2 Quart Round French Oven - White

by Le Creuset

Product Features

• Durable cast iron with enamel exterior ideal for browning and slow cooking
• Cast iron lid with phenolic knob
• Perfect for standard electric, flat top electric, gas or induction stoves. Oven and broiler safe.
• Use wood or plastic utensils
• Dishwasher safe

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• ASIN: B00005QFQ3
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,497 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Beautiful enough for the table and durable enough to outlive its lifetime warranty against defects, this heavy, round, 2-quart French oven is perfect for preparing and ceremoniously serving dishes like cassoulet and vegetable soup. It's made of cast iron, with both exterior and interior clad in two coats of enamel.

As cast iron is unexcelled for heat distribution and retention and enamel is impervious to acids and odors, the oven (or casserole) browns and cooks food uniformly and gently without hot spots and can be used for marinating. It's safe on any stovetop, including induction, and dishwasher-safe. The plastic knob on its heavy, tight-fitting lid is ovenproof to 450 degrees F. Like all Le Creuset cast-iron products, it's hand cast in a one-of-a-kind sand mold and hand finished at the Le Creuset factory in France. It carries a lifetime warranty against defects. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Cook on the stovetop then move food into the oven using this 2 quart round French oven. Ideal for cooking and re-heating risotto, soups, stew, chowders and for simmering or slow-cooking foods. Secure lid seals in all the moisture and flavor. Cast iron enameled French oven retains heat well and is beautiful enough to bring right to the table as you serve. Features sturdy, cast handles on sides so you can lift and carry with ease....

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Eventual pock marks interior enamel despite gentle use, April 19, 2004

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Tastier Happier (Michigan Land) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 2 Quart Round French Oven - White

Edited: I added a comment to this before I realized I could edit this review-- my comment below is more of an "ode to Staub". This Le Creuset has developed pock marks on the interior enamel. My Staub Cocotte seems to have a much more substantial enamel coating. It's still holding up and I've had it for oh a year and a half now. More importantly, the Staub has seen alot more cooking and scrubbing than the Creuset which has ONLY EVER had rice in it. So the pock marks are more disturbing considering how gently it's been treated during it's life.

Original Review: This was my first Le Creuset piece (the large frying pan being second), and I bought it while it was on sale. I thought it would be too small to be truly useful but affordable enough for an introduction to Le Creuset. This french oven seems indestructible. Plus the sheer weight of these pieces causes the heat to evenly distribute and hold in heat. And while I was correct in forecasting that I'd rather have a larger french oven, I've at least found that it's the perfect size and medium for cooking white rice. I'd say performance rates a a 5 star, but I have to remove one star for the size and also for the color white. I picked white because I was looking for a subtlety that the other colors didn't offer, but I found that the brown stains that form on the bottom of the pan on occasion are that much more noticable. So you're either going to forget about removing them, or end up buffing away with the Ajax more often than if you chose any other color.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, April 19, 2006

By 

Peter J. Rashid (Brighton, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2 Quart Round French Oven - White

This little pot can do a lot. It is just the right size for cooking for 2-4 people. I made about 20 stuffed grapeleaves that were cooked in water, tomato sauce and lemon juice and this little pot cooked them perfectly. Cleanup was a snap with just soap and water without any hard scrubbing at all. Don't fool yourself, this Le Creuset pot is a little workhorse...a must have for any kitchen!