Customer Reviews

Cuisinart CI1136-24CR Chef's Classic Enameled Cast Iron 14-Inch Roasting/Lasagna Pan, Cardinal Red

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was so disappointed when this item came. The vendor has the description listed as being 3.8 inches deep, not 2.8 inches deep like it is. They offered to refund my money, but I would have had to send it back on my dollar, and a cast iron lasagna pan would have cost too much to send back, so I decided to let myself be stuck with it.

I had searched for weeks for a pan of this size. I had a recipe from Guy's Big Bite that called for a pan of this size. It worked perfectly. Sure, like all cast iron it is heavy. That is one of the great things about it, for then it holds its heat for an extended period of time. I love it and have already found other uses for it.

Cuisinart Chef's Classic Enameled Cast Iron 14-Inch Roasting/Lasagna Pan, Cardinal Red
This turns out to be the one of the best cooking purchases I've ever made. I used it for roasting vegetables and they turned out great. I've also used it as a casserole dish (baked and stuffed chicken) and everything came out perfectly done.
As for carrying a dish to another's house - there is no comparison to cast iron for maintaining the heat.

Nice quality; however, the pan is nowhere near as deep as advertised. It is only 2 and 3/4 inches deep (total outside depth). Inside is only 2 1/2 inches deep.

I bought this from Amazon before a family Thanksgiving dinner that I was asked to bring stuffing. I used this pan, covered it with foil after cooking, and the stuffing stayed hot for hours. Clean up is a breeze too. I hope that Cuisinart will soon be offering many other pieces in this enameled cast iron at such a reasonable price as this. I absolutely recommend this pan!

I really like cast iron pans, so thought this would be great for lasagna and it is, but the size of this thing weighs a ton, especially when loaded with lasagna, which is heavy anyway. If you use this thing in the oven, you'd best have some pretty heavy-duty oven racks and some arm muscles to wrestle it in and out of the oven!

In my Mom's brand new Maytag Neptune stove the oven rack flexed, but didn't permanently bend the rack. A lesser oven rack would, undoubtedly, be permanently damaged.

The pan was so heavy loaded with lasagna neither my Mom nor I could get it into or out of the oven. Had to have my husband do it. I wouldn't advise putting it onto a dishwasher rack!

Clean-up was great...nothing stuck to it and washing was easy except for hefting it over to rinse.

I think I'd best look for a cermaic version of this same size pan.

Want to get a little physical while you are cooking? This is the pan for you in that case. It weighs a lot! Very nice enamel finish and a perfect size for big family size gratins, lasagnas, etc. Your food will stay hot longer as well because of the cast iron.

I love the Cuisinart Enameled Cast Iron Roasting/Lasagna Pan. It's just the right size. It cooks evenly and quickly and clean's up better than any aluminum or stainless steel pan.

Huge! Suitable for roasting or baking. Thick cast iron holds heat and cooks evenly evenly. Great price too!

Ordered two of these to use with lasagna and have since discovered that they are wonderful for any roasting in the oven.
Foods brown beautifully, and the cleanup is a breeze.They are heavy so be prepared. They were also a great value in comparison to what else is in the marketplace.