STAUB40510-605-0 Cast Iron Roaster/ Cocotte with Steamer Insert, Round 26 cm, 5.2 L, With Matte Black Enamel inside the Pot, Graphite Grey

Wary of cast iron cooking? Don't be with this ((rather expensive) cocotte. It's superb. Follow the basic cleaning and seasoning instructions and all is good. The food that has been cooked in this since purchased has been noticeably better tasting.A real pleasure to use and use use again!

I bought this for my son and he loves it! I have bought another oval shape 7 quarts Granadine color from the Amazon US website for my own use. Love it! Easy to clean and the food cooked evenly. Love the product and the color. I event bought the animal feature knobs!

I love the size and colour of this. It is easier to keep clean than the matt black version (got the grey one) and the size of the steamer is just perfect! Great for breadmaking as well and according to lead safe america free from heavy metals. I prefer staub over my le creuset. Less sticking and better bread.

love it 100%

One thing i must say about this up front is it ruddy heavy, i actually had to weight the bits separately on my kitchen scales as its so heavy (5kg limit), it actually weighs slightly less than 7kg. Its not a pan for anyone with weak wrists or no upper body strength.This is an awesome pan with many functions, it can be used as steamer but could also be a casserole dish or a normal pan on the hob. Ive used it to boil swede to mash whilst having the brussel sprouts (best vegetable ever) cooking in the steamer. I waas very impressed.- The pan heats up quickly- the lid fits perfectly on the pan and the steamer- the pan hold heat really well- the steam all goes into the steamer rather than escaping out of the lid- The nobbles on the inside of the lid mean the steam condensates all over the nobbles and then drips back into the pan, so the food cook quicklyThings i noticed, the knob on the lid gets hot, really hot, i need a mini knob glove for it or something. The steamer is hard to lift when its hot as it doesnt have handles. Thankfully its not as heavy as the other two bits!I have said it before and ill say it again, if you want to take your cooking to the next level you need decent quality cookwear. I never understood this until i got a decent frying pan and suddenly i could make omelettes (true). I hadnt noticed all my frying pans have a domed base, hard to make a thin flat thing in a non flat pan!This is an awesome (if really solid/heavy) multiuse pan. There is no way i can drain it when its full (too heavy) so i just lift the veg out with my wire scoop thing! I can cope when its just water.

This pot is amazing, the first thing you will notice is that the box it comes in is heavy, very heavy. This is a solid pot that has a weight to match and this might be a problem for some people. It also makes washing it up difficult, I found it hard to move in the sink, especially when filled with water but I do have carpal tunnel in my hands which can make my hands weak. You can put this in the dishwasher but I'd suggest being careful so you don't overload the door with too much weight as it is heavy!! I really like that this has the steamer option and that this can easily be removed if you don't want to use it. The pot itself can be used on any hob or in the oven which is great, it means you can easily brown meat before adding the rest of your ingredients and putting it into the oven to slow cook. With the steamer, it is quite tall and so it takes up a lot of cupboard space in my kitchen but I think that it is worthy of that space as it can be used for so many things. It isn't cheap but the quality is obvious and although I'm not a big fan of cooking, I do enjoy using this.

My new favorite item in my kitchen.Suitable for any type of cooktop, even induction.Absolutely stunning design, looks super classy colour is beautiful and the whole product is so so so well made.Heavy so a bit tricky to clean in hands but you can do it in dish washer if you have one. Keep in mind that max temperature for a cooking with silicon ring is 200 degrees (silicon attached to stainless steel steamer).Diameter is 26 cm-5.25 L.Absolutely perfect stainless steel steamer for dumplings, I also used the pot for slow cooking in the oven- 4 h dish was super delicious. This piece of cookware is pricy but let me tell you that it is worth every single penny as it will last forever. At the end of the day I prefer pay a lot of money for a quality product which will last me many years rather than changing and buying same thing each year. Oh dear how happy I am with this goodie! Feels and looks so proper, what a quality! I think so far this is the best quality product I own in my kitchen. My absolute full and honest recommendation.

This is a beautiful pan. It may not be the most important thing about a pan but it is the first think you notice. It's a beautiful deep blue with a high sheen and it looks great!It is also very big; I hadn’t fully envisaged its size before it arrived, so it's quite a big bigger than I’d expected. It is also very heavy - much heavier than my le creuset pans and I definitely need both hands to lift it, so you can’t just be grabbing a trivet or opening the oven door etc while you’re holding it.That apart, it's a great, versatile pan and can go from hob to oven. Obviously it has a large capacity and the specially designed lid means it’s great at keeping liquid for slow cooking or holding in steam.The steamer part (which is easily removed) also has a large capacity and adds quite a lot of height to the pan, and the silicon seal ensures a good fit to the pan, and the lid holds the steam in well.I haven’t had this pan long enough to comment on its longevity but so far I’ve been impressed. Would I spend this amount of money on a pan? To be honest I'm not sure. Maybe when I've used it regularly for a year or so, only then will I be able to comment on Moneysworth, and that's the reason for the 4, rather than 5 stars.

This Staub pot is large, well made and great looking. The quality is typical of other Staub items that are sold in the United States. I was originally worried because there was a disclaimer that said it may be different than Staub that is sold in the US, but it was not any different, although it might actually be of better quality. The steamer insert is fantastic, and I have already used it to cook seafood and with vegetables. The pot, lid, and steamer insert all seal very nicely with each other. I have no bad things to say about the pot or seller, but my wife did say that the lid is very heavy to her. You may want to consider that if you have issues picking up heavy items. Overall, a huge success with the item and the seller.

