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Spend the money. Buy a Lodge. You will only buy one once. Get the dished cover so you can put hot coals on top. They are great for baking biscuits and cobbler. I set a round aluminum pan on three pebbles inside mine to bake cakes and pies.
Griswolds are as good as Lodge. I have not seen a new one for sale in decades. I have several Griswold frying pans. I was a guide for years and was the training director of the Maine Professional Guides Association some decades ago.
I have known a lot of guides on the rivers. I have never seen a Le Creuset or seen the name until tonight. I expect it's an indoor Dutch oven.
I have several Lodge cast iron Dutch ovens for outdoor cooking and a Lodge enameled cast iron Dutch oven for indoor cooking. You don't want a lightweight Dutch oven as they don't hold temperature as well.
Almost all my pots/pans are Lodge cast iron. I slow cook most everything in the oven overnight in the Dutch oven... easy & food is delicious & beautifully browned. Potatoes melt in your mouth from sheer joy. The only problem is when making a roast, the smell wakes me throughout the night.
The enamel might be nice, but I use cast iron as a way to stave off lifelong borderline anemia. It's worked since I bought cast iron a few years ago, so the extra seasoning work someone else mentioned is a simple trade off for me. Besides, once you get the hang of it, it really doesn't take anymore time that washing any other pan & becomes second nature.
BTW, I bought a set of cheap cast iron first (about 8 pieces for $60) & they were horrible... everything stuck to them no matter how many seasoning methods I tried. Gave up on them after 6-mos. Lodge are pre-seasoned & more reasonably priced. (Someday I'll buy a Griswold!) My Dutch oven was $45 on Amazon (I see the price has dropped to $30 with free S&H). I bought this one, as the lid doubles as a fry pan.
Like where to get one and what to look for in quality.
The bedroom while your partner is sleeping, or while you're sleeping. Chilli beans are a damn good recipe for destruction. Let one rip and pull the blanket over the head of the person you're sleeping next to.
The bedroom while your partner is sleeping, or while you're sleeping. Chilli beans are a damn good recipe for destruction. Let one rip and pull the blanket over the head of the person you're sleeping next to.
Guffaw - guffaw - you're so funny. Kids and their "fart jokes" . I actually remember when I was twelve.
When I read the title of this thread my first thought was..."Don't fall for it!"
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Almost all my pots/pans are Lodge cast iron. I slow cook most everything in the oven overnight in the Dutch oven... easy & food is delicious & beautifully browned. Potatoes melt in your mouth from sheer joy. The only problem is when making a roast, the smell wakes me throughout the night. 
. I actually remember when I was twelve.
