster as a wedding present some 14 years ago. I had listed the saucepan set (in blue) on my wedding list, and this was the roaster in orange, but hey, it was a nice present, and I received it very gratefully. It's been in regular use ever since, and while it looks a little less bright and shiny than it did then, it's still in pretty much perfect condition. It's superb for browning and sealing meat on the hob before adding other ingredients and sauce and putting in the oven. It's far faster in roasting chicken beautifully than any normal roasting tin or casserole dish. Only caveat is that it wouldn't be much use for a casserole for a single person or a couple. We have six in our family, and it's perfect for us, or for when we have guests. Because I liked it so much, a few years...

lfh001 26.04.2004 · Read review
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The French are good for some things

Advantages: Lasts for years and cooks food beautifully
Disadvantages: Initially expensive (but worth it)

...When I was first married I yearned for a set of Le Creuset pans - just like the orange set my sister-in-law had but, unfortunately, they were just too expensive for me to buy. The years went by and I bought several different pan sets - each set lasting only a few years and then had to be discarded. I think most of us are starting to think about the quality of the food we eat - there are many programmes on TV advising us about the food we buy. I know that I had started to think how bland my food tasted - the flavour just seemed to disappear from the cooked food and I was using ready meals for quickness as I work full-time. So, I made a determined effort to change how I bought and cooked my food. I began to change my "food" habits when, last year, whilst shopping in Makro, I noticed they had a promotion pack for Le Creuset...

Wearsidelass 20.10.2005 · Read review
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I workout in the kitchen

Advantages: Works well, looks good, cleans easily
Disadvantages: Expensive!

...For many years I had been using Pyrex Vision saucepans, you know, the light brown glass ones. They were great to use and easy to clean. You can sense a ?but? coming here can?t you? Well here it is, but, they stopped making them, at least I couldn?t find any to buy anywhere. This meant that when I broke a saucepan here and a lid there I needed to think about replacing the lot. I had always liked the look of the Le Creuset range of saucepans but had always thought that they were far too expensive, however I was feeling a bit flush at the time (the feeling has passed now sadly!) so I decided it was time to treat myself. I bought the standard set of three saucepans, 1.1, 1.5 and 1.9 litres in capacity, which currently retail at £109.99 in Argos, although I think I paid about £95 for mine a couple of years ago if I remember rightly...

SusanLesley 22.05.2002 · Read review
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Wok a wonderful thing

Advantages: Looks good, extremely versatile
Disadvantages: Heavy

...When I left home to go to university my Mum gave me something very special. It was her Le Creuset Volcanic (orange/red) cast iron casserole. She wanted me to have it for when I left home because it was given to her by her parents when she left home ie as part of her wedding present. I had always loved that casserole and hadn't realised (although I should have done as I can always remember it being around) that at that point it was 23 years old. So why the touching story? Well because this then started my love affair with all things Le Creuset. Unfortunately in my student days Le Creuset was out of my price range, in my singleton days there seemed little point in having anything other than my trusty casserole and when we got married we were bought a set of saucepans and pans and casserole dishes. There seemed little point in buying...

Suzela 23.02.2009 · Read review
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Now you're cookin' man.

Advantages: The pinnacle of cookware. So versatile. A joy to use
Disadvantages: Heavy, expensive (but last a lifetime). Can I sue for repetitive strain injury??

...My wife is an accomplished cook. I have had my moments in the kitchen too and enjoy practicing my culinary skills. We each have our special favourites (starters, roasts, puddings) and we overlap each other rather than compete. Our existing kitchen gear had, for some time, been feeling its age (knobs coming unscrewed, surfaces pitted and worn) and we had felt that the time was coming to treat ourselves to something more fitting to our activities. January ushers in household events and kitchen sales in most of the major department stores. These days each shop seems to vie with its competitors to cut the deepest into margins and sales days stretch well into the spring. We were both pleased and pleasantly surprised to find Le Creuset pots and pans heavily featured and discounted this year. The company originated in 1925 in St Quentin...

Newfloridian 27.01.2003 · Read review
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Flexes your muscles and cooks your food

Advantages: durable and even cooking temperature
Disadvantages: heavy!

...(I saw a fantastic large casserole pot the other day but it was £65!)from casserole dishes to sautee' pans and much more besides. There are a number of colours to choose from and if you are anything like me it's important that your kitchenware matches! One of Le Creusets best assets is that the vitreous enamel cooking surface is completely hygienic and impervious to flavours and odours. They can be used not only for cooking but also for marinating/storing foods (raw or cooked) in the refrigerator or freezer.(Be careful in a small fridge though that the plastic shelving can take the weight! - I write with bitter experience here) You can get hold of Le Creuset cookware at most leading department stores and also independent cookshops. If you need to obtain something from a discontinued line then there are several factory outlets...

volpina 21.04.2002 · Read review
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These things are way heavy man!

Advantages: Better for cooking than other pans, get's hot quicker and hold heat better
Disadvantages: Very very heavy! Price

...I bought my partner a lovely set of flame orange Le Creuset pans, the 5 piece set from Debenhams last Christmas whilst they had their 20% sale on, for £160. He had been harping on about these pans for years and so I thought I would endulge him with them - he's a chef and they demand only the best tools for their trade, the sharpest knives and the best pans, even if you do have to go out and re-mortgage your house for them! Only kidding! So once he had them in his grasp nothing could stop him from using them, it was like let me cook this and cook that, he bought Gordon Ramsey's latest cookery book just to try out some of his stuff in his new pans, not very helpful for me trying to lose weight! One thing I have noticed when using the pans is how quickly they heat up and how they hold the heat better than any pan I have used...

danni_elle 21.05.2004 · Read review
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Say Cheese!

Advantages: Stylish, Reliable, Easy To Clean, Perfect for Chocolate
Disadvantages: Costly, No Lid, A Little Small For Meat Dishes

...If fondue sets were the epitome of 1970's dinner party kitsch, this violently tangerine- coloured gem by Le Creuset must surely be the John Travolta of cheese-bubblers. Shamelessly orange, and nestled like a plump hen on its black, cast-iron nest, the Creuset caquelon somehow contrives to be chic and yet timeless, stylish yet efficient. It seems made to last, possibly forever, and is very easy to clean. In short, the Le Creuset Gourmand is the smartest and most functional fondue caquelon I've ever owned. Furthermore, secured as it is by a 101-year guarantee, I don't imagine I'll ever have cause to buy another one? Fondue fads come and go, and suddenly, it seems it's 'hip to dip' once again. Consider the evidence. Stella McCartney, launching her latest Adidas range last month, celebrated with a fondue party in Aspen, natch. Chocolate...

snowbunni 21.04.2006 (23.04.2006) · Read review
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