Son seul défaut : nous rendre trop gourmands !!Pour l'émailleur sur métal que je suis, mon admiration va d'abord à cet extérieur émaillé " bleu profond ". Pas un défaut, pas une goutte ou autre petit relief ! Chapeau bas ! Il est si rare de posséder un objet aussi beau en cuisine ! Après les beaux cuivres, voici le bel émail ! Mais lui au moins ne nécessitera pas d'huile de coude pour rester pimpant !Pour l'intérieur, émaillé aussi, mais plus rugueux ( léger, hein ! ). Après plusieurs plats mijotés, ma préférence va à cet intérieur pas trop lisse, qui laisse bien mieux ressortir les sucs... et donc plus de saveur au final. C'est d'ailleurs un avis partagé par pas mal de chefs connus, qui leur font préférer Staub à l'autre marque française bien connue dans cette gamme de produit. En suivant bien les conseils du petit livret fourni avec, vous aurez bien du mal à " accrocher " vos préparations. Et quand bien même cela se produirait, aucune gêne pour la réussite du ragoût et un petit trempage enlèvera tout ça sans le moindre dommage pour ce revêtement noir d'une très très grande qualité. Un ustensile en métal utilisé par inadvertance ne lui fera pas très peur, rassurez-vous. Car contrairement à un émaillage bien lisse ( et plus clair aussi ) il faut y aller avec burin et massette pour l'esquinter ! Bien sûr, privilégiez le bois ou le silicone; d'ailleurs quel(le) bon(ne) cuisinier(e) touillerait une bonne daube prouvençale avé du métal hin ?!Bref , que du bonheur avec cette super cocotte, pour les yeux, pour le palais, et pas que... les bras qui nettoient aussi ( vaisselle à la main pour moi ) apprécient sa perfection de revêtement et ses qualités de cuisson. Et son poids n'est pas rédhibitoire, vraiment !Et puis il y a le petit plus : le panier vapeur ! Quel plaisir, perso ça me pousse à trouver des nouvelles façons de procéder à l'élaboration de mes plats préférés. Et d'en trouver d'autres bien sûr !Et c'est ici que je rognerais une petite branche d'une des 5 étoiles. Oh, une toute petite rognure de rien du tout, je ne suis pas mesquin. Il aurait été sympa de mettre des poignées à ce panier-vapeur, voilà c'est dit... ce serait un petit plus qui ferait d'elle La Reine des cocottes en fonte émaillées, incontestée, toutes marques confondues !Bon elle l'est quand même, et c'est un investissement que je regrette de n'avoir pas fait plus tôt. Il ne faut jamais ( en cuisine comme dans d'autres domaines ), absolument jamais, hésiter à investir dans du matériel de qualité. On s'y retrouve toujours.

E' la bellezza che diventa pentola! Sta lì, in bella vista e ogni volta che la vedo mi metto all'opera per usarla. Comodissima, va curata con affetto ma è resistente, io non la lavo in lavastoviglie per il piacere di insaponarla e sciacquarla a mano, ritorna lucida come nuova!Molto comoda la vaporiera.Il costo è alto, come tutte le Staub, ma è una spesa che si fa una volta nella vita.

Gostei da panela e do produto, mas tenho uma pequena ressalva. É minha primeira panela Staub, tenho Creuset que tem o diâmetro interno o nominal, já a Staub é um pouco menor. O Steamer na foto aparenta ser um pouco mais alto, foi um pouco decepcionante, mas tudo bem, é uma baita panela com suas muitas qualidades.

Si te estás planteando comprar esta cocotte igual te encuentras en la disyuntiva de si elegir una Staub o una Le Creuset. Yo personalmente me decanté por la primera por varios motivos, uno que la tapa tiene una mayor capacidad aislante de forma que puedes elegir tapar la olla completamente y conservar el líquido en el interior o dejarla medio abierta y que reduzca. Las Le Creuset aislan peor y por lo tanto no tienes esa opción, ya que el vapor se escapará en mayor cantidad. Esta pesa un poco más, pero eso me parece poco importante. El fondo es negro, hace que veas los alimentos oscuros algo peor que en el fondo blanco, pero aun así se ven perfectamente. Además, el fondo negro disipa ligeramente mejor el calor a lo largo de su superficie (por las propiedades del propio color) y esto para cocinar me parece absolutamente fundamental. El baño del fondo además es poroso, de forma que se enriquece a lo largo del tiempo de cocinado ganando capacidad antiadherente.Otro motivo de peso es el precio, es algo menor en general (160 en mi caso) y me parece muy adecuado a la calidad del producto. Y más teniendo en cuenta que este pack incluye un accesorio vaporera, que yo utilizo mucho y me ha parecido de gran calidad.Si te decides a hacer la inversión en una cocotte, sea de la marca que sea, debes tener presente que son ollas para cocción lenta, es ahí donde demuestran lo que valen. Un guiso o una carne estofada con una cocción de dos horas se hace lentamente, se queda tierno, no se pega... Una maravilla simplemente pochar la cebolla sin que se queme ni un ápice. Pero evidentemente no es un utensilio para emplear en recetas rápidas o cuando tengamos prisa, porque no desarrollará su potencial.La recomiendo completamente, si es que te gusta este tipo de recetas y cocina, no te arrepentirás